Transforming careers through distinctive in-house legal and governance opportunities

Flex Legal Trainee and CoSec Trainee

Our mission is to transform careers in the legal and governance professions and support people from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds. We offer two industry-leading employment programmes that help under-represented talent build experience in either the legal or governance professions:

Flex Legal Trainee - for graduates and paralegals seeking substantive in-house legal work while recording Qualifying Work Experience and, where applicable, preparing for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
Flex CoSec Trainee - for graduates, governance professionals and career changers seeking substantive corporate governance work and experience relevant to company secretarial and governance careers.

Our trainee employment programmes offer organisations additional team capacity while giving employees valuable in-house experience.

Trainee employment opportunities for organisations

Strengthen your legal or governance team's capacity through our trainee employment programmes.

When we researched the legal industry in 2024, we found that diverse teams are 33% more likely to outperform their competitors.

Work with us to host Flex Legal Trainee or CoSec Trainee secondees, or both, and host capable junior professionals in your team.

Flex Legal employs the trainee and manages the employment relationship, allowing your team to focus on allocating and supervising substantive work.
Trainees are employed by Flex Legal and seconded to your organisation to perform substantive legal or governance work.
You will demonstrate your commitment to social mobility.

Find out more about setting up Flex Trainee

Find out more about setting up CoSec Trainee

Find out about Flex Talent Development

Employment opportunities for candidates

Two employment opportunities: Flex Legal Trainee for aspiring solicitors and Flex CoSec Trainee for aspiring company secretarial and governance careers.

Both programmes support our aim of making the legal and governance professions more inclusive. If you meet our social mobility criteria, we would like to hear from you.

Employment benefits and support may include:

A salary.
A paid workplace readiness induction before the first secondment.
An in-house supervisor, regular one-to-one meetings, coaching and development opportunities that support workplace performance and career development.
Access to SQE preparation courses or CGI learning support, depending on the role, existing qualifications, secondment length and continued satisfactory performance.

Find out about applying for Flex Trainee

Find out about applying for CoSec Trainee

Interested in developing your own existing legal talent?

Flex Talent Development provides SQE study support, workplace-focused development and tools for recording Qualifying Work Experience while junior legal professionals remain employed by your organisation. It can help you develop a sustainable internal talent pipeline and retain employees.

Explore our Talent Development programmes designed to support growth at every stage.

Championing diversity in early careers

Since 2016, Flex's goal has been to create opportunities and improve inclusion in the legal and governance industries. We are proud of the positive impact of our Flex Legal Trainee and CoSec Trainee programmes and the employment opportunities they have created.

Our clients have found that a more diverse team challenges the status quo and encourages diversity of thought.

Flex manages and supports employees on the Flex Legal Trainee and CoSec Trainee programmes. Host supervisors also receive support from Flex to help employees perform effectively during their secondments.

We recruit two cohorts each year. The autumn cohort begins in October and the spring cohort begins in March. Speak to us to explore Flex Legal Trainee and CoSec Trainee opportunities.

We've placed more than

100 trainees

since 2021

90%

of our 2025 cohort attended state school

63%

of our 2025 cohort were the first in their families to attend university