Lightfoots Solicitors is a multi-award winning law firm, recognised as a ‘Leading Firm’ by the Legal 500 2025. We are proud of our successes, which are due to our exceptional people.

We have over 160 employees, working across our diverse range of services, in our six offices.

We can offer an outstanding legal career working with high profile clients across the UK, while enjoying a supportive and progressive culture. Personal development is encouraged and hard work is rewarded.

Along with many career opportunities we offer a highly competitive package and overall great place to work.

We have six offices across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Four offices are in Thame, one is in Marlow and one is in Princes Risborough.

All offices are in central town locations, with a variety of shops, restaurants and facilities close by.

We offer competitive salaries, enhanced holiday allowance, BUPA private medical cover, enhanced pension, annual salary reviews, discretionary bonus scheme, paid time off for charity work, Simply Health membership, annual flu jabs, access to free online learning portals, employee assistance programme, employee discounts on legal fees, and recruitment bounties, to mention just a few of our benefits.

We are proud of our family friendly culture with several policies aimed at families to promote a healthy work life balance. In particular, staff are able to use their own enhanced sick pay entitlement, should they need time off to care for dependents.

At Lightfoots we have active Wellbeing, Social, Charity and ESG committees who organise events and initiatives throughout the year.

At Lightfoots we open applications for training contracts to internal candidates only, we therefore do not accept external applications.

We are proud of how many of our current Solicitors and Partners were given this opportunity after joining us in various positions across the firm. We wish to continue to provide this career progression internally.

We receive a high volume of requests for work experience and internships and any placements are filled very quickly.

If you do wish to enquire please contact recruitment@lightfoots.co.uk

As a Disability Confident employer, we promote diversity and provide equal opportunities for all individuals. We prioritise inclusivity and ensure we have a supportive and accessible workplace for those with disabilities.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible by;

• Ensuring against discrimination
• Making job adverts accessible
• Providing information in accessible formats
• Accepting applications in accessible formats

We will also offer an interview to a disabled applicant who declares they have a disability, if they meet the minimum criteria for the role. We hope this encourages applications from disabled people and provides the opportunity to demonstrate skills and experience at interview.

Please contact the HR team HR@lightfoots.co.uk if you are an applicant and wish to discuss with us confidentially and if you require adjustments to the recruitment process.

We collaborate with specialist recruitment agencies and maintain a limited preferred suppliers list.

If you wish to work with us on recruitment please contact recruitment@lightfoots.co.uk