Company details

HEADCOUNT

100-499

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Professional Services

WEBSITE

http://www.osborneslaw.com/

About the company

Osbornes Law is a London law firm focused on services for individuals, with large teams in areas like personal injury, family, property, private client, housing and social care, and medical negligence. The firm operates from North West London and markets itself on quality rankings and repeat client outcomes. Early-career hiring is centred on a small annual trainee solicitor intake and a steady stream of paralegal roles that often feed into training contracts. The firm also publishes people-practice signals like internal promotion rates and trainee retention.

Locations and presence

Osbornes Law is based in London with offices in Camden and Hampstead. Roles and work experience are primarily London-based, with some hybrid working referenced in role adverts.

Palpable Score

71.5

/ 100

Osbornes Law scores well for early-career outcomes and learning support because the firm publishes trainee retention, internal promotion patterns, and partner-led supervision in training seats. The score is held back by limited pay transparency for junior roles and a relatively small volume of true entry-level places each year.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.2

/ 20

The company states the firm takes on 5 trainees each year, which is a clear graduate entry route with defined timeframes.
Osbornes Law advertises multiple paralegal roles (including language-specific PI paralegal posts) and explicitly links paralegal hiring to later training contracts.
The company offers one-week work experience placements in the Family department, but the number of placements is limited and the route is narrow to one practice area.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company sets out a trainee selection flow that includes a partner interview and a written paper, plus a published timeline (telephone interviews in May, interviews in June–July, offers by 31 July 2026).
Osbornes Law requires a structured training contract application form and provides a named contact for submission, which is clearer than “apply with a CV” alone.
The company’s vacancy adverts vary in process detail, with several paralegal roles relying on email applications and limited explanation of stages beyond a deadline or “ongoing basis”.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company states all training seats are supervised by a Partner and describes active mentorship and early client interaction for trainees.
Osbornes Law describes work experience placements as supervised by a partner or senior solicitor and includes exposure such as hearings, client interviews, research, and admin, which is practical skills-building.
The company’s People-focused vacancy content references consistent onboarding training, manager coaching on reviews and feedback, and an internal mentorship scheme under development, but this is not shown as a standardised plan across every early-career role.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

11.5

/ 20

The company does not publish trainee, paralegal, or NQ salary figures on the main early-career pages, which limits pay comparability for candidates.
Osbornes Law references benefits administration and specific benefits in vacancy content (for example, fertility-related support and volunteering), which helps on stability but does not replace salary transparency.
The company frequently uses “competitive” language for pay in role adverts, and without ranges this pillar cannot score into the top tier.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

15.8

/ 20

The company publishes an 85% trainee retention rate over the last 5 years as newly qualified solicitors, which is strong early-career conversion evidence.
Osbornes Law states 80% of partners are internal promotions and that the senior leadership team includes partners who started their careers at the firm, which is a concrete progression signal.
The company’s junior-to-senior pathway is also visible in aggregated LinkedIn career histories showing paralegal-to-trainee-to-qualified moves, but the firm does not publish promotion timelines or retention data for paralegals and business services cohorts.

Useful links & resources

Solicitor Training Contracts (trainee intake + process + dates)Work Experience (one-week placements)Current Vacancies (paralegal and other roles)