A firm where you can grow
As a leading law firm, we handle a wide variety of interesting and challenging work that’s often high value and complex, giving you a prime opportunity to develop your career. We focus on providing exceptional service for clients and have a supportive, collaborative culture to ensure each member of staff plays a crucial part in this. We’re proud to be a firm people want to work with, and work for.
Support for your success
We want you to excel so you can achieve your career ambitions and we can provide the very best service possible. Whatever your role, we encourage you to develop your skills and offer suitable training to help you fulfil your potential. If you’re a lawyer, we believe that as well as providing commercial advice, you should have the space to develop your commercial skills too.
Commercial mindset, diverse and inclusive environment
We’re recognised as a Times Best Law Firm 2024, and a firm people want to work with and work for, a Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our culture offers a vibrant workplace where people of all ages and disciplines can grow and develop their career.
Your wellbeing is important to us, and we offer a range of initiatives to protect it.
While our charity committee leads us in supporting our communities and our diversity, inclusivity and wellbeing committee is committed to creating a place where you can be yourself.
Let’s talk about what we can achieve together
If you’re looking to develop your career and provide a dedicated service, we’d love to hear from you.
Whether you’re at the start of your legal career, are a solicitor with years of experience, or work in a support position.
Every employee has an important role in our success, and we’re interested to hear what you can contribute and what you’d like to achieve with us.
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What is it like working at Schofield Sweeney?
When you join us, you can expect a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.
Our values
Empathy
We put our clients first and always consider what other people may be thinking or feeling, so we can support them in the best way possible.
Collaboration
We value the strengths of others and provide the freedom, support and framework to work closely as a team and with clients.
Innovation
Whether we’re working for clients or handling an internal matter, we always search hard for better ways to achieve a stronger end result.
Ambition
We are business advisers supporting clients to reach their goals. We are bold in our approach and driven to get the best results for our clients. We don’t sit on the fence and are confident in our abilities.
It’s not all work; everyone has the opportunity to get involved with a huge range of voluntary and charitable activities
Over 100 presents gifted to children this Christmas
The Great Schoey’s Bake Off 2024!
We rowed into the final at the FMN dragon boat race
Leeds Junior Lawyers Division football tournament!
We got colourful for Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
Work commences on our soapbox cart!
JCI Bradford Easter egg appeal
Our 2023 round-up
Interested in working for us?
Head over to the vacancies page to see our latest job offerings.
See vacanciesMeet the team
With over 170 staff, many of our lawyers are specialists in complex fields or have considerable experience in high-profile and national cases. Based in our offices in Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield, they bring these invaluable capabilities and market knowledge to you at a realistic cost.
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