Chadwick Lawrence welcomes four trainees to the firm

(L-R) Leah Williams, Ellie Hirst, Sophie Foster, Ciara Scanlon, Lisa Bailey and Neil Wilson

The Yorkshire legal firm are keen in investing in their internal talent to develop and strengthen the already existing expert team.

The new trainees are Sophie Foster and Ellie Hirst who began their training contracts in April 2020 and Ciara Scanlon and Leah Williams who start in April 2021.

Each have worked in roles across varying Chadwick Lawrence offices and have shown hard work and dedication to developing their knowledge of the legal profession.

Ellie Hirst joined Chadwick Lawrence in Spring 2019 and has primarily worked in the Private Client team, specialising in Wills, Power of Attorney and Probate matters. She helps organise the firms networking activities in Wakefield.

Sophie Foster has been at the firm for just over a year and is currently based in the Leeds office where she will complete her training contract with the firm.

Leah Williams joined Chadwick Lawrence’s Employment Law team during her second year at university in 2018.

Ciara Scanlon has also worked in the Employment Law department since 2018 and frequently volunteers to help with Front of House responsibilities.

Neil Wilson, Managing Partner of Chadwick Lawrence, said: “All four individuals have shown great commitment to adopting The Chadwick Lawrence Way whilst helping find ways to continuously develop the firm. We are extremely proud of our training scheme and it is great to see a number of colleagues progressing their careers through this training route.”