Summer Intern - Legal Services - (Fixed Term) - 2 Posts

Job Description

Glasgow City Council’s Summer Internship Programme will be available from Monday 8 June 2026 – Friday 28 August 2026, inclusive.

Applicants must be available for the full duration of the placement.

The intern will work 35 hours per week and rate of pay will be the Glasgow Living Wage. Interns will work for 12 weeks, during which time they will accrue 6 days leave, the payment of which is included in their Salary so must be taken during their 12-week placement.

Applicants require to be available week commencing 23 March 2026 - Thurs 2 April 2026 for interview.

We are looking to recruit 2 interns who will assist in the ongoing project of Council title review. The focus will be on areas of work emerging from the Scottish Government’s Land Reform and Community Empowerment Programme, which aims to increase transparency and accessibility of information about the council’s land ownership. The main element of the project will be common good with an additional emphasis on the digitisation of the council’s property titles.

There will also be opportunities to gain experience of other areas of work within the council’s legal and administrative services.

The interns would undergo a period of training and induction and then carry out a variety of tasks under the guidance of a nominated solicitor.

The project would be suitable for a 3rd or 4th year LLB undergraduate student who has studied property law (or the equivalent for a student undertaking an accelerated degree, who would normally be able to apply after completing 2nd year) and who will be returning to university either to complete their degree or to undertake the Diploma in Legal Practice.

Eligibility criteria
• Must live within the Glasgow City Council boundary
• Have the right to live and work in the UK
• Be in the year of study specified in the advert

For more Information please see attached Recruitment outline and Person Specification or please visit our website https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/summerinternship.

 

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Further Information

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