About Us

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. We offer legal services to individuals and businesses, and support people with their finances, wealth and asset management. If you’re looking for the next step in your career, we’ve got some great opportunities that might interest you. It takes more than just lawyers to make a law firm succeed, and people often don’t realise just how many non-legal jobs there are behind the scenes. We have departments across IT Services, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Accounting and Business Development. There are even roles supporting our lawyers through our helpline. Whichever team you join, working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things, and make a real difference to our clients and communities. Our strategic pillars are what guide us every day: colleagues, clients and communities. We’re looking for people to join us in making our vision become a reality. If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you: • To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook • To be approachable and caring • To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives • To be efficient in the provision of our services • To work with a foundation of integrity. Working for our clients We’re more than just a law firm – we’re a group of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. We help individuals with the likes of family law, buying a house and personal injury, and businesses with their banking and finance, employment, and commercial interests. We also help people with their wealth and asset management, whether they’re looking to invest now or plan for the future. Business support It’s not just legal skills we need. Our behind the scenes teams are the backbone of our firm, helping us provide an excellent service to our clients. Why join us? Through joining us, you’ll benefit from a supportive environment where you can grow your career. We also offer 25 days’ holiday per year, a great recognition scheme, health and wellbeing initiatives, and many lifestyle benefits for all employees, including flexible working and dress for your day. Our social responsibility programme is fundamental to who we are. We’re committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish. We have a range of groups to celebrate our people across sexuality, disability, age, gender and culture. The Irwin Mitchell Charities Foundation (IMCF) was set up in 1997 to help relieve poverty and provide aid in cases of need. Our incredible team has risen over £2million for good causes since its inception. As an employee, you’ll be given two days per year where you can use your working hours to support a charity or initiative close to your heart. Recently, 99 employees took on a 15-mile walk around Sheffield for Weston Park Cancer Charity where they raised over £19,000. In everything we do, our aim is to be one step ahead. We’ll be known for our curiosity and commitment to understanding our colleagues, clients and communities. Our pioneering and agile mind-set will turn our curiosity into value and create extraordinary experiences. Our philosophy is ‘Expert Hand, Human Touch’ – something you’ll find in both the way we work with our clients and how we support our team. The work we do has been recognised in the awards we’ve won. We’ve been recognised for our diversity by Signature Awards, and we were voted into The Times’ inaugural list of the best 200 law firms in England and Wales. We’re committed to being even better, and our awards help to show we’re on the right track. We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is ‘Expert Hand, Human Touch’ – something you’ll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But, we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team, working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Whichever team you join, working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things, and make a real difference to our clients and communities. The work we do has been recognized in the awards we’ve won. We’re committed to being even better, and our awards help to show we’re on the right track. Our Team People from every walk of life have the right to be treated fairly, our experts help clients challenge organizations. We have a wealth of experience across all fields of public law, with the knowledge and skills to make sure our clients rights are respected. We help clients who feel they’ve been discriminated against or had rights infringed by: • Government departments • Local councils • Hospitals, care homes and health trusts • Schools and Local Education Authorities • Any public body. Our public law and human rights solicitors are regarded as some of the best in the country by legal directories Legal 500 & Chambers UK. We've previously taken cases all the way to the Supreme Court, European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights, so we're not daunted by any challenge. While we do seek to resolve cases with negotiation and mediation wherever possible, we take clients fight as far as is necessary to get the results they deserve. As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, existing employees, clients, partners and other stakeholders. Depending on the role you apply for we may carry out checks that will establish your eligibility to work in the UK, and criminal record check and financial checks with a credit reference agency will also be undertaken. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.