Exeter City AFC Ltd are offering a 1-year placement in sports law in partnership with Wollens. Working 3 days a week at the Football Club you will gain confidence within a professional sporting environment and 2 days a week with Wollens working alongside the Head of Sports Law Division and have opportunity to shadow Solicitors and their Commercial Team. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for an individual with a passion for sport and general interest/knowledge in commercial matters to gain a varied knowledge of 2 separate businesses. Both Wollens and the Club will support you in your learning and development, increasing your knowledge base and skillset enhancing your employability and opportunities at the end of the placement. By joining our unique Supporter owned Club we will support you in gaining hands-on work experience within an environment where we balance on field success with long term sustainability whilst putting fan and community engagement at the heart of what we do. The Club has 5 clear goals and we endeavour to create a sustainable, high-performance environment where we take care of each other, set clear objectives, ensure adequate resource and invest in developing our people. As part of our one team approach our aim is to ensure you feel valued and understand your contribution to the success of the Club. Wollens is a regional firm with offices in Torquay, Exeter, and Barnstaple. We have grown into a substantial firm with experts across private client matters as well as company commercial law. We are a firm that has remained true to our values of exceptional client care, compliance, profitability, growth, and sustainability. Over the years we have developed specialist capabilities in nine sectors including Sport. Our Sports Law Division launched in 2023 and is going from strength to strength with a number of new clients and work areas being introduced to the firm as a result of this. We are the preferred legal partner for several local clubs, we have developed a number of strategic partnerships with sporting organisations and represent several individuals in a wide range of sports including Gymnastics, Motor Racing and Bobsleigh Although we are proud of our Devon roots, our reach extends much further – to the whole UK and overseas. Our guiding principle is ‘Excellent Service, Every Team, Every Time’ and we hold ourselves accountable to this through our client charter. We are proud to have been accredited by Great Place to Work™ and also Carbon Neutral Britain. Since joining in 2022, we have actively engaged in measuring and implementing new initiatives to reduce our carbon footprint, achieving recognition as a Carbon Neutral Business The Legal 500 has ranked us in 10 practice areas, and this year, we are proud to be recognised as a ‘Leading Firm in Client Satisfaction’. After many years of extensive client research, The Legal 500 has introduced client satisfaction scores to measure service and customer experience. Only firms in the top percentile earn a special kite mark on the Legal 500 website, and we are thrilled to have achieved this distinction.. For a full job description and person specification please refer to the vacancy page on our website. This placement is specifically designed for second year undergraduates who will undertake their third year with the Club and Wollens. Only completed applications that are submitted via People HR will be accepted. Any applications after the closing date will not be accepted. The closing date is: 5pm Sunday 13 th April 2025. To assist us in our shortlisting process candidates will undergo a screening process through People HR where you will be asked to submit audio and video responses to a set of questions and instructions will be issued via email. Please ensure these questions are complete by 13 th April 2025. The shortlisting processing will take place on: 22 nd April 2025. Interviews will be held at St James Park, Exeter on: 30 th April 2025 and candidates will be expected to attend site in person. If you have any questions regarding the application process please email [email protected] Placement scheduled to start 1st July 2025. All candidates will require a DBS Check and must be able to prove their eligibility to work within the UK.