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How we recruit

In addition to advertising for specific posts, some of the larger Government Departments have an ongoing need for lawyers and so recruit on a continuous basis. The vacancies that they advertise are therefore not for specific roles. The Departments hold interviews at regular intervals in response to the volume of applications that they receive.

You may apply to two Department's advertising (continuous) non-specific roles. However, you may also apply for any specific vacancies, which are being advertised at the same time. If you are rejected and would like to reapply, you should wait six months before making the next application.

Reserve List

If, at interview, you are considered to meet the requirements of the job but are not made an offer - due, for example, to the number of other successful candidates – you will have the option of having your details placed on the GLS reserve list. This list is circulated to other recruiting Departments, who will contact candidates who may be suitable for them. Your details will remain on the reserve list for six months. If you wish to reapply for another Department at any stage, you will be free to do so and your name will be removed from the reserve list with immediate effect.