Solicitor Apprenticeship

We're pleased to be expanding our Solicitor Apprenticeship programme this year across our four offices in the UK. During the first four years of the programme, you will complete your law degree. In the final year and a half, you will complete the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, all while being exposed to a wide variety of departments.

What you'll do

• In years 1 - 2, an apprentice would operate at a legal assistant level and will complete work such as: scheduling, filing, maintaining document management systems, undertaking legal research and other administrative tasks. Alongside this, apprentices will be completing their law degree element of their apprenticeship
• In years 3 - 4, an apprentice would operate at a paralegal level and would complete tasks such as: undertaking legal research, running various matters under supervision, preparing legal documents etc. Alongside this, apprentices will be completing their law degree element of their apprenticeship
• In years 5 & 6, apprentices will merge with our trainee cohorts and will complete 6-month rotations across the business, whilst completing their Solicitors Qualifying Examinations

Training

• Solicitor Level 7 Apprenticeship Standard
• Apprentices will work for 4 days a week at the firm and will complete their apprenticeship qualification 1 day a week, with the support of the training provider
• In the first 4 years an apprentice will complete their LLB Law degree and in the final year and a half they will complete their Solicitors Qualifying Examinations

After the apprenticeship

• Qualification as a newly-qualified solicitor

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Adaptable
• Resilience
• Responsibility

Qualifications

• Essential: GCSE, English (grade 6/B)
• Essential: GCSE, Maths (grade 6/B)
• Essential: A Level, No specific subject (grade A)
• Essential: A Level, No specific subject (grade B)
• Essential: A Level, No specific subject (grade B)

Benefits

Our benefits package includes five weeks' annual leave each year, pension scheme, interest-free season ticket loan and access to private medical insurance.

About the employer

We're an international law firm with over 170 partners and more than 1,000 people located across the UK, Middle East and Asia. Even though we're all over the globe, a shared understanding of our values means that we are pulling in the same direction, for our clients, our external stakeholders, and our people. We're well known for being experts in the real estate sector, but our practice areas range from social enterprise to banking, commercial to environment, private wealth to charities.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Solicitor (level 7), Legal, finance and accounting
• Apprenticeship level: Degree (level 7)
• Training provider: THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW LIMITED
• Expected duration: 6 Years
• Hours: 40 hours a week. Working week: Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm.
• Start date: 1 September 2027
• Positions available: 2
• Wage: £26,000 a year