The University of Law has launched an “articled apprenticeship” programme for school leavers, which allows candidates to qualify as solicitors in six years. The programme will see candidates spend four years on a part-time undergraduate law degree and 18 months on a part-time legal practice course while also working at a law firm. The first […]
Capita’s legal arm Optima Legal will employ 15 apprentices in its Leeds office, and may extend its scheme to London and Newcastle in future. The apprentices will undertake their legal training at BPP law school, studying to NVQ Level 3 while gaining on-the-job experience at Optima. They will have the chance to become qualified solicitors […]
The Government has approved new standards that will allow apprentices to work their way up to full solicitor status. The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR), published last summer, called for a greater variety of routes into the legal profession and suggested that apprenticeships should be developed for the legal profession. A number of ’CILEx Apprenticeships […]
Mishcon de Reya is to hire two legal apprentices in an attempt to increase the diversity of its future pool of lawyers. The pilot scheme will see school-leavers take the CILEx Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Legal Services. They will work within the firm’s real estate team and private client teams, swapping between the two […]
Essex Council has become the latest organisation to recruit apprentices. It is to take on two this September, one working towards an Intermediate Apprenticeship in Legal Administration and the other toward’s CILEx’s Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Legal Services. Director for Essex Legal Services Philip Thomson said: “This excellent new apprenticeship scheme offered through CILEx is […]
Bond Dickinson is to recruit three school-leaver apprentices in its Plymouth office, with a view to launching apprenticeships nationwide next year. The three apprentices, which Bond Dickinson will recruit from the local area, will take the Chartered Legal Executive (CILEx) Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Legal Services, splitting their time between learning and working. Recruitment […]
Hill Dickinson will recruit 12 apprentices to work in its Liverpool office from September 2014. The two-year scheme, during which apprentices will study the Chartered Legal Executive (CILEx) Level 3 qualification, will allow apprentices to qualify while they work and will also provide mentoring opportunities. Apprentices need to have gained three B grades at A-level, […]
Withers will recruit four apprentices to work within its employment, litigation and real estate departments, with the school leavers working towards becoming CILEx-qualified lawyers. The four will take the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Legal Services taught by CILEx Law School. Withers HR director Simon Luckett said: “We […]
Riverview Law has launched ten new training contracts and apprenticeships, following its launch as an Alternative Business Structure (ABS). The training contracts will be open to both external applicants and Riverview’s existing paralegal pool of around 20 paralegals, and will launch in September 2014. Although the apprenticeships will mainly focus on law, there will be opportunities […]
Barclays Bank is considering launching a legal apprenticeship scheme, with plans understood to be in the early stages of development. This follows news from BBC earlier this month that it is to recruit three legal services apprentices into its in-house team (5 March 2014). While many firms have looked to launch legal apprenticeships – DWF, […]
A consortium of businesses are collaborating to develop a new legal apprenticeship scheme in conveyancing. The consortium is made up of representatives from the ten firms who volunteered in response to an open call to take part by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). The participating firms, which include a number of Alternative Business Stuctures, are: Countrywide […]
Kennedys is to recruit more apprentices to its Chelmsford, London, Manchester and Sheffield offices. The five apprentices will start work in September 2014 and be sourced from this year’s school-leavers. This is the third year that Kennedys has recruited apprentices. It launched its scheme in September 2012, when it took on ten apprentices, and proceeded […]