Kickstarting a legal career is an arduous journey that is likely to leave you saddled with debt. Firms and their clients are acutely aware of this, which is why buzz about solicitor apprenticeship programmes has amplified in recent years. City Century, established by the City of London Law Society, is the manifestation of that momentum. […]
Trowers & Hamlins’s trainee numbers fell slightly last year, while the firm is of one of many considering how to balance out intake numbers with new solicitor apprentices. The firm has 56 trainees in total, but its intake numbers dipped slightly in the last iteration as a result of SQE exam grades and subsequent resits. […]
Demand for solicitor apprenticeships is skyrocketing, as the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) opens up its online platform for apprenticeship students. Last week, City Century, a solicitor apprenticeship initiative that empower students from diverse backgrounds to pursue a legal career in the City, held conferences in London and Manchester. The event was held in […]
A regular rotation as well as client secondments is what got Nia Powell excited about Dentons’ apprenticeship programme
Combating imposter syndrome was vital for DLA Piper apprentice Natalia Anna Brozek
Like many, before embarking on a legal apprenticeship programme, I believed the only option after secondary education was either to go to university or enter the world of work. At the time of leaving school and finishing my gap year, I was playing hockey for the England U21 and Great Britain Elite Development Programme (EDP) […]
At least 35 of the Top 50 firms now have legal apprentices
BPP in-house solicitor apprentice Amy Marren quit university to pursue a career in law
Osborne Clarke apprentice Maryam Tariq had to convince her mum that the legal apprenticeship was the optimum route into law
Forty firms have expressed an interest in participating in a new project to improve and increase the number of solicitor apprenticeship opportunities in the City of London. Magic circle firms Allen & Overy and Linklaters, along with Norton Rose Fulbright, Osborne Clarke and Eversheds Sutherland, are among those spearheading the initiative. The project, which was […]
Linklaters has become the latest firm to launch a solicitor apprenticeship programme, as the alternative to the traditional qualification route continues to gather momentum in the City. The magic circle firm will take up to six solicitor apprentices in its London headquarters from September 2023. They will study for 20 per cent of their time […]
