Solicitor Apprenticeship Programme

At Ellisons we are always looking at new ways we can provide opportunities within the firm.

Our six-year Solicitor Apprenticeship programme is aimed at school leavers who have completed A Levels or equivalent studies and are looking to embark on their career in law whilst gaining invaluable experience at a leading regional law firm.

Apprentice Solicitor

The Solicitor Apprenticeship is a full-time role and open to anyone who has a minimum of 3 A-Levels (96 UCAS points) and at least five GCSE’s at grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics.

Trainee-Solicitors

Applications Closed

Applications for the 2025 programme will open in October 2024.

Overview of Work

The Solicitor Apprenticeship is a full-time role and open to anyone who has a minimum of 3 A-Levels (96 UCAS points) and at least five GCSE’s at grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics.  Apprentices will complete study modules set by the Training Provider BPP and will utilise the skills they are learning in their day-to-day work.

Apprentices spend 20% of their contracted working hours on learning the required knowledge, skills, and behaviours.  This development time may include learning new relevant tasks in your role, embedding the knowledge you learn, spending development time with your Line Manager, attending online or face-to-face courses and writing assignments or directed self-study hours.

The first 6 months of the Apprenticeship will be a steep learning curve.  A successful Apprentice will need to understand how to conduct themselves in a professional environment whilst learning key skills such as time management, team working and organisational skills.

At the start of the Apprenticeship, you are likely to work closely with Secretaries and Administration Assistants to learn the key processes of the department and the firm as a whole.  Once mastered, you will then move onto working with Paralegals and Trainee Solicitors within the department and will conduct work such as research, drafting of documents and general assistance that is required by the Fee Earners.

As the Apprenticeship progresses into years 4-6, you will work more closely with our Fee Earners and varying different degrees of client work will be handed over to you to complete.

Our Education Lead and Training Principal will support all of our Apprentices throughout their Apprenticeship journey.

We recruit our Apprentices almost exclusively through our Vacation Scheme, please click on the link below to apply for our Vacation Scheme which will run from 2nd – 12th April 2024.  Candidates who demonstrate high performance during our Vacation Scheme will be put forward for an interview for our Solicitor Apprenticeship, which will take place during the month of May.

Applications have now closed. Applications for the 2025 programme will open in October 2024.

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