Want to find out how to become a chartered legal executive or a solicitor via
the law apprenticeship route?
Not exact matches
The days gave the students an overview of the legal profession, the career options available to them as well as different
routes into
law including choosing an
apprenticeship.
Last month the Department for Business Innovation and Skills published guidance for its Trailblazer
apprenticeship in
law scheme, which will offer an alternative
route into the profession for apprentices who will be able to qualify as chartered legal executives, solicitors or paralegals.
A raft of leading
law firms and in - house teams have helped the UK government develop new
apprenticeship standards for the legal profession, helping to create a potential new
route to qualification.
With
law firm efforts to boost diversity failing to make a big enough impact on the profession, Frances Ivens asks whether a new solicitor
apprenticeship scheme — which could allow those without degrees to qualify as solicitors — has the potential to transform the
route to legal qualification
Launched at the end of 2016, «Trailblazer»
law apprenticeships have been developed by a high profile panel of
law firms and offer an alternative
route to legal practice which involves «learning on the job» as opposed to following the traditional
route of a
law degree followed by the Legal Practice Course (LPC).
Perceived disadvantages of
law apprenticeships over the traditional university
route include:
This quiz is designed to give you a good idea of whether the traditional solicitor or chartered legal executive qualification
route is for you or whether you would be better suited to a
law apprenticeship.
Perceived benefits of
law apprenticeships as oppose to the traditional university
route to legal practice include:
Thanks to these
law apprenticeships school leavers now have a direct
route to qualifying as a solicitor without having to go to university.