If you take
the Paralegal Apprenticeship route you can expect, under supervision, to carry out tasks such as managing data and records, drafting legal documents and client correspondence, carrying out legal research, attending court hearings where appropriate, handling sensitive information and communicating with internal and external clients.
Our well established
Paralegal Apprenticeship runs over two years.
So, for example, following a level 3
paralegal apprenticeship, you could, if you so wish, progress on to the level 6 chartered legal executive apprenticeship or a level 7 solicitor apprenticeship.
As part of a new apprenticeship initiative, the Government have launched the «Trailblazer»
paralegal apprenticeship in collaboration with a consortium of high profile law firms.
Following
a paralegal apprenticeship, depending on the sponsoring law firm, there may be further opportunities to progress onto a chartered executive or solicitor apprenticeship, thereby avoiding the rising costs associated with university study.
If you're looking to kick start your career in law,
our paralegal apprenticeship could be perfect for you.
Our paralegal apprenticeship is a great opportunity to kick start your career in the legal profession and study at the same time.
Confirmation of the assessment plans brings the apprenticeship route to qualification a step closer to introduction, with the committee also deciding assessment criteria for the proposed chartered legal executive and
paralegal apprenticeships.
Some law firms are currently offering candidates
paralegal apprenticeships with the option to progress onto a solicitor or chartered legal executive apprenticeship if they perform suitably well and the vacancies exist.
This section also includes up - to - date information on
paralegal apprenticeships.
Not exact matches
The next step should be
apprenticeships for
paralegals to gradually gain full entry to the legal profession through experience.
The
apprenticeship has been developed with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) and aims to help law firms develop staff in
paralegal roles.
The report also considered
apprenticeships («largely been welcomed as a means of increasing diversity») and the expansion of
paralegal roles.
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.
The firm has told Legal Week it would allow its current apprentices on a legal executive
apprenticeship scheme to transition onto the proposed Trailblazer legal
apprenticeship with the option to become a qualified solicitor,
paralegal or legal executive.
Addleshaw Goddard, which has a low cost hub in Manchester, also provides its
paralegals with
apprenticeship schemes, while other firms such as Mayer Brown and Withers are offering apprentices the chance to qualify as solicitors at their firms.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched an
apprenticeship scheme for
paralegals in its Manchester office.
The calendar not only sets out application deadlines but also entry requirements, the type of
apprenticeship being offered (solicitor /
paralegal etc), salary details and direct links to application forms / processes).
Many ideas have been presented and considered to provide supervised experiential training that will prepare law students for transition into law practice, including having law students work during law school as a clerk or
paralegal; shortening law school to 18 months or 2 years and have one year of required
apprenticeship; or instituting an internship akin to a year of articling or medical training.
I'm afraid that at the moment, you can only get an
apprenticeship as a solicitor, a
paralegal or a chartered legal executive, but not a barrister — so your best best of applying for an
apprenticeship would be to a law firm rather than a chambers.
Leftovers include, for example, the junior associates who are serving
apprenticeships at client expense, partners without client portfolios, senior associates who have fallen off the partnership track, temporaries,
paralegals with nothing else to do, and even summer clerks.
Firms including Womble Bond Dickinson and Addleshaw Goddard have recently introduced the first intake of solicitor apprentices, while Weightmans
paralegal Jordan Coulton last year became the first in the country to complete the Higher
Apprenticeship in legal services — an important milestone.
The much - anticipated Legal Education Training Review (LETR) has proposed keeping traineeships and pupillages but giving more support to the development of less traditional routes such as non-graduate
apprenticeships and licensed
paralegal schemes.
Degree
apprenticeships offer a vocational pathway for young people to train as a solicitor, while other lower level
apprenticeships can be used to train young people for
paralegal positions and roles in finance, office management, IT, administrative support and facilities.
Our legal
apprenticeship offers school leavers and those who choose not to go to University the opportunity to gain formal legal qualifications and a role in the profession through paid, on - the - job training as an apprentice
paralegal.
At the end of the 18 month
apprenticeship, there is the possibility to move into a variety of different roles including legal secretary or
paralegal.
The
Paralegal pathway and Higher
Apprenticeship in Legal Services don't qualify you to work as a solicitor, although it may be possible upon completing these
apprenticeships to carry out further study and training to qualify in this role.
Law
apprenticeships exist in the form of government - backed, employer - designed «trailblazer» schemes, which cater for apprentices working towards three broad levels: legal administration / support,
paralegal or solicitor.
For example, the Chartered Legal Executive
Apprenticeship isn't recommended for school leavers; instead you'll need to have completed the
Paralegal pathway or Higher
Apprenticeship in Legal Services.