Sentences with phrase «solicitor apprenticeship scheme»
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
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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.
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.