Legal Apprenticeships
**Our 2025 applications are now closed.**
Earn while you learn.
A Legal Apprenticeship is an exciting way to kick start your career in law. Start your career with one of the North West’s most respected and regarded law firm who have recently been successful for a fifth time placing in the Top 100 Best Companies to work for in the UK.
Understanding Legal Apprenticeships
A legal apprenticeship integrates study with on the job training. This is an excellent opportunity to qualify as a solicitor whilst gaining valuable and varied work experience in a challenging yet supportive legal environment. The apprenticeship provides a salary and the chance to develop a long-term career at one of North West’s leading law firms.
Our Apprenticeship Programme
The six-year HD legal apprenticeship programme steadily builds towards qualification as a solicitor by studying initially the Level 3 Paralegal and then Level 7 Solicitor apprenticeships. This is the same time period as qualifying through the traditional route.
Opportunities for Graduates
Apply to join our graduate legal apprenticeship programme straight from university and jump onto the programme at a later stage.
Our Ideal Candidates
Ambitious and hardworking candidates who want to build rewarding careers in a challenging yet supportive environment. If you have already successfully completed or are studying towards your LPC / SEQ 1 please apply for a training contract.
Embracing the Future with SQE
We are beginning the transition to the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) route to qualification. However, we will continue to welcome applications from candidates who have either gained their LPC or are studying towards it alongside candidates interested in the apprenticeship programme.
Supporting Your Progress
To apply for QWE, applicants must have successfully completed their SQE 1 and are expected to undertake SQE 2 in the first year of the training. We will support you with a period of paid study leave for the SQE preparation course and examinations. Funding for the SQE preparation course and examination costs is provided for individuals progressing through the apprenticeship route.
Entry requirements
To be considered, you should have:
- 2:1 Law Degree & LPC (Commendation)
- 2:1 Degree in any discipline
- CPE/GDL (Commendation) & LPC (Commendation)