L7 Graduate Solicitor Apprenticeship (Levales Solicitors LLP)

Summary

Trainee Criminal Law and Courts Martial Law solicitors wanted! Growing firm wishes to recruit those seeking varied, interesting, and diverse work in a collaborative and supportive environment with the capacity to gain a professional qualification before full qualification as an Assistant Solicitor.

Annual wage: £24,000 a year
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Training course: Solicitor (level 7)
Hours: Monday to Friday (Shifts to be confirmed).
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Sunday 5 January
Duration: 2 Years 6 Months
Positions available: 2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Providing litigation and administrative support to fee earners and the Partnership
To attend clients both on the phone and in person at the office and at other locations as required including but not limited to Courts, Police Stations, Prisons and Counsel’s Chamber
To attend with Counsel at Court
To take client instructions and draft briefs to Counsel
To assist with electronic and paper diary management including entering all times, dates and details of appointments, Court hearings and Police Station attendances are entered into both paper and electronic diaries
Providing typing support when required; filing; photocopying and scanning; preparation and pagination of bundles; answering telephone queries; recording attendance notes onto both electronic and paper files
Time recording; and
Any other reasonable requests made by the Partners in keeping with this job role

Where you’ll work

378-380 VALE ROAD

ASH VALE

ALDERSHOT

GU12 5NJ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Your training course

Solicitor (level 7)

Equal to master’s degree

Course contents

Obtain relevant facts by effective questioning and active listening.

Find, analyse, and assess documents to extract relevant information including recognising when additional information is needed , interpreting and evaluating information obtained, recording and presenting information accurately and clearly.

Recognise when legal research is needed and use appropriate methods and resources including identifying, finding and assessing the relevance of sources of law, interpreting, evaluating and applying research results, recording and presenting findings of research accurately and clearly.

Develop strategies and solutions including an understanding of a client’s commercial and personal circumstances, their needs, objectives, priorities and constraints.

Provide advice which is informed by appropriate and factual legal analysis and identifying the consequences of different options.

Draft documents from scratch and use precedents which address all legal and factual issues, complying with all formalities and using clear, accurate and succinct language.

Undertake effective spoken and written advocacy in court and outside of formal court hearings including: effective preparation by identifying and mastering relevant facts and legal principles, organize facts to support an argument or position, present a reasoned argument in a clear, logical, succinct persuasive way, make appropriate references to legal authority, comply with formalities, deal with witnesses appropriately, respond effectively to questions or opposing arguments, identify strengths and weaknesses from different parties’ perspectives.

Negotiate solutions to clients’ issues including: identify all parties’ interests, objectives and limits, developing and formulating best options for meeting parties’ objectives, presenting options for compromises persuasively, responding to options presented by the other side, developing compromises between options or parties.

Plan and manage legal cases and transactions including applying relevant processes and procedures to progress matters effectively, assessing, communicating and managing risk, bringing a transaction or case to a conclusion.

Your training plan

BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.

Throughout the apprenticeship, learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.

Qualification

Solicitor Qualifying Exam (SQE) 1
Level: 7 (non-degree qualification)

Please note that qualification as a Solicitor requires attainment of SQE 1 and SQE 2. SQE1 is gateway competence and SQE2 will form the End point Assessment under IFATEs regulatory aligned EPA policy.

This standard aligns with the following professional recognition:

Solicitors Regulation Authority for Solicitor
Law Society of England and Wales for Solicitor

Requirements

Essential qualifications

Other in:

Qualifying law degree/or undergraduate degree (grade 2:2)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Presentation skills
Team working
Time management skills
Outlook, Excel and Word
Video conferencing
Common sense
Sense of humour
Integrity
Diligent
Committed
Punctual

Other requirements

20 Days Holidays plus Bank Holidays.

About this company

Founded in 2009 the firm is an LLP with two designated members. The firm specialises in Criminal Law and Courts Martial and accepts publicly, privately and insurance funded work. The firm also works for a teaching union. The firm prides itself upon the quality not quantity of its team. The firm enjoys a good local and regional reputation but requires extra human resources to cope with the increased demand for its services and desire to grow. The firm has, out of necessity, the facility to allow remote working due to its fee earners working away from the office and in the case of Courts Martial work, sometimes abroad. Working from the office however is mandatory as it helps build the unity and team chemistry that is the firm's strength.

After this apprenticeship

Please note we are committed to taking on applicants with a view to them becoming employed as Assistant Solicitors upon qualification. A decision on this is usually made no later than eighteen months after the commencement of employment. Upon qualification, there will be the opportunity to work abroad.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Megan Finn

meganfinn@bpp.com

0203 834 2872

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275243.

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