Solicitor Apprenticeship 2025

Summary

Our Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship Programme provides, the perfect launchpad for a rewarding legal career. We have partnered with BPP Law School in designing a programme to provide our apprentices with the foundational knowledge of the law and the opportunity to put your learning into practice through real life, on-the-job experience.

Annual wage

£27,000 a year

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Salary will increase annually upon completion of each year of the programme.

Training course

Solicitor (level 7)

Hours

Monday- Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm, and may need to work outside of standard working hours to meet client and firm requirements.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

6 years

Positions available

4

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

Filing correspondence / case documentation
Proofreading transcripts / providing corrections
Attending client calls and drafting briefing notes
Transcribing documents
Drafting correspondence
Research using companies house and other publicly available resources
Research for BD purposes using publicly available resources
Drafting an article using publicly available resources
Comprehensive departmental support
Preparation of documentation
Assisting with file opening and closing
Assistance with financial admin (preparation of bills / accounts / liaising with finance)
Coordination of meetings / diary management for multiple stakeholders
Assist with post-completion exercises and processes

Where you’ll work

10 Snow Hill

London

EC1A 2AL

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 UNIVERSITY 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

Apprentices will spend 1 day a week studying online with BPP University towards their Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship, and working on-site in the firm for 4 days a week.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

x 7 including Maths and English (grade 6)
x 3 (predicated or obtained) (grade AAB or above)

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

About this company

It is not just law at Travers Smith. We treat our clients’ business as our business, their dispute as our dispute, their challenge as ours. We act for publicly listed and private companies, private equity and financial sponsors, and other business enterprises involved in large and complex UK and cross-border matters, transactions and disputes. Our clients know that, wherever in the world their ambitions lie, we will work as part of their team to get things done. And they know that we will do so in a straight-talking and open way. Diversity and independence of thought are key to our success. We know each other well and we know that we get the best results when we act as a team – not just within our individual departments, but right across our firm where we welcome views from everyone. What we do Our business spans four key areas across advisory, contentious, regulatory and transactional focuses, comprising of the following main practice areas: Competition, Corporate M&A and ECM, Dispute Resolution, Derivatives & Structures Products, Employment, Finance, Financial Services & Markets, Funds, Incentives & Remuneration, Operational Risk & Environment, Pensions, Private Equity & Financial Sponsors, Real Estate, Regulatory Investigations and Tax, and Technology & Commercial Transactions.

https://www.traverssmith.com/join-us/solicitor-apprentice-programme/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

£3,000 one-off support payment prior to joining 27 days annual leave Free on-site restaurant Private medical insurance Gym discounts Cycle to work scheme Wellbeing benefits (annual subscription to calm, flu jab, GP service etc.)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Apprentices will be qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales upon completion of this apprenticeship and will be eligible to apply for a position as a newly qualified solicitor with the firm.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TRAVERS SMITH LLP

Thomas Hogan

apprenticeships@traverssmith.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280970.

Apply now

Closes on Thursday 16 January

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Company’s application instructions

Our application process is broken down into 3 stages. Online application form Legal High Potential Online Assessment Solicitor Apprentice Recruitment Day (to be held in February / March 2025 in person)

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