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Solicitor Apprenticeships (school leaver) - 2025 - Gordons

Solicitor Apprenticeships (school leaver) - 2025 - Gordons

companyGordons
PublishedPublished: Published yesterday
Apprenticeship (solicitor) - school leaver
Full time
no work experience required
£1-£29,999
Role CommencementWithin 12 months
SRA QWE competencesApplying critical thinking and analysis (SRA competences A5) | Applying legal principles (SRA competences A4) | Clear Oral and Written Communication (SRA competences C1) | Client relationships (SRA competences C2) | Learning from practice and other people (SRA competences A2) | Legal Drafting (SRA competences B4) | Legal Research (SRA competences B2) | Opportunity to gain feedback from effective supervision (SRA competences A3) | Project/case management (SRA competences B7) | Technical legal practice (SRA competences B1) | Self-management (SRA competences D1) | Working in professionally regulated environment (SRA competences A1) | Professional workplace relationships (SRA competences C3)

Deadline: 30 April 2025

Do you want to be part of an innovative new way to become a lawyer?  We are looking for bright and determined school leavers who have a desire and a passion to work in the legal profession to join our business through a law apprenticeship.

We started our law apprenticeship to open up a career in law to school leavers who wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do so. We are committed to encouraging diverse routes into the legal profession. The introduction of an alternative from the usual route means we can welcome applications from a much wider range of candidates.

A law apprenticeship with a difference

Our law apprenticeships in Leeds and Bradford are aimed at bright, ambitious candidates who have recently completed their A levels and prefer a more practical way of gaining a legal qualification, working and learning at the same time.

During the apprenticeship you will work with us full time, as well as studying with BPP University one day a week to gain the Solicitor qualification.

We welcome candidates who have shown determination to overcome challenges, particularly those who are the first member of their families to apply to higher education.

Why choose Gordons for your law apprenticeship?

Our award-winning legal apprenticeship in Leeds & Bradford was the first of its kind and in 2017 was highly commended by The Law Society for excellence in diversity and inclusion.

We were the first law firm featured in the UK’s top 30 higher apprenticeship employers and in the top 100 employers for school and college leavers, which is recognised by AllAboutSchoolLeavers.co.uk. We have been highly ranked every year, becoming a finalist in 2019 in the ‘Top Employer – Law’ award category and winning the award for “Best Skills Development” in 2020.

2025 will see us recruit our 15th intake of law apprentices.

How to apply

To find out if you’re the applicant we’re looking for, download our Apprenticeship Guide. Also, watch the video and read the blogs from our current and graduate apprentices.

Key dates for the 2025 application process are:

  • Application deadline: 30 April 2025
  • First stage interviews: week commencing 26 May 2025
  • Second stage assessment day: week commencing 7 July 2025

Finally, if you have any questions please contact us.

Required degree level

  • GCSE or equivalent
  • A level/CILEX level 3 or equivalent

Years of experience

  • no work experience required

Salary range

  • £1-£29,999