Legal Solicitor Apprentice (TLT LLP)

Summary

Our six-year Legal Solicitor Apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity to build your legal knowledge and business development experience while studying for a law degree. You’ll be at the heart of the action from day one - doing real work, delivering real results, and gaining recognition for your achievements.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

Competitive

Training course

Solicitor (level 7)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 13 September 2027

Duration

6 years

Positions available

10

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

About the Programme

Our six-year Legal Solicitor Apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity to build your legal knowledge and business development experience while studying for a law degree. You’ll be at the heart of the action from day one - doing real work, delivering real results, and gaining recognition for your achievements.

You’ll work with clients from sectors including Future Energy, Digital, Financial Services, Leisure, Food & Drink, Public Sector, Real Estate, and Retail & Consumer Goods.

Programme Structure:

Years 1–2: Foundation Stage (Junior Paralegal to Paralegal Level)

Apprentices begin at Junior Paralegal level, undertaking two 12-month rotations across different legal teams.

Academic study mirrors the early years of a traditional law degree, covering foundational law and practice including public law, contract law, tort law and dispute resolution, legal research, and professional practice skills.

Work will vary by team but typically includes legal admin, research tasks, and early exposure to client matters.

Years 3–4: Development Stage (Paralegal to Senior Paralegal Level)

Apprentices continue with two further 12-month rotations, taking on more complex legal work.

Academic study covers further areas of law and practice such as criminal law, land law, company law and trusts law and coaching and professional practice skills.

Ongoing supervision and mentoring help apprentices refine their legal and commercial skills.

Years 5–6: Trainee Solicitor Stage

Apprentices join the Trainee Solicitor cohort and complete four 6-month seat rotations.

During this time, they will prepare for and undertake the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE).

Work becomes increasingly aligned with that of a newly qualified solicitor, with greater responsibility and client exposure.

What We’re Looking For

We’re successful because we challenge convention and embrace innovation. We value individual thinking and trust our people to deliver great work for great clients — whatever their role.

We’re looking for candidates who are:

• Academically strong
• Commercially agile
• Curious, collaborative, and committed to a career in law

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

• Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3AX
• One Redcliff Street, Bristol, BS1 6TP
• 20 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7JE
• 3 Hardman Square, Manchester, M3 3EB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BPP UNIVERSITY LIMITED

Training course

Solicitor (level 7)

What you'll learn

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.
• 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.

Training schedule

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.

Throughout the programme, you’ll be supported by a dedicated supervisor who will help you develop your technical legal knowledge and commercial awareness. Alongside your university studies, you'll also attend development workshops designed to build the mindset, focus, and resilience needed for a successful legal career.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

UCAS in:

UCAS Points (grade 128 points)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Academically strong
• Commercially agile
• Curious and collaborative
• Committed to a career in law
• Resilience
• Working under pressure
• Teamwork

Other requirements

128 UCAS Points (ABB at A-Level or equivalent).