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Join a firm with a dynamic culture that really is refreshingly human and achieve your full potential. Find out more about our Legal Apprenticeship programme below and make your application before the deadline on Friday 28 February. If you are interested in non-legal apprenticeships, please click here.
Launch your legal career with our new five-year Legal Apprenticeship programme, offering a bespoke and practical pathway to becoming a qualified lawyer. Applications are open until Friday 28 February 2025.
Get paid while working towards your legal qualifications.
A structured pathway gives you the training and qualifications to start your legal career.
Get practical legal experience and early exposure to client work.
With flexible routes to qualification, learn in a way that suits your style.
Get a mentor, benefit from a dedicated supervisor, a supportive buddy, and guidance from our Early Careers team.
You’ll take part in a comprehensive induction and skills masterclass, so you’ll feel fully prepared as you embark on your career. Plus, you’ll meet and get to know the Early Careers team, your supervisor and buddy!
Undertake a two-year Paralegal Apprenticeship based in our Managed Legal Services team in either our Bristol or Taunton offices.
Study towards your SQE or CILEX qualification and work as a paralegal in a different area of the business to give you exposure to other areas of the law.
Pending which qualification route you choose, you may proceed to undertake our Training Contract to qualify as a Solicitor or remain working in one of our legal teams to qualify as a CILEX Lawyer.
You’ll receive continuous support from our Early Careers team, a dedicated mentor, supervisor and buddy ensuring that you’re guided every step of the way.
You’ll take part in a comprehensive induction and skills masterclass, so you’ll feel fully prepared as you embark on your career. Plus, you’ll meet and get to know the Early Careers team, your supervisor and buddy!
Undertake a two-year Paralegal Apprenticeship based in our Managed Legal Services team in either our Bristol or Taunton offices.
Study towards your SQE or CILEX qualification and work as a paralegal in a different area of the business to give you exposure to other areas of the law.
Pending which qualification route you choose, you may proceed to undertake our Training Contract to qualify as a Solicitor or remain working in one of our legal teams to qualify as a CILEX Lawyer.
You’ll receive continuous support from our Early Careers team, a dedicated mentor, supervisor and buddy ensuring that you’re guided every step of the way.
Our five-year Legal Apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity for you to qualify as a lawyer. The programme provides a structured pathway, allowing you to build your legal knowledge and skills over time, with early exposure to real-world client work. You’ll have the freedom to flex your route to qualification, giving you the ability to learn in a way that suits you.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive employer, and we’re always looking at what our people need; to enjoy the best of work and life.
From fertility checks to enhanced parental leave.
From birthday leave to taking a sabbatical.
From our health cash plan to free eye tests.
From saving money on everyday purchases to investing in your pension.
Hear from our people on why Foot Anstey is a great place to work.
Applications open on Monday 25 Nov and close on Friday 28 February.
If you have already achieved a qualifying law degree you will not be eligible to apply and should consider applying via our Vacation Scheme or Training Contract routes. If you do not have a degree or have a non-law degree then you are eligible to apply.
Our Managed Legal Services team play a pivotal role in driving quality, efficiency, and collaboration across our legal teams. It’s a fast-paced team where you will gain essential business and professional skills that will support your legal career.
The SQE and CILEX are both professional qualifications enabling you to qualify as a lawyer. The former leads to qualification as a Solicitor and the latter as a CILEX Lawyer. Both a CILEX Lawyer and a Solicitor are trained to the same advanced level, however there are some differences in the route taken, which are neatly outlined here.
Yes! On successful completion of our programme, whether via SQE or CILEX, you will become a qualified lawyer.
Yes. We take mitigating circumstances into consideration when reviewing applications. There is space on the application form for you to let us know what your mitigating circumstances relate to.
Typically, you will be on track to achieve, or have achieved, a minimum of BBB at A-level (or equivalent). However, we recruit contextually considering factors such as the school or college a candidate has attended, and the average grades achieved in that year. Every application is personally reviewed by a member of the team. In the spirit of being refreshingly human your academics would not be the sole factor in our decision.
Our intention is that apprentices stay with us on qualification – however, this isn’t always possible depending on the team that you may want to qualify into and the available qualified positions in those teams. In this instance, we would encourage you to explore other opportunities available within the firm.
Search our vacancies page to see what other apprenticeship roles are currently available. If there’s not a role that suits you right now, please register your interest and we’ll let you know when the right opportunity comes up.
Please complete the below form with any questions you have for our Early Careers team.
