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Turn your ambition into a legal career.
Great step. Serious start.
Our Legal Apprenticeship combines academic study with hands-on experience, giving you the opportunity to earn, learn and grow at a leading UK law firm.
Pathway to our Legal Apprenticeship:
Launch your legal career on our six-year Legal Apprenticeship, combining a fully integrated law degree with hands-on experience from day one. Working alongside experienced colleagues on real client matters, you’ll develop your legal expertise, commercial awareness and professional skills while meaningfully contributing to the team.
As you progress through the programme, you’ll build your knowledge and confidence through a structured and supportive learning journey, with early exposure to client work and the opportunity to put your learning into practice. You’ll also benefit from the flexibility to shape your route to qualification in a way that supports your development and future career ambitions.
After studying English, History and Politics, Amy realised law was the perfect fit, a mix of all the subjects she enjoyed. She chose the apprenticeship route, knowing it would suit her learning style better: gaining hands‑on experience, building confidence in a real legal environment, and earning while she worked. She even moved from Bournemouth to Bristol to make it happen.
Watch her story to find out what inspired her, how she has found the journey so far, and how apprenticeships can open doors at the very start of your career.
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!
For the first two years you will be based in our Managed Legal Services team in either our Bristol or Taunton offices.
The Managed Legal Services team is a key function that drives quality, efficiency, and collaboration across the firm. Working in this fast-paced environment, you’ll develop essential legal, business, and professional skills while gaining a broad understanding of how the firm operates.
After two years in MLS, you will transition into a paralegal role in a new area of the business, broadening your experience and skillset. Throughout the remainder of the programme, you’ll work across different practice areas within the firm, giving you the opportunity to explore a variety of work, understand what suits you best and identify where you may like to qualify. All whilst continuing to work towards your LLB and continuing to build your knowledge of the underlying law needed for the Solicitor Qualification Examinations (SQE).
Over the final two years of the programme, you’ll continue to work across different practice areas within the firm, giving you the opportunity to explore a variety of legal specialisms, understand what suits you best and identify where you may like to qualify. All whilst preparing for and completing your Solicitor Qualification Examinations (SQE), building on the knowledge and experience gained throughout the programme.
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!
For the first two years you will be based in our Managed Legal Services team in either our Bristol or Taunton offices.
The Managed Legal Services team is a key function that drives quality, efficiency, and collaboration across the firm. Working in this fast-paced environment, you’ll develop essential legal, business, and professional skills while gaining a broad understanding of how the firm operates.
After two years in MLS, you will transition into a paralegal role in a new area of the business, broadening your experience and skillset. Throughout the remainder of the programme, you’ll work across different practice areas within the firm, giving you the opportunity to explore a variety of work, understand what suits you best and identify where you may like to qualify. All whilst continuing to work towards your LLB and continuing to build your knowledge of the underlying law needed for the Solicitor Qualification Examinations (SQE).
Over the final two years of the programme, you’ll continue to work across different practice areas within the firm, giving you the opportunity to explore a variety of legal specialisms, understand what suits you best and identify where you may like to qualify. All whilst preparing for and completing your Solicitor Qualification Examinations (SQE), building on the knowledge and experience gained throughout the programme.
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.
At Foot Anstey, our recruitment process is designed to identify people who have the key qualities to succeed and thrive. We aim to discover whether our firm is the right fit for you, and if you have the potential to excel and grow with us.
For further details on what we look for and the different stages of our application process, visit our dedicated page on application guidance at the link below.
Hear from our people on why Foot Anstey is a great place to work.
Please complete the below form with any questions you have for our Early Careers team.
Applications are currently closed and will reopen during the Autumn of 2026.
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.
Yes! On successful completion of our programme, you will become a qualified solicitor.
Yes. We understand that circumstances outside your control can sometimes affect your academic performance or wider achievements. There is a section on the application form where you can tell us about any mitigating circumstances and the impact they have had. This helps us put your achievements into context and ensure we take a fair and balanced approach when reviewing your application.
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.
We value the responsible use of AI in business and in everyday life. We also embrace innovation and value authenticity. Your application form provides you with the opportunity to shine. Whilst we recognise that you may wish to refer to AI tools to help with idea generation, we’d recommend that you do not simply copy and paste AI-generated responses.
