Solicitor Apprentice

Role Overview

• As a Solicitor Apprentice, you’ll play an active role in our legal teams by supporting casework – helping prepare files, draft documents, carry out legal research, and manage case materials.
• Experiencing client work first-hand – attending meetings and hearings, taking notes, and learning how lawyers build strong client relationships.
• Balancing study and practice – applying what you learn academically to live matters, with support from supervisors and mentors.
• Collaborating across departments – working with colleagues on projects, initiatives, and client work.
• Developing your professional toolkit – improving communication, organisation, legal technology skills, and problem solving.

Requirements

• Predicted BBB at A-Level (or equivalent). Applications with extenuating circumstances will be considered.
• Applicants must not already hold a degree.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.

Benefits

• We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
• We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
• We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.
• Equal opportunities: Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer.