Join My Local Solicitor Ltd as an Apprentice Solicitor

Work towards qualification while gaining hands-on experience in a friendly law firm. You’ll assist with real client matters, develop practical legal skills and study towards the Solicitor Level 7 apprenticeship and SQE.

Wage

£12,480 to £19,827.60, depending on your age

Training course

Solicitor (level 7)

Hours

Monday to Thursday 9 am-3 pm. 30 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 September 2027

Duration

6 years

Positions available

1

What you'll do at work

• Assist solicitors with progressing client matters and preparing files
• Speak with clients by telephone, email and in person
• Attend client meetings and prepare attendance notes
• Draft letters, emails and legal documents under supervision
• Carry out legal research and review documents
• Assist with Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney family and probate matters
• Gain experience in areas including family law, employment law and civil litigation
• Use the firm’s case management and legal software
• Help maintain accurate client records and keep files up to date
• Develop knowledge of compliance, confidentiality and anti-money laundering requirements
• Support the wider team with the day-to-day running of a busy law firm
• Take on increasing responsibility as skills, knowledge and confidence develop

Where you'll work

THE OLD SADDLERS CHURCH STREET MALPAS SY14 8NU

What you'll learn

• 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.