Express Solicitors
Legal Apprentices
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Legal Apprentice
Lets Us Grow Your Legal Career (NCT to Solicitor)
About Us
Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning, no win no fee law firm specialising exclusively in personal injury claims. Headquartered in Manchester, we support clients nationwide across all areas of personal injury, including employers’ liability, serious injury, clinical negligence, occupiers’ and public liability, road traffic accidents and industrial disease.
We are ranked 64th in The Lawyer UK Top 200, out of more than 10,000 law firms nationwide, and after achieving a 20% year-on-year growth, Express Solicitors are the largest personal injury claimant firm in the UK.
Our commitment to outstanding client care is reflected in our Trustpilot rating of 4.8 (Excellent), placing us among the highest-rated firms in the sector.
Info on the role
Start your legal career with one of the UK's leading law firms and qualify as a solicitor without going to university full-time.
We're recruiting a number of Legal Apprentices to join us on 26 August 2026. As a Legal Apprentice, you'll earn a salary from day one while gaining real legal experience and studying towards solicitor qualification through our six-year apprenticeship programme.
We deliver on progression
You'll begin your journey as a Legal Apprentice in our New Client Team, learning how personal injury claims work and developing key legal and client service skills.
After your first year, and subject to performance, you'll progress into a Litigation Assistant role within one of our specialist departments. As your experience grows, you'll support solicitors on live cases before managing your own caseload and working towards qualification.
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We work hard and play hard
Law has always been seen as a challenging profession. Express Solicitors expect you to work hard for our clients. But we also love to have fun, with regular department socials, yearly Christmas parties (paid for by the business) and every other year a Summer social at the CEO's house paid for by James, himself.
We also have lots of other regular activities, with weekly football and netball games, a running club and a board game night.
About The Role
Duties include:
- Managing information on our case management system
- Creating and maintaining client files
- Speaking with clients and gathering information
- Recording correspondence accurately
- Providing administrative support to legal teams
As a Legal Apprentice, you'll receive:
- One paid study day per week
- Support from a supervisor, tutor and peer mentor
- Structured training and clear progression opportunities
Salary & Working Hours
£10.85 per hour in Year 1 (increasing annually)
Working pattern for your first year:
Our team work on a rotation of one week of early shifts then one week of late shifts.
Early Shift: 08.30 – 17.00 (8:30 – 16:30 on Friday)
Late Shift: 12.00 – 20.00 (12:00 – 19:30 on Friday)
You will be required to work one weekend shift every third weekend, with a day off in lieu in the week, both of which will be fixed following initial training.
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Weekends/Bank Holidays 10:00–18:00
Working hours after your first year:
8:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30 am to 5 pm Friday
Benefits
Hybrid Working
3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.
23 Days Holiday
Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
Extra Holidays
3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.
Looking After Your Health
Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
Looking After Your Well-being
24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
Work Life / Balance
Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
What are we looking for?
- Passionate about helping people and interested in law
- Ambitious, hardworking and eager to learn
- Strong communication and attention to detail
- Confident using Microsoft Office
- 3 A-Levels at Grade C or above (or equivalent)
Where are we?
South Court,
1 Sharston Road,
Manchester,
M22 4SN
Recruitment Process
Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams.
At Express Solicitors, we rate skill and ability above all else and therefore our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
Need more info?
Luiza da Costa, our Emerging Talent Manager, is happy to answer any questions you may have, about what Express Solicitors can offer you.
0161 904 4660
Recruitment@expresssolicitors.co.uk
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