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The Law Apprenticeships Guide sponsored by Mayer Brown

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Key skills

The skills you need to be a successful legal apprentice

Apprenticeship career paths

Confused about legal apprenticeships? Use this guide for an outline of each stage

Meet an apprentice

Chris is a solicitor apprentice at Mayer Brown International LLP

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What is a law apprenticeship?

A law apprenticeship combines paid work and training at a law firm with part-time study for professional qualifications. It is an alternative path to going to university that offers the same career destinations, but avoids the expensive fees.

Different types of LAW APPRENTICESHIPS

What are legal apprenticeships and how do they work? In this video Josh runs through the main types of apprenticeship - the solicitor apprenticeship and the paralegal apprenticeship - and explains what you will learn and the skills and experience you can gain from each one.

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Apprenticeship v university

How do I know which route is best for me?

What are the different types of apprenticeships?

Intermediate, paralegal, solicitor apprenticeships: here are the career options

Your legal apprenticeship skills checklist

Here's a checklist of the necessary skills to get off to a flying start

A 26-step guide to training contract applications and interviews

Here is LawCareers.Net’s 26-step guide to the training contract application process, plus 10 mock interview questions to help you prepare.

The Beginner's Guide to a Career in Law

Everything you need to know about launching a career in law.

How can I get work experience in my first year of university?

I’m a first-year student, how important is legal work experience and do you have any advice for securing some?

Key questions

Who can become an apprentice?

Do I have to study A-level law to be an apprentice?

What skills and strengths do you need to be a good lawyer?

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Meet the Apprentice

Chris is a solicitor apprentice at Mayer Brown International LLP.

Christianah Babajide - An insight into life as a family law paralegal

Christianah Babajide

As a family law paralegal, you will be one of the first points of face-to face-contact with the firm for clients seeking help and advice regarding family law issues.

Meet the Apprentice

Ami Chillcott is a first-year solicitor apprentice at RPC, having first undertaken a two-year paralegal apprenticeship with the firm.

Simon Stephen - Disability and inclusion: Q&A with Gowling WLG’s Simon Stephen

Simon Stephen, legal director at Gowling, opens up about how being honest about his mental health over the years has made for a better working environment.