Solicitor Apprenticeship 2025

Complete an LLB Law Degree and undertake the SQE1 and SQE2 exams, with all tuition fees and course materials covered.

The opportunity

Our Solicitor Apprenticeship is a Level 7 qualification combining study with work to allow you to qualify as a solicitor without incurring student debt often associated with attending university. You'll learn on-the-job at our London office, alongside a small cohort of solicitor apprentices, while studying for one day a week at the University of Law to obtain an LLB Law degree and complete the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE). At the end of the apprenticeship, you'll be a qualified solicitor.

We are now recruiting for up to four solicitor apprentices to join us in September 2025.

Bird & Bird: About Us
Wherever it is in the world, Bird & Bird has the reach, the knowledge, the expertise, and the people to keep a business on track.

We operate rolling recruitment, which means we screen applications as they are received, rather than after our deadline. Therefore, we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

At the time of submitting your application, you should be:

  • in your final year of A-Levels (Year 13) or have already completed school or college (e.g., on a gap year or working).
  • at least 18 years of age at the start date of the apprenticeship; and
  • have the right to work in the UK.

AND, you should also:

  • have achieved 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A*-C; and
  • have achieved, or be on track to achieve, 3 A-Levels at AAB (or equivalent).

Benefits

  • £26,000 salary in Year 1, £30,000 in Year 2, and £98,000 newly qualified salary.
  • All tuition fees and course materials paid for by the firm for your LLB and SQE studies at the University of Law.
  • Health and wellbeing in mind with a benefits package that includes private medical insurance, health assessments, maternity, and paternity leave, shared parental leave, adoption leave, gym membership, flu vaccinations, eyecare, and dental insurance.
  • Flexible benefits package for your lifestyle, including 25 days of paid holiday annually, travel insurance, interest-free season ticket loan, computer loan, cycle to work scheme, and give as you earn charity account.
  • Bespoke benefits package for your finance, including 5% pension contribution, group income protection, group life assurance, group critical illness, and will writing.

We understand that you may not have received the grade you hoped for due to extenuating or mitigating circumstances. Please detail any relevant information in your application for us to take into consideration. We also use a Contextual Recruitment System (CRS) to enable us to recruit people from different backgrounds and help us understand your achievements in the context in which they were gained.

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  • Deadline
    February 20th, 2025
  • Starting
    September 2025
  • Hiring Multiple Candidates
    Yes
  • Salary
    £26,000 + benefits
  • Location
    London
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