Legal apprenticeship scheme will allow participants to qualify as solicitors
A raft of leading law firms and in-house teams have helped the UK government develop new apprenticeship standards for the legal profession, helping to create a potential new route to qualification.
August 21, 2014 at 08:49 AM
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A raft of leading law firms and in-house teams have helped the UK government develop new apprenticeship standards for the legal profession, helping to create a potential new route to qualification.
Firms including Addleshaw Goddard, Mayer Brown, Eversheds and Simmons & Simmons, and in-house teams from Barclays and RBS were among those to have participated in the development of the Trailblazers Apprenticeship in Law initiative, which could lead to qualification as a solicitor.
The proposed new standards could have a profound impact on legal training, opening the door to lawyers qualifying into the profession without requiring a university education.
A committee of representatives from across the legal profession, chaired by Addleshaws HR specialist Gun Judge worked to define the new apprenticeship standards within the legal profession.
The new standards will allow apprentices to qualify as a solicitor, para-legal or chartered legal executive, while working for their employers.
Judge, said: "The new standards will enhance the alternative to the traditional route into law – opening the doors to a more diverse talent stream entering the profession".
Separate standards have been designed for each profession, with a statement of competences defining the levels of ability individuals must reach by the end of the apprenticeship.
The second phase of the consultation, to create a curriculum and assessment process in line with current ILEX Professional Standards Limited and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), is currently under way.
The existing Chartered Institute of Legal Executives accredited apprenticeship will continue in its current form, before being transitioned to the trailblazer format in 2017.
Last month the SRA introduced a 'period of recognised training' as an alternative to training contracts, increasing the number of avalible routes to qualification as a solicitor.
Participating firms in full
Addleshaw Goddard
Browne Jacobson
Burges Salmon
Clyde & Co
DAC Beachcroft
Dentons
DWF
Eversheds
Gateley
Kennedys Law
Lewis Silkin
Mayer Brown
Olswang
Pannone
Simmons & Simmons
Stephenson Harwood
Thomas Eggar
Withers
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