Solicitor Apprenticeship

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We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to develop to their full potential, which is why we have launched our six‑year Apprenticeship Programme in our London office. Whether university isn’t the right choice for you or you are keen to start working straight away, our Solicitor Apprenticeship Programme gives you a great alternative route to qualify as a Solicitor.

You will work alongside and learn from some of the brightest minds in their field, helping to solve some of our clients' most complex legal and business problems while learning the academic and practical skills needed to excel as a lawyer. You will receive a high standard of training from us while studying one day per week. You’ll spend one day a week studying with BPP University, taking part in workshops and seminars, and completing various assessments across the six years.

• Knowledge of core areas of the law, legal practice and regulation
• Ethics, professionalism and judgement
• How to progress legal matters and transactions
• Methods of applying legal knowledge and commercial judgement to produce solutions which meet clients’ needs
• Deploying a full range of legal skills – including legal writing and drafting, case analysis, legal research, advocacy and interviewing and advising
• Commercial awareness

You can read the full curriculum on the BPP website – Solicitor Apprenticeship | Law | BPP

Apprentices at Norton Rose Fulbright are assigned to a Practice Group, a specific area of law in the business, for the duration of their apprenticeship. Whilst this means that apprentices do not rotate in the same manner as trainees, there are options for short‑term secondments into different parts of the business.

• Pro Bono
• Compliance
• General Counsel

We aim to be flexible and the available secondments might change year to year.

Build your career and become a qualified solicitor whilst working and earning. The starting salary will be £28,000 and will increase year on year, matching a graduate trainee solicitor salary by the fifth year.

• Solicitor Level 7 Apprenticeship
• LLB (Hons) Law and Legal Practice

All Solicitor Apprentices will be located in our London office.

This programme is open to all final‑year school leavers who have completed, or are completing, their A‑Levels. To be considered we require you to be on track to achieving AAB at A‑Level (or equivalent). We also value diverse skills, so share your strengths, motivations and extra‑curricular achievements.

Upon submitting your online application, you will be invited to complete a bespoke online test – a behaviour‑based gamification software tailored to NRF.

If you meet the minimum benchmark, your application will be screened against our criteria. Successful candidates will be invited to a Teams video interview with a member of the Early Careers team. After this, you will be invited to an in‑person assessment centre.

Our Assessment Centre includes three elements:

• Individual timed assessment – reviewing a case study and presenting your thoughts to an assessor
• Group negotiation exercise
• Partner interview