Legal Apprenticeship

Legal Apprenticeship – Lancaster

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Harrison Drury is a market‑leading firm of solicitors with offices across the North West, servicing both business and private clients. We have been successful for a sixth time, placing in the Top 100 Best Companies to work for in the UK. We are an employer of choice because we have a culture that challenges the conventional law firm approach and focuses our energy on getting great results for our clients, while attracting and developing brilliant people.

The six‑year HD legal apprenticeship programme steadily builds towards qualification as a solicitor by studying initially the Level 3 Paralegal and then Level 7 Solicitor apprenticeships. This is the same time period as qualifying through the traditional route.

• Training course – Solicitor
• Hours:
  
  Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm
• Day release for study
• 35 hours a week
• Start date:
  
  2026
• Duration: 72 months

• Supporting fee earners with administrative tasks
• Exposure to legal services
• Day release for study

76 Church Street, Lancaster, LA1 1ET

BPP University Limited – Solicitor (Level 7 / Master’s degree)

• GCSE English Language (Grade 6 or above)
• GCSE Mathematics (Grade 6 or above)
• 3 A‑Levels (Grade B or above)
• Please let us know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience. We can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem‑solving skills
• Team working
• Initiative

You will achieve an LLB (Hons) in Law and Legal Practice and will sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) as part of your End‑Point Assessment, thereby offering a viable alternative route to qualification as a solicitor. It can unlock career paths in many specialisms by developing the relevant skills and knowledge required for your preferred future roles.

Harrison Drury is a people‑business with relationships at its heart. We deliver legal services as trusted legal partners to businesses, individuals and families across Lancashire, Cumbria, Manchester, Merseyside and Staffordshire.