Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship; Private Client Advisory

The team

Working as a Solicitor Apprentice in the Reading team, you will provide day to day support and assistance to the other team members in relation to the clients and caseloads. The role is wide-ranging and you will work with all the members of the team.

This will include:

• Assisting with new client enquiries.
• Assisting with arrangements for meetings, and telephone calls, and where required, attend to take detailed notes.
• Communicating with clients, other firms of solicitors and third parties by telephone or in writing including taking basic client instructions and providing case updates when appropriate.
• Drafting documents (including letters, wills, powers of attorney, tax reporting forms for estates, probate applications, statements of truth, and trust documents).
• Tracking progress of cases across the team.
• Reporting to line manager and other team members on case progress and interactions and referrals to other departments.
• Achieving time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.
• Ensuring compliance with the firm’s policies and procedures.
• Attending appropriate training events as and when required.
• Conducting Legal Research and obtaining documentation, such as copies of Grants of Probate, Wills and Land Registry documentation) as requested by members of the team.
• Supporting the team's business development activities/events; and
• Working to deadlines and be adept at multi-tasking.

Accordingly, you will need to be able to:

• Attend the office in person.
• Be prepared to travel to other offices within the firm and attend meetings off site with colleagues.
• Confidently process client work allocated to you by your supervisor and other team members.
• Help manage cases on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Record your time accurately.
• Take part in team reviews, meetings and away days.
• Work efficiently on matters to assist the team to hit its monthly billing targets.
• Undertake legal research through internal, online and AI resources.
• Engage with clients and third parties by written correspondence, telephone/video calls, and in person meetings; and
• Draft standard documents and correspondence.
• Plan and prioritise while being flexible and quick to respond to requests at short notice.
• Follow set guidelines and processes, but with the ability and confidence to use your own judgement where required and to complete written tasks to a high standard (e.g. grammatical and technical accuracy).
• Complete relevant administration duties including photocopying, scanning documents, amending documentation, filing, archiving and file maintenance.

You will be able to work quickly and accurately whilst also always giving excellent client care. Given the nature of the role, it is essential that you are an exceptional and confident communicator as you will work as part of this highly respected team to assist clients and the firm’s trust corporation to the highest standard.

The Irwin Mitchell Solicitor Apprenticeship is a six year programme. You will gain an LLB (Hons) in Legal Practice from BPP and at the end of the programme you will qualify as a solicitor after achieving the Solicitors Qualifying Exam 1 and 2 qualifications along with 2 years’ qualifying work experience.

All of your tuition fees will be paid and best of all, you will earn a salary whilst you are training and gaining your qualification.

The apprenticeship will combine practical work‑based learning with formal study. You’ll gain valuable, real‑life experience in the UK’s largest full service law firm, enhancing your legal and commercial understanding and growing your confidence in a work environment. It’s the ideal opportunity to benefit from an exciting new world of work and study while avoiding the costs usually associated with undertaking a degree.

As you progress through your apprenticeship, you will build a portfolio of the experience you have gained and the tasks you have completed in the workplace. You will spend the majority of time in your own department with the possibility of also working elsewhere for some of the programme to gain exposure to other parts of Irwin Mitchell. The programme will be tailored to your individual needs and goals for…