With the Labour government planning to reform apprenticeships, Michael Butler and Chloe Sheppick, Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Professional Law Institute, discuss the existing ...

Ramsdens Solicitors has welcomed Megan Smith as its first full-time solicitor to qualify through the firm’s Graduate Entry Solicitor Apprenticeship Scheme. A Newcastle University graduate, Megan ...

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The Government has moved to shake up skills funding, with certain solicitor apprenticeships affected under the new model. Under the new plans, £3bn is set to be ploughed into 120,000 new ...

A stock image of a solicitor hard at work (Courtesy: LEANDRO AGUILAR/Pixabay) Plans to reduce funding for level 7 apprenticeships could have a negative impact on social mobility in the legal sector, ...

With Social Mobility Day 2025 on 12 June and the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee continuing to meet, solicitor apprenticeships as a social mobility tool remain topical following the ...

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.

Plans to reduce funding for level 7 apprenticeships could have a negative impact on social mobility in the legal sector, the Law Society has warned. Level 7 apprenticeships, the equivalent to a master ...