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SalaryBeen stuck in education too long?
You’re the kind of person who is keen to get on with your life. You’ve worked hard at school or college and are ready to apply your energy and passion to a new challenge.
A legal apprenticeship with Howes Percival is a great alternative to university where you gain a real career advantage. You get practical, hands on experience from day one, working on a wide variety of tasks that will help you to build your skills whilst spending one day a week studying for your qualifications.
Apprenticeships are more accessible
As attractive as university is, there’s no escaping the cost of it, which can put it out of reach. Not so with Apprenticeships.
Since you will be working from the beginning, you will also be paid. Better still, your pay rises over the course of your study period as you gain more qualifications and experience and begin to take on more client work.
What’s more, your training is fully funded so at the end of the six year course you will be a qualified solicitor without the debt that university brings.
The Course and experience
Our training provider is BPP University and during your first 2 years you will work towards a Level 3 Paralegal Apprenticeship. You will then carry on to complete the 4 year Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship. You’ll achieve a law degree and the assessment following this is the Solicitors Qualifying Exam. You’ll spend 4 days per week working for us and 1 day a week studying with the training provider. You will be assigned a supervisor who will work with you on a daily basis assigning you tasks and giving training and feedback.
In the office your day to day work might include:
- Researching property law and case law;
- Carrying out legal due diligence on properties;
- Assisting solicitors with various tasks during the course of a property transaction ; and
- Drafting correspondence, legal reports and legal documents under supervision.
Could you be our next legal apprenticeships recruit?
If you have or expect to gain 90 or more UCAS points, if you are enthusiastic about the profession, have an interest in property and if you have the energy and commitment to succeed, we want to hear from you.
To apply
You can apply by emailing your CV or if you do not have a CV, a letter explaining a bit about you and why you want to apply to recruitment@howespercival.com
The closing date for this vacancy is 31 March 2024.
Equality & Diversity Howes Percival recognises that a diverse business can attract the best talent and overall leads to greater success. We wish to ensure not only that we attract talent from a diverse talent pool, but that Howes Percival is a place where all talented individuals enjoy working and can flourish. As a business we are committed to fostering an equal, diverse and inclusive working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, harassment or limitations, and in which all decisions are based on merit.We seek to recruit the best talent and we welcome applications from Black, Asian or other ethnic minority candidates, those that identify as disabled, or candidates who identify as LGBTQ+. We embrace this culture in all areas of the business, including our recruitment and selection process, providing a fair and unbiased approach.We have an appointed an Equality & Diversity Steering Committee led by 3 partners of the Firm to ensure that we adhere to the commitments outlined above.We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you would like to speak to anyone about making a reasonable adjustment or alternative formats in relation to your application, please contact us on recruitment@howespercival.com.
- Benefits Howes Percival offers a competitive salary and an extensive flexible benefits package to suit everyone’s needs. Our range of benefits include:Discretionary bonus scheme which rewards exceptional performance as well as a bonus scheme on offer to all staff25 days holiday (30 days at director and partner level) rising to 30 days with serviceGroup personal pension plan with matched contributions to 5%Private medical insurance with option to purchase cover for family membersMedicash Health Cash PlanDental InsuranceCycle to WorkLife assurance from day oneStaff income protection schemeOption to purchase critical illness coverOption to buy/sell holidayEmployee introduction schemePayment of professional subscriptionsFinancial support for studying professional qualifications (in line with the firm’s policy)Enhanced maternity/paternity schemeFlexible workingLocate for your diary policy Staff discount schemeOne paid "charity day" per year (non-contractual)
