Graduate Legal Apprenticeship (28 - 30 Month FTC) – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

This is a unique opportunity to work in ITN’s Legal and Compliance team and gain real-world legal experience in an exciting, fast-paced environment whilst studying for both parts of the Solicitor’s Qualifying Exam (SQE) as part of the Graduate Entry Legal Apprentice Scheme.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course

Solicitor (level 7)

Hours

Shifts to be confirmed

42 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Duration

2 years 4 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

As a Graduate Legal Apprentice you will:

Develop your skills and legal knowledge in areas such as intellectual property, contract law and compliance whilst working with the highly experienced legal team across all areas of the ITN business including TV production, distribution, news, partnerships and archive
Study for the Level 7 Graduate Legal Apprentice qualification learning both on and off the job

Where you'll work

200 Grays Inn Road
London
WC1X 8XZ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW LIMITED

Your training course

Solicitor (level 7)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Obtain relevant facts by effective questioning and active listening.
Find, analyse, and assess documents to extract relevant information including recognising when additional information is needed , interpreting and evaluating information obtained, recording and presenting information accurately and clearly.
Recognise when legal research is needed and use appropriate methods and resources including identifying, finding and assessing the relevance of sources of law, interpreting, evaluating and applying research results, recording and presenting findings of research accurately and clearly.
Develop strategies and solutions including an understanding of a client’s commercial and personal circumstances, their needs, objectives, priorities and constraints.
Provide advice which is informed by appropriate and factual legal analysis and identifying the consequences of different options.
Draft documents from scratch and use precedents which address all legal and factual issues, complying with all formalities and using clear, accurate and succinct language.
Undertake effective spoken and written advocacy in court and outside of formal court hearings including: effective preparation by identifying and mastering relevant facts and legal principles, organize facts to support an argument or position, present a reasoned argument in a clear, logical, succinct persuasive way, make appropriate references to legal authority, comply with formalities, deal with witnesses appropriately, respond effectively to questions or opposing arguments, identify strengths and weaknesses from different parties’ perspectives.
Negotiate solutions to clients’ issues including: identify all parties’ interests, objectives and limits, developing and formulating best options for meeting parties’ objectives, presenting options for compromises persuasively, responding to options presented by the other side, developing compromises between options or parties.
Plan and manage legal cases and transactions including applying relevant processes and procedures to progress matters effectively, assessing, communicating and managing risk, bringing a transaction or case to a conclusion.
Obtain relevant facts by effective questioning and active listening.
Find, analyse, and assess documents to extract relevant information including recognising when additional information is needed , interpreting and evaluating information obtained, recording and presenting information accurately and clearly.
Recognise when legal research is needed and use appropriate methods and resources including identifying, finding and assessing the relevance of sources of law, interpreting, evaluating and applying research results, recording and presenting findings of research accurately and clearly.
Develop strategies and solutions including an understanding of a client’s commercial and personal circumstances, their needs, objectives, priorities and constraints.
Provide advice which is informed by appropriate and factual legal analysis and identifying the consequences of different options.
Draft documents from scratch and use precedents which address all legal and factual issues, complying with all formalities and using clear, accurate and succinct language.
Undertake effective spoken and written advocacy in court and outside of formal court hearings including: effective preparation by identifying and mastering relevant facts and legal principles, organize facts to support an argument or position, present a reasoned argument in a clear, logical, succinct persuasive way, make appropriate references to legal authority, comply with formalities, deal with witnesses appropriately, respond effectively to questions or opposing arguments, identify strengths and weaknesses from different parties’ perspectives.
Negotiate solutions to clients’ issues including: identify all parties’ interests, objectives and limits, developing and formulating best options for meeting parties’ objectives, presenting options for compromises persuasively, responding to options presented by the other side, developing compromises between options or parties.
Plan and manage legal cases and transactions including applying relevant processes and procedures to progress matters effectively, assessing, communicating and managing risk, bringing a transaction or case to a conclusion.

Your training plan

Solicitor Level 7 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

Degree in:

Law (grade 2:1)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

ITN is a global production powerhouse that produces news programming for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 and thousands of hours of factual and live content for the major UK and international broadcasters and streaming platforms via ITN Productions, the award-winning creative content production arm of ITN.

http://www.itn.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

There is no guarantee of a role afterward however the successful apprentice will be job-ready when the apprenticeship finishes

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

INDEPENDENT TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED

Dan

sadod@itn.co.uk

07947781817

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322166.

Apply now

Closes in 17 days (Sunday 15 June 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

Two stage interview then onboarding with learning provider

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