Solicitor Apprenticeship
KESAR & CO LTD
BROMLEY (BR1 1DG)
Closes in 13 days (Sunday 12 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 September 2025
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Summary
Are you always arguing the law with friends and family? Do you feel there are wrongs that need to be righted? Are you passionate about human rights? If so, our company is for you! We will assist you to become a solicitor in the field of human rights. You will act for some of the most vulnerable, gain experience and qualify as a solicitor.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 to £23,492.04, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Solicitor (level 7)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm.
Flexible times are available.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 1 November 2025
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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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
You will work as a member of a small team engaging in various areas of law including public law, prison law, claims against public authorities and discrimination. You will show a commitment from the first day to our clients, and a willingness to work as part of the team.
As an apprentice solicitor, you will have the advantage of learning whilst earning. Within 2 years, we would expect you to have sufficient skills and experience to run your own cases including advocacy before the Parole Board. By the time you qualify as a solicitor, you will have built an excellent reputation with clients and others in the profession.
Typically, you will handle:
- File opening and closure (including dealing with outstanding financial matters and sending files to storage)
- Updating the case management system
- Legal research
- Drafting representations
- Taking instructions from clients
- Instructing experts
- Briefing counsel
- Advocacy for clients
General duties such as:
- Filing
- Printing and photocopying of documents
- Preparing letters
- Producing correspondence and reports
- Preparing files and bundles
- Attending meetings and producing attendance notes
- Attending court behind counsel
- When you have sufficient experience, you will attend hearings for your clients
Where you'll work
27 LONDON ROAD
BROMLEY
BR1 1DG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
The apprenticeship is 6 years and requires hard work and dedication. But after 4 years you will have achieved a law degree, after 6 years you will be a qualified solicitor.
Training is online with the University of Law. One day a week is home study, the remaining 4 days per week is practical work experience building your skills, knowledge and experience to become a well rounded solicitor.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
You should consider the types of clients you will be acting for - many will be serving prisoners who have committed serious crimes. You will be expected to represent them in their human rights cases without prejudice. You may also be required to visit prisons on occasions and attend court.
About this employer
Kesar & Co Ltd is a high street law firm predominantly funded by Legal Aid. We specialise in prison law, discrimination, claims against public bodies and public law, but also undertake other areas of law. We have a reputation of going the extra mile for our clients and tackling the less than glamourous aspects of law. Our staff have an unwavering dedication to human rights.
After this apprenticeship
Apprentices can expect to become independent caseworkers after 2 years of starting their training. By the time you qualify as a solicitor you could be a supervisor of your own team. Once qualified, if partnership is your dream we could make it come true!
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KESAR & CO LTD
Liz Hill
lhill@kesarco.co.uk
02081813100
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344280.
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Closes in 13 days (Sunday 12 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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