Solicitor Apprenticeships (school leaver) - September 2025 - Fieldfisher

Deadline: 6 July 2025

We are looking for post A-level students dedicated to a career in law to join the firm in September 2025, with a view to complete the Solicitor Apprenticeship Programme and qualify as a Solicitor.

Are you a post-A-Level student passionate about a career in law? We’re excited to invite applications for our Solicitor Apprenticeship Programme, starting in September 2025.

This is a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn and qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales.

About the programme:
• A structured, six-year programme combining paid legal work with part-time study at The University of Law.
• For the first four years, you’ll work within a dedicated legal team, building your legal expertise and growing your professional network.
• In the final two years, you’ll join the trainee solicitor intake, completing four six-month seat rotations across different departments.
• You’ll work four days per week and dedicate one day to study.

The apprenticeship is an alternative path to going to University that offers the same career destination, but avoids the expensive fees. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking for an alternative to University and offers an alternative route to becoming a qualified lawyer in England & Wales.

Our Solicitor Apprenticeship allows you to earn whilst you learn, with a structured programme, which is approximately six years in length. It combines paid work experience and training at a Law Firm with part-time study for a professional qualification.

During your first four years you will work with one team, developing your legal knowledge, building your academic knowledge of the Law as well as developing your internal and external network. In the final two years you will join the trainee solicitor intake and commence four additional seat rotations, each of six months.

Application Process

Stage one – Online application form

Stage two – Online strengths assessment

Stage three – Phone interview with the Early Careers Team

Stage four – Assessment centre

Applications will close at 11:59pm on Sunday 6 July 2025.

Please note we start screening application forms and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign.

The Company

Fieldfisher is Times Top 20 Law Firm, a highly commended firm in the European Financial Times Innovative Lawyers rankings and is repeatedly nominated for awards in areas including dispute resolution, M&A and IP. Many of our lawyers are recognised by legal directories as leading professionals in their areas of specialism and we are top two-ranked in a number of our key practice areas.

Our network spans over 1,800 people across 26 international offices in 12 countries.

We operate across our offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast (2), Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Turin, Venice, Vienna and Silicon Valley.

Fieldfisher aims to ensure equality of opportunity and we are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. All applications will only be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role.