Bond Dickinson welcomes third cohort of legal apprentices
updated on 14 March 2016
Announced to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, Bond Dickinson is recruiting a new group of apprentices to its Plymouth office.
As part of its third annual recruitment cycle, this new group will hope to follow in the footsteps of the 2014 and 2015 cohorts, who have progressed through their Advanced Apprenticeship in Legal Services programme and are now being sponsored to do further CILEx training.
Apprentices at the firm are allocated a supervisor and mentor, with tasks starting at the administrative level (eg, inputting data) and progressing to supervised legal work on files. Sam Lee, head of recruitment at Bond Dickinson, said: “The quality of training at Bond Dickinson is second to none. Well, that's certainly what our people tell us. Our supervisors are trained and fully supported on an on-going basis. There is a clear structure in place for our paralegals to progress from the entry level roles up to managing paralegal positions and, for those who want to, we support aspirations to qualify as lawyers.”
One of the firm’s existing apprentices, Jack Bidgood, said the scheme has enabled him to “develop personally and professionally; through the combination of self-study and on the job experience I have the knowledge and opportunity to put what I am learning into practice”.
The firm is holding an open evening on its apprenticeship programme in Plymouth on 17 March; to learn more and register your interest, click here.
