Solicitor apprenticeship 2025

Skip the burdensome loans and uncertainty that often accompany full-time university degrees. If your dream is to become a solicitor, Dentons offers a clear and financially sound alternative – our solicitor apprenticeship programme.

You won’t accumulate eye-watering debt. Our apprenticeship programme allows you to train for your future career without the financial stress. As a Dentons apprentice, you’ll start working towards your LLB university degree alongside your day job. It’s an opportunity to learn, grow and earn simultaneously.

The six-year programme aimed at school leavers combines eight seats of work-based learning and part-time study with BPP University.

Dentons is now in the eighth year of running our solicitor apprenticeship programme. We were pioneers as one of the first firms to introduce a programme and to see our first solicitor apprentices qualify through the route in 2023. 

We're proud of our constant development in this space and have received legal sector recognition for our solicitor apprenticeship programme by being shortlisted for multiple awards in 2023/2024 including the Legal 500 ESG Awards, Women Influence & Power in Law Awards, ISE Awards, People in Law awards and were awarded Excellence in Human Resource Innovation for the Legal Innovation Awards 2024. 

Here are key facts about our apprenticeships:

• it lasts six years;
• you'll study for one day per week with BPP university and work four days per week;
• you'll pay no university fees;
• you'll recieve an LLB Law degree and qualifiy as an England & Wales solicitor; and
• it's designed for school leavers who have yet to commence an undergraduate degree.

Eligible candidates will need to have:

•  a minimum of seven GCSEs grade B/grade 6 or above (including Maths and English); and

•  achieved or be predicted a minimum of ABB at A-Level or equivalent.

For more information please visit Dentons' website.