Our Apprenticeship

Our Solicitor Apprenticeship Programme offers the opportunity to qualify as a solicitor while gaining hands-on experience across up to nine teams, achieving a law degree and completing the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), all while earning a salary from day one.

Over six years, you will combine academic study with practical work experience, developing the skills, knowledge and commercial awareness needed to build a successful legal career. The programme takes the same amount of time as the traditional route to qualification through university, the SQE and a training contract, but allows you to apply your learning in a real-world environment from the outset while earning as you learn.

Designed to help you realise your potential, the programme will equip you with the skills to deliver client excellence and work in a creative, collaborative and commercial way within a supportive and ambitious law firm.

How does it work?

During the six-year programme, you will spend your first six months in one of our business support teams before rotating through up to eight legal teams across our Business, Real Estate and Private Client groups. This structured approach provides a breadth of experience and insight into different areas of law, helping you develop into a well-rounded solicitor. The final two years mirror the structure of our training contract, with four six-month seats.

Throughout the programme, you will spend four days a week working alongside qualified lawyers and other professionals, with one day dedicated to studying at the University of Law.

As a member of the fifth apprenticeship cohort, you will benefit from the support of a dedicated supervisor, mentor and buddy from our current apprentice community, alongside ongoing guidance from our Early Careers team throughout your journey.

This is a Bristol based apprenticeship commencing in September 2027.

Who are we looking for?

• Individuals who bring their own unique perspectives and experiences
• Candidates who demonstrate our values and behaviours, including being proactive, curious and adaptable
• People with a growth mindset and a willingness to learn
• Future leaders who are motivated to make a positive impact
• Candidates who are genuinely interested in a career in law and excited by the opportunity to build their career at Michelmores

Why Michelmores?

Michelmores is the destination law firm for the ambitious, the imaginative and the distinctive. We help enterprises and individuals navigate change to find a positive future.

We are a flexible, friendly and inclusive organisation with as clear a focus on fresh thinking as we have on growth and success. We value and nurture our people’s potential and inspiration and give them a creative, open and collaborative environment in which to develop a career and succeed.

As an apprentice at Michelmores, you will find the best blend of varied, high-quality work in a flexible and supportive environment.

Alongside building your understanding of the law, you’ll gain a real grasp of the commercial realities that affect our clients and how we help them make the most of their opportunities.

You will be joining a firm that wants to make a positive difference to the world around them, for their people, their clients, the local communities we work in and the planet. Find out more by clicking here.

Next Steps To apply please click the link below or if you would like to talk to someone about the role, please email early.careers@michelmores.com and we can arrange a call.

Michelmores LLP is an Equal Opportunities Employer

We do not discriminate on grounds of race, gender, marital status, age, religion, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or sexual orientation in the selection, recruitment and treatment of our staff.

View our Inclusion and Belonging pages for more information.

As part of our recruitment policy our candidates are subject to pre-employment screening checks. The Employee Screening Process includes DBS screening, adverse media checks, financial screening, and will also involve verification of employment history, your right to work in the UK and any relevant qualifications and memberships. If you would like further information around this, at this stage, please get in touch with our recruitment team (early.careers@michelmores.com)

Do you sponsor visas for international candidates?

All employees must have a legal right to work in the UK in order to undertake any UK based employment. British and Irish citizens currently have an automatic right to work in the UK. All other citizens must have a UK visa or settled status in the UK.

As apprentices have employed status you must have the right to permanently live and work in the UK. Apprenticeships are not covered by student visas.

Please provide us with full details of your immigration status and, where appropriate, how you intend to qualify for a UK visa so that we can consider whether or not it is possible for us to progress your application. We will look at each application on a case-by-case basis. Any offer will be conditional upon your right to work in the UK.

There are minimum salary and skill requirements that need to be met to be eligible for a sponsored visa. Full details on restrictions including course completion requirements can be found on the Home Office website. UK Immigration Rules are subject to change with little or no notice.

Potential sponsorship options are subject to UK immigration policies and any corresponding reviews. Michelmores cannot make any guarantee that you will be eligible for sponsorship. Michelmores keeps its approach under review in line with new government guidance, as it is published.

Please also be aware that should any subsequent changes to the UK immigration rules affect the viability of your application before your start date, we reserve the right to change how we process applications, in line with the new regulations. Once we become aware of any changes we will let you know at the earliest possible opportunity.

Application deadline:
Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 12:00 (UTC)
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