Insurance firm Keoghs will run one of the first graduate programmes for aspiring solicitors, in partnership with the University of Law.
The graduate entry solicitor apprenticeship scheme allows people with a qualifying law degree but not the postgraduate diploma in legal practice (LPC) to become solicitors. Those with an LPC will follow the usual training contract route, while those without will go through the apprenticeship scheme.
Jo Wright, head of people at Keoghs, said: ‘We wanted to make sure that those talented colleagues who could not afford to study for the LPC had the same opportunities.’
