How Trethowans champions apprenticeships and early careers development
As National Apprenticeship Week shines a spotlight on the value of on-the-job learning, Trethowans continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to nurturing the next generation of legal professionals.
Opportunities for Apprentice Solicitors across multiple departments
Trethowans actively supports career development through a structured Apprentice Solicitor programme, offering aspiring future lawyers a direct route into legal practice. Apprentice Solicitors are integrated across a wide variety of legal departments, including Residential Property, Agricultural & Rural Property, Banking & Finance, Charity Law, Commercial Property, and Wills, Trusts & Probate.
This opportunity ensures that apprentices gain hands-on exposure to real legal work from the outset, empowering them to build skills, develop confidence and establish strong foundations for their careers.
A supportive learning environment with responsibility
Apprentices at Trethowans benefit from the firm’s wider commitment to early careers development. The structure of the firm’s training model, used for both trainees and apprentices, highlights key values such as mentorship, practical learning and responsibility.
The firm ensures apprentices work closely with supervisors, receive client exposure and participate actively within their teams. This approach mirrors the supportive, practical framework of their trainee solicitor programme, in which early careers professionals are given real responsibility and opportunities to apply academic learning in practice.
Many of Trethowans’ now-qualified solicitors and even partners began their journeys as trainees or in early careers roles, showcasing the long-term career prospects available to apprentices within the firm.
Extending opportunities beyond law
Trethowans’ commitment to early careers extends far beyond traditional legal pathways. The firm also offers non‑legal apprenticeships, including roles within Operations and Marketing.
These roles highlight Trethowans’ recognition that its success depends not only on lawyers but on the wider business support functions that help the firm.
A culture of growth, inclusion and development
Trethowans’ commitment to long-term development is reinforced by its People & Culture team, who emphasise the firm’s ambition to nurture talent and encourage progression. This people-first approach ensures that apprentices not only gain legal experience but also feel included, championed, and motivated to grow.
Why Trethowans’ apprenticeship support matters
At a time when the legal sector is increasingly recognising the value of alternative entry routes into law, Trethowans’ apprenticeship support demonstrates:
- A commitment to accessible legal careers
- Investment in long-term talent development
- A culture that values learning, curiosity, and potential
- A practical and supportive environment for early careers professionals
If you would like to find out more about the apprenticeships we have to offer at Trethowans, contact our dedicated Early Careers team by emailing [email protected].
