About this episode

This episode explores the two paths to becoming a solicitor, featuring insights from a trainee and an apprentice.

Did you know you could train as a solicitor straight from school? There are two different routes to becoming a solicitor –as a graduate and as an apprentice. In this episode, Alma-Constance and Lucinda speak to Annabel Twose, a second-year trainee, and Matt Dady, a first-year solicitor apprentice at Fieldfisher's London office, a European law firm with 25 offices in 13 countries. Together they explore: · Why they wanted to train as a solicitor · The dif...

People in this episode

Hosts: Alma-Constance Denis-Smith, Lucinda Acland

Guests: Annabel Twose, Matt Dady

Topics covered

• solicitor training
• apprenticeship
• graduate route
• legal profession
• career paths

Keywords

• solicitor
• apprenticeship
• graduate
• legal career
• Fieldfisher
• training
• law firm

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fieldfisher

Places: London

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