Comments on: Top firms pledge to treat training contracts and apprenticeships as equals https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:48:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Albert Venn Diagram https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167872 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:48:53 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167872 In reply to Alan.

We are in the world of quotas in a time when law firms spew out tick box diversity data PR releases and the government demands nonsense like reporting on the so-called “gender pay gap”.

]]> By: Albert Venn Diagram https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167871 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:46:29 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167871 In reply to Anon.

Probably true for the more administrative areas of law like corporate where essential one needs hour drones to review documents and update templates. Clients would still want strong academics for those working on the more substantively challenging areas of practice.

]]> By: Dolce https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167859 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 23:34:48 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167859 Not convinced that they can achieve the same thing as a university graduate. The top end of the legal market is filled with elitists where your socioeconomic and education background matters.

]]> By: Donald J Dump https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167852 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:13:13 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167852 In reply to Anon.

Talk about being damned by faint praise.

]]> By: Maia https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167785 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:08:57 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167785 In reply to Anon.

They have already started! The very first solicitor apprenticeship at A&O intake started this September.

]]> By: aoja https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167782 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:59:31 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167782 In reply to Anon.

Several already offer solicitor apprenticeships.

]]> By: Maia https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167781 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:57:09 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167781 They have already started! The very first solicitor apprenticeship at A&O intake started this September.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167765 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:57:24 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167765 In reply to Anon.

As you’d expect after four years immersed in the firm on 80% time, you’re basically going to be as good as the very best paralegals by that stage.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167764 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:54:24 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167764 A&O are actually offering solicitor apprenticeships from next year – interesting to see if any of these signatories take that extra step.

]]> By: Alan https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167763 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:45:28 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167763 In reply to Kwezchion.

Exactly. One step away from quotas.

]]> By: Cynical Person https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167761 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:30:45 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167761 As someone who trained and qualified using an “alternative route” (not a solicitor apprenticeship it should be said), I would take this with a pinch of salt.

London law firms are great at many things but refraining from jumping to conclusions about someone based on their previous experiences to date is not one of them…

]]> By: Kwezchion https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167757 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:25:26 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167757 Why is the job of industry to “level the playing field”, rather than just assess the economic value of each candidate?

]]> By: Big chat https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167755 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:15:51 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167755 Not true

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/10/to-firms-pledge-to-treat-training-contracts-and-apprenticeships-as-equals/#comment-1167754 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:14:31 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=180462#comment-1167754 To be fair its the trainees that would be prejudiced. My experience of apprentices is that when it comes to their ‘training contract’ i.e. the two years before qualifying, they are superstars and streaks ahead of their trainee intake.

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