Legal Apprenticeships will be available from September 2016. Some firms have already decided that\u00a0they will be offering Legal Apprenticeships as a way of training future lawyers; others have decided\u00a0that they are not appropriate. Many firms, however, are grappling with what a Legal Apprenticeship is,\u00a0what it involves, how it differs from training contracts and periods of recognised training, in order to\u00a0decide whether it is \u2013 or is not \u2013 something which would be of benefit to the business, particularly if a\u00a0firm is going to be subject to the apprenticeship levy which will be imposed from April 2017on all\u00a0businesses with a pay bill of effectively more than \u00a33 million. Is it worth continuing to recruit trainees?\u00a0Should the firm offer apprenticeships to recoup some of the levy?<\/p>\n
These are all considerations the mini-consultation is intended to address for the particular firm, so that\u00a0a firm can decide whether Legal Apprenticeships are something it wishes to offer.<\/p>\n