LLB (Hons) Solicitor Level 7 Apprenticeship at Nottingham Trent University

The Level 7 Solicitor Degree Apprenticeship is a six-year part-time route to qualifying as a solicitor, combining employer-based work with study. Stage 1 (years one to four) leads to the LLB (Hons) Law via distance learning, and Stage 2 (years five and six) prepares for SQE 1 and SQE 2 and leads to a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Legal Knowledge. Study accounts for about 20% of the apprenticeship, with the rest as work-based learning.

Faculty: Nottingham Law School  |  Duration: Six years  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Study mode: full-time / degree apprenticeship  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Years one to three cover Contract, Torts, Legal and Professional Environment, Public Law, International, European and Comparative Law, Criminal Law with Mooting, Land Law and Trusts, with year four optional modules such as Company Law, Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law. Years five and six cover SQE-aligned modules including Property Law and Practice, Business Law and Practice, Wills and Administration of Estates and Trusts, Criminal Practice and Dispute Resolution. Teaching is on study weekends (Friday to Sunday), four per year on Route One or nine in total on Route Two.

Career pathways

Having passed the SQE and completed qualifying work-based learning, successful apprentices qualify as solicitors.

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