Damar Legal Apprenticeships
We offer the following legal apprenticeships across England:
This legal admin apprenticeship is ideal for administrators who support fee earners, such as legal secretaries. It includes the level 3 business administrator apprenticeship, as well as an introduction to working in the legal sector and key legal concepts relevant to a selected area of practice.
For more information, see our business admin apprenticeship page.
This apprenticeship has been designed for prospective paralegals or unqualified fee earners who would benefit from structured training.
For more information, see our paralegal apprenticeships page.
All paralegal apprentices benefit from O Shaped resources and activities in order to develop their people and business skills, alongside their technical legal knowledge.
We offer the level 7 solicitor apprenticeship which enables paralegal apprentices and law/non-law graduates to become qualified solicitors. The programme is supported by global legal education provider BARBRI.
For more information, see our solicitor apprenticeship page.
Benefits to your business
Legal apprenticeships can add enormous value to legal firms and in-house legal teams. For example, apprentices can:
- Increase admin support, freeing up time for senior colleagues and fee earners
- Inject fresh ideas and new ways of working, improving retention and morale
- Create a talent pipeline and increase inclusion and diversity
- Follow an alternative route to qualification as a solicitor
- Demonstrate your commitment to staff development, creating a more positive and productive working environment.
The Damar Difference
Damar Training are experts in legal apprenticeship training and we have developed our programmes to maximise the benefits to your business:
- We were at the forefront of the development of the legal apprenticeship standards; we know these qualifications inside out
- Our staff understand your business; our expert tutors have all worked in the legal industry
- We have experience of working with many of the country’s biggest and most successful law firms, as well as supporting legal teams within other types of businesses.
- Our people: An experienced team to support and empower you your apprentice, ensure they achieve the qualification and have an impact on organisation.
- Our processes: Our one-team approach offers a seamless enrolment and onboarding process, which leads into carefully planned, manageable chunks of learning.
- Our systems: Our engaging and accessible systems include OneFile, Profiler, Damar OpenLearning and our apprentice forums.
“We have been able to create a team of apprentices with varying levels of experience. This supports other team members to be more productive; transactions get dealt with quicker which results in happy clients, recommendations, and positive reviews.”
Samantha Burrows
Senior Associate
Aconveyancing
Apprenticeship delivery
Once enrolled, legal apprentices have a dedicated Damar coach who helps plan and manage the programme, including assessing performance and reviewing progress. This 1:1 support is supplemented by group coaching sessions and online resources. We also have a team of subject specialist tutors who deliver group workshops for the more technically complex units.
We keep you up to date with progress throughout the apprenticeship and carry out regular reviews to ensure your apprentice is on track.
Apprentices can start at various points throughout the year and all of the training can take place in the workplace. There is no need for your apprentice to physically attend classes or college one day a week.
You can find more information about each of our legal apprenticeships on the following pages:
Develop your legal team with Damar
From legal administrator to solicitor, Damar Training have the legal training expertise to support your law firm or in-house legal team with your workforce development requirements.
Many of our legal employer partners also utilise us for other programmes including accounting and management.
Our specialist business team are here to guide and support you – contact us for more information.
Legal apprenticeship FAQs
Our unique legal pathway involves an additional three modules:
- The legal environment: Basic knowledge of how laws are made and overview of how the legal system operates in civil and criminal matters.
- Proofreading: How to proofread legal and business documents.
- Area of law: Apprentices can choose from criminal liability, family law, conveyancing, wills and succession.
The modules are assessed through online quizzes and activities built into the course. Proofreading also has a final assessment.
There is a small additional cost for our legal admin apprenticeship. Please get in touch with us for further details.
We have start dates for our business admin programme every month. Apprentices in any of these groups can choose to specialise in the legal pathway.
The paralegal apprenticeship generally starts every two months, whilst our solicitor programme starts twice every year, in January and September.
Please note that from 1 January 2026, funding for the solicitor apprenticeship is only available to apprentices aged under 22. We will have a final all-age solicitor apprenticeship cohort in December 2025.
If we haven’t answered your question above, have a read of our employer FAQs for more information.
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