Paralegal Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are vocational training which enable the learner to gain the necessary skills to succeed in their chosen career. They involve a combination of on and off-the-job training - apprentices work alongside experienced staff to gain job-specific skills and receive training.
An apprenticeship is not a qualification in itself, but a framework that contains separately certified units. Under the new QCF framework the learner can chose from a wide range of relevant units, applicable to the chosen pathway offering the learner more freedom, choice and flexibility in learning.
Level 2 and Level 3 Paralegal Qualifications
Skills for Justice are sponsoring National Occupational Standards for Paralegals. Occupational Standards are good for the profession as a whole because it is the first step towards recognising the role that paralegals play within the profession and will lay the path open to create Paralegal Apprenticeships. Once standards have been ratified, Level 2 and Level 3 Paralegal qualifications will be developed and implemented.
The content of these courses will include:
- Technical Skills,
- Organisational Skills,
- Communications Skills, I
- Interpersonal Skills,
- Legal Practice Skills,
- Professional & Legal Ethics
- Commercial Skills
Each course can be studied part-time over 1 year and is a straightforward, cost-effective route to legal qualification for school-leavers and adults alike.
Upon successful completion of Level 2 and Level 3 students can progess onto the Level 4 Diploma in Paralegal Studies after which they will qualify as an Associate Paralegal (A.PLL.)
