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Training with us gives you the opportunity to work right across the business, experiencing the full range of legal disciplines we cover.

You will benefit from a structured programme designed to provide you with the right experience, education, hands on involvement and support to prepare you for your career following qualification.

Your training will typically be organised as four seats, each lasting six months.

If you have worked for a number of years as a paralegal and know which area in which you wish to qualify, this route enables you to continue to work as a paralegal, build your experience and knowledge and continue to grow your career as a solicitor.

The paralegal equivalent means route was introduced in 2014 to support paralegals with years of experience, offering them an alternative route to qualification.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) requires you to evidence that you have worked in three different areas for at least three months. You also need to provide a comprehensive portfolio of the work and experience you have gained over your time as a paralegal.

Eman Hassan, Solicitor in the Major Trauma team, qualified using this route ‘I was the first at Moore Blatch to qualify this route. I had worked as a Paralegal in two other departments and found my niche in Major Trauma. Moore Blatch fully supported me to pursue this route and I thoroughly enjoyed my time as a Paralegal/Trainee as I slowly built my caseload and have qualified into the area I wanted to grow my career in!’

If you don’t have a university degree and want to study part time alongside your current job, or are looking for a flexible way to qualify, CILEx could be for you.

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) offer “unparalleled” access to flexible careers in law and are one of the three core approved regulators of the legal profession alongside barristers and solicitors.  CILEx is a professional association representing more than 20,000 trainees and practising Chartered Legal Executives.  By being flexible, CILEx allows you to study part-time and still achieve qualification whilst in full-time employment.

CILEx provides you with a qualification in its own right (practising as a Chartered Legal Executive) but also provides a pathway to qualification as a solicitor. It is the only route which does not require you to have a university degree in order to qualify. They offer many different types of courses which include introductory courses, single subjects and specialist pathways.

Callum Leary, Legal Adviser in the Real Estate team explains his route progress ‘The flexible nature of CILEx allowed me to study alongside working full-time, which was essential. Also, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) recognises the qualifying employment undertaken to become a Chartered Legal Executive provides the same training requirements as a traditional training contract.’

‘As I am already working in the department I would like to continue in post qualification, this was the obvious route for me to take. I have been very lucky that Moore Blatch is continuing to fully support me through my studies with advice and the flexibility needed to progress my career.’

Eman Hassan and Callum Leary are founding members of the Moore Blatch Aspiring Lawyers Group which strives to inspire both those who are on route or are thinking about qualifying to become a chartered legal executive / solicitor / licensed conveyancer.