Apprentice Paralegal Review

My role in the first year consisted of assisting others with their cases. This included reviewing client files and assessing whether or not their claim would be successful and providing legal advice alongside this. Now in the second year of my apprenticeship, I have been able to utilise this experience with my own case files.

My apprenticeship has helped me to develop so many skills. I find that I can manage increased workloads in comparison to a year ago and as my confidence has increased, so has my ability to solve problems more independently but still having the support there if needed. Internal training happens often to keep our skills up to date.

I enjoy my programme a lot. The team is incredibly supportive and the work is interesting, especially if a claim requires extensive research on something I have not covered previously.

My studying is structured and easy to follow. After each of my study modules, I discuss the requirements with my manager and we work together to find relevant evidence. My mentor is also so supportive, I can go to her with any worries and her responses are always great.

I receive a lot of support from my employer. I can go to my manager for any questions that I have. We have a weekly 1-1 in the calendar for general chats or work questions and a monthly 1-1 in which we talk about my capacity and wellbeing.

My training provider offers a lot of support. My mentor always responds to any questions I have and we have a catchup once every six weeks as well as one with my mentor and manager every twelve weeks.

My qualification through my training provider helps me to perform better in my role because I have to gather evidence for my portfolio which allows me to branch out and ensure I am making the most of my apprenticeship and completing a variety of tasks in the workplace.

Due to COVID, we had some social events via Teams.

Yes

I would recommend Irwin Mitchell to a friend because it is a supportive environment for my apprenticeship.

I would say that you should try to take on board the Irwin Mitchell values.