Law firm to launch apprenticeship programme for sustained growth

A law company is planning to drive further growth by launching a very ambitious apprenticeship programme, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

The Newport-based Convey Law has outlined plans to grow by up to 50 per cent in 2021 through an in-house apprenticeship programme that will train more than 50 new trainee conveyancers over the course of the next year.

The company found it more beneficial to train up its own recruits in the latest client service protocols while supporting them with their learning in a way that reflects the company’s values and work ethic.

Convey Law created The Conveyancing Academy in 2014 to provide courses to the wider conveyancing industry in Wales and England.

The Apprenticeship Programme in Wales is funded by the Welsh Government with support from the European Social Fund.

“We anticipate that our Conveyancing Pathway will be adopted by most legal practices in Wales and England over the coming years, facilitating the professional qualification of thousands of young licensed conveyancers,” said James Smith, business development manager at The Conveyancing Academy, which has a funding partnership with Cardiff and Vale College.

The programme has helped Convey Law to meet its recruitment targets with the number of conveyancers increasing from 25 in 2019 to 55 in 2020. Apprentices have doubled from 15 to 30 in a year.

“Our Apprenticeship Programme has made a huge difference to the success of our business, providing exponential growth opportunities by increasing the number of qualified conveyancers and therefore the number of residential client conveyancing cases we can transact,” said Lloyd Davies, Convey Law’s managing director.

“Many of our apprentices are new to the industry. Our programme provides a professional and rewarding career pathway, which can be life-changing through enhanced and sustainable career prospects.”

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