Plan To Cut Apprentice Funding Could Hinder Diversity Efforts

The article notes the CLLS's concerns that removing funding for the Level 7 solicitor apprenticeship might "negatively affect how aspiring solicitor apprentices, especially those from lowsocioeconomic backgrounds, view apprenticeships".

Chair Colin Passmore is quoted as saying: "We have worked so hard to reassure high-achieving students from low socioeconomicbackgrounds — and their parents — that the apprenticeship route to qualification as a solicitor isjust as prestigious as the traditional University route."