Gordons Celebrates Latest Graduates Of Pioneering Legal Apprenticeship Scheme

Law firm Gordons is celebrating the latest graduates of its pioneering multi-award-winning law apprenticeship scheme.

Tegan Knappy and Kendall Philipson, who joined Gordons as apprentices in September 2018, have both now qualified as chartered legal executives.

Tegan and Kendall have completed the Gordons Law Apprenticeship, which was the first of its kind in the UK legal sector when it was launched in 2011 to enable greater social mobility within the profession.

The five-year long programme admits bright and determined 18-year-old A-level school leaver entrants each September. Since it began, 36 young people have been apprentices at the firm and have gone on to pursue careers in the law.

Gordons’ apprenticeship scheme was the brainchild of senior partner, Paul Ayre.

We are proud to be known as the law firm that launched the first apprenticeship of its kind in the UK legal sector.

However, we are even more proud to have identified 36 bright and ambitious young people and provided them with the opportunity to gain access to a career in the profession.

Tegan and Kendall are young lawyers with tremendous potential and now enter the next stage of their careers. As a firm that celebrates meritocracy and supports people with the right attitude and ability to succeed, Gordons will continue to develop them.

Following their graduation, Tegan is specialising in employment law whilst Kendall is working within the firm’s commercial property team.

Gordons was the first law firm featured in the UK’s top 30 higher apprenticeship employers and in the top 100 employers for school and college leavers, which is recognised by AllAboutSchoolLeavers.co.uk.

The firm’s legal apprenticeship has also been highly commended for excellence in diversity and inclusion by the Law Society, won the Raising the Bar Awards for education and won the most effective diversity programme award at The Lawyer Management Awards.