First cohort of graduate solicitor apprentices start work towards SQE 24 February 2021 McIntosh: Releasing talent Eight graduate solicitor apprentices have started work at national insurance practice Keoghs, one of the first law firms to offer this approach. David McIntosh, Keoghs’ people development manager, said the new route would open the profession to those “excluded for financial reasons”, in particular by the cost of the legal practice course (LPC). Mr McIntosh said there would be a “blended approach” to learning, with apprentices spending a day a week in the classroom at the University of Law (ULaw) over a period of up to 30 months.