I am currently balancing A-levels in Music Business and Sociology. How does the legal profession (specifically in an apprenticeship) value creative backgrounds, and is it possible to maintain a musical identity while managing the high pressure daily life

This question is potentially something that's applicable to probably a lot of people who are thinking about doing an apprenticeship, even if it's not just relating to music. I think the difference between an apprenticeship and going to university is an apprenticeship. You obviously do have to be very on the ball with your time management. You are working full time and often the studying is more than just the one day. That's not a negative thing, it just means that you've got to be quite organised with your time and what you're allocating to personal hobbies and things like that. Personally, when I was doing my apprenticeship, I actually had another part-time job as a fitness instructor because that's where my sort of personal hobby and passion was and I didn't struggle with keeping that up. I I actually only stopped working at the gym about two years ago, and that's just because, I decided that I wanted to spend my time doing other things. But I think you can definitely balance your hobbies and [link removed] goals and aspirations, you've just got to be quite organised with how you manage your time and what you prioritise. It's the same with social life. I think apprenticeships often get a bit of stigma about it's not the same as going to uni, which is correct. It's not the same as going to uni, it's just different and that different doesn't necessarily mean that it's negatively different.