An articled clerk is an apprentice in a professional firm in Commonwealth countries. Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill Generally the term arises in the accountancy profession and in the legal profession. Accountancy or accounting is the measurement statement or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by Lenders managers, A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more Lawyers to engage in the practice of law The articled clerk signs a contract, known as "articles of clerkship", committing to a fixed period of employment. The other party to the contract, the principal, undertakes during this period to provide training and relevant experience in the practice. Note that the contract is with a specific partner in the firm and not the firm as a whole. For partnership in cricket terminology see List of cricket terms A partnership is a type of Business entity in which partners Nowadays some professions in some countries prefer to call their apprentices "students" or "trainees" (e. g. a trainee solicitor) and the articles of clerkship "training contracts". In the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong and certain other Common law Jurisdictions a trainee solicitor is a prospective