£21,000 plus bonus, salary to be reviewed after 6 months
To commence by the beginning of April

Capsticks Solicitors LLP ("Capsticks") is independently rated by The Legal 500 and Chambers Directory as London's leading healthcare law firm. The firm acts for over 150 healthcare clients, including NHS Trusts and Health Authorities, regulatory bodies, charities and independent healthcare providers. The firm prides itself on being able to offer top quality work, excellent career prospects and a healthy work life balance in a supportive working environment.

Further information on the firm can be found on our website at www.capsticks.com.

The role

The Employment department is looking to recruit a Paralegal to join our equal pay division of the Employment team.

Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

• assisting on handling contentious equal pay cases;
• preparing cases for tribunal including working with Counsel;
• preparing detailed job descriptions for the Independent Expert and the Tribunal
• Tribunal representation at Telephone Case Management Discussions and other straightforward equal pay telephone hearings
• attending Tribunal with Counsel
• managing own case load;
• direct client contact at both senior and junior level;
• basic legal analysis;
• supporting fee earners in aspects of their casework;
• assisting in the preparation of articles, seminars and best practice advice on the equal pay claims; and
• any other duties within the Employment department as reasonably requested.

The successful candidate will have good communication (written and oral) skills and the ability to take responsibility for their own caseload.

Candidates must be available to start by the beginning of April.  If you are interested in applying for this position please e-mail your CV and covering letter to career@capsticks.com with the heading "Employment paralegal".

Please do not submit an application if you have previously applied for this role. Please note we are only able to respond to candidates we call for interview.

The deadline for applications is Friday 12 March 2010. Candidates must be able to demonstrate at interview a basic knowledge of the Equal Pay Act and leading cases in the field.

Candidate specification

Candidates should ideally have:

• an LPC or BVC qualification;
• previous paralegal experience in an Employment department;
• good communication skills;
• good administration skills; and
• basic computer skills.

Candidates will also be expected to demonstrate at interview that they:

• are well organised;
• have a basic knowledge of equal pay law (although prior experience in equal pay is not essential)
• are proactive; and
• are self motivated.

Capsticks is committed to providing equal opportunities and encouraging diversity in employment.  All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of sex, marital status, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origins, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

McMillan Williams Solicitors are a well established firm with 9 offices throughout Surrey and Brighton.

We are seeking several paralegals to join our Clinical negligence/Personal injury/Family department immediately, with a view to a possible training contract being offered upon satisfactory completion of a 12 month period as a paralegal with the firm. Candidates must hold a minimum 2:2 degree. Candidates must also be able to drive and have use of their own car. The salary for this role is £13,000.

Please forward CVs and covering letters by post or by email to:

Lauren Hurney, Solicitor, 56-58 Central Parade, New Addington, Surrey CR0 0JD.

Email: lauren.hurney@mwsolicitors.co.uk.

Lloyds Employment Law Consultancy offers employers advice and guidance on employment matters relating to general management, devising contracts and policies and tribunals representation.

We currently looking to increase our team of consultants and therefore have two vacancies for a Legal and Employment Specialist [level 1].

The role involves providing advice and support to our client base via the telephone on a wide range of employment law matters. In addition to this the successful candidate will on an ad hoc basis be required to travel to our clients premises to provide face to face support, guidance and training on a wide variety of employment law and HR related matters. 

The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of employment law and experience applying the law in a practical setting. You will have a good telephone manner and will work well under pressure.

You will require legal (degree, LPC, BVC or Masters) and/or HR professional qualifications (degree, CPP, CIPD) or equivalent in demonstrable experience.

Salary £18,000 - £25,000 depending upon experience, 5 weeks holiday and flexitime scheme available.

Please send your up to date CV to suzanne.caley@lelc.co.uk.

Closing Date for applications is 19th March 2010. Interviews to take place on 24th and 25th March 2010.

LawCareers.Net is looking for a couple of bloggers to help give our readers the view from inside law school. We are after students who will be commencing the GDL, LPC or BPTC in September 2010 who can talk engagingly and honestly about the trials and tribulations, the ups and downs, the laughs and tears of doing postgraduate law study while maintaining a social life and planning your future. We'd only be looking for fortnightly contributions, so it's not a massive commitment - we are after quality, not quantity - and the intention is for you to blog until Spring 2011. And best of all, we will pay you - £100 per month!

If you think it's your voice that should be entertaining and informing a generation of future lawyers, why not show us what you can do. Please compose and send us what would be your first post if you were to take on the blog. The only thing we ask is that you hold our attention and that at least some mention of the study and practice of law be made!

Please email your contribution to employment@gbp.co.uk with the subject line "LC.N Blogger", including the following information in your email:

Name
Address
What university you are currently at
What you are studying
What institution you will be attending from September 2010
What you will study (GDL, LPC or BPTC)
Whether you have a training contract and, if so, at what firm

The application closing date is 5:00pm on Monday March 15.

Join the makers of LawCareers.Net and The Training Contract Handbook.

As well as publishing LCN and TCH, Globe Business Publishing Ltd specialises in providing information to the UK and international legal market and supplying UK legal graduate recruitment tools. We are currently looking for graduates to join us at our offices by Borough Market, London on a fixed term contract of up to 6 months.

This could be the ideal post if you are looking to gain some office experience before taking up a training contract or continuing your studies. The work will involve researching updates produced by major law firms to populate an online legal resource.

The successful candidates will be enthusiastic, articulate, educated to degree level and proficient in MS Office. They should have a keen eye for detail, a consistent/methodical approach and an excellent telephone manner. Strong organisational and communication skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team are essential.

The annual salary for this position is £16,500 with a start date of March 2010.

To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to employment@gbp.co.uk, giving the subject as ‘Lexology Researcher’. Closing date for applications is Friday 12th March 2010.

As well as publishing LawCareers.Net and The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook, Globe Business Publishing Ltd specialises in providing information to the UK and international legal market and supplying UK legal graduate recruitment tools. We are currently looking for a graduate to join us at our offices by Borough Market.

The work will involve dealing with subscriber queries and researching leading law firm experts. The selected candidate will accurately and autonomously update our database of subscribers, and show initiative when speaking and corresponding with subscribers and clients worldwide. As with all areas of our business, effective communication and self-reliance are vital attributes.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, articulate, educated to degree level and proficient in MS Office. (S)he should have a keen eye for detail and a consistent/methodical approach. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential. The successful candidate will also have an interest in developing to become a team leader, coordinating and motivating her/his own team in the future.

Apply by email, sending a CV and covering letter with the subject ‘Subscriptions and Publications Assistant’ to employment@gbp.co.uk. For more details of Globe Business Publishing Ltd's products and services, visit www.gbp.co.uk.

We are a high street firm who specialise in crime, litigation and immigration. We are looking to recruit 2-3 paralegals who ideally have some relevant work experience.

The successful  candidate will be enthusiastic and able to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. The candidate should also be able to work under pressure, meet deadlines and work as part of a team. You will either have commenced your ILEX training or be a  LPC/ BVC graduate. The position is with immediate effect.

Any offer of employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a full CRB check.

Salary is negotiable dependent upon experience.

Mobile Doctors Group Plc was established in 1989 to provide medical evidence and healthcare services on a national basis. Today, we are proud to be the market leader in the provision of independent medical evidence within the UK, providing experts in all fields of medicine to a customer base including all major insurance companies and over 700 of the UK's personal injury law firms. Due to continued expansion we have a number of opportunities for you to join our team:

Full-time Customer Service Advisers 
In the expanding customer service centre in east London. This could be an ideal post if you are looking to gain some experience working within the legal sector interacting with some of the largest law firms in the UK.

You will be responsible for administering the day-to-day customer service function; comprising but not exclusively of effective call management, processing, customer care and support. You are responsible for creating an excellent 'customer journey' at every interaction and providing a single point of contact for our customers.  

The key focus of the role is to respond to customer requests, interpret and articulate their requirements to ensure an effective solution is provided either directly or escalated for further action.

As a competent customer service adviser it is important that you maintain and continually improve the customer experience. Your main objective as a customer service adviser is to create, build and maintain relationships with customers which exemplify the brand values, enabling the delivery of excellent customer service that satisfies the business objectives.

The annual salary for this position is £15,000. To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to maria.gibbins@mobile-doctors.co.uk subject as CSA vacancies. 

www.mobile-doctors.co.uk