Trainee solicitor (social welfare law)
South West London Law Centres (SWLLC), one of the largest and most progressive law centres in the country, is offering a training contract to become a solicitor. An application form can be down loaded from http://www.swllc.org/Vacancies.php/
Post: social welfare law trainee
*Salary: £19,600 per annum including London weighting rising by increments to £24,181 inclusive of London weighting subject to performance
Reports to: training principal and head of legal practice
Functional links: team leaders, caseworkers and branch administration
Term: two years training contract
Hours: 37.5 per week – generally 9.30am to 5.30pm with a 30 minute lunch break
Context of the post
This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a traineeship in social welfare law. The law centre works across six South West London boroughs (Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth) helping people to understand and enforce their legal rights. In doing so, we address the root causes of social injustice – poverty, family breakdown, unemployment and exploitation. Every year, we help thousands of people from all walks of life that would otherwise be unable to afford the services of a lawyer.
In 2013 - 2014, SWLLC provided a face to face service to nearly 9,000 people through our casework, emergency representation as housing court duty solicitor and by running one of the largest pro bono clinic services in the country. The law centre has 20 casework staff of whom 12 are solicitors. The casework staff are divided into the following teams; debt, employment, housing and immigration. Community care and welfare rights work is undertaken within the housing team.
The closing date is noon on Monday 20 April. The post is available for an immediate start. If you would like to discuss the post further or for an application pack, please contact Patrick Marples CEO ([email protected] - 020 8772 7051)
Salary:
£19,600*
Commencing:
Immediate start
Location:
London
