Training contract

Do you want a career move? With real hands on legal experience? And the ability to reach your career goals?

About our firm

We are a growing firm which has been established for over 13 years, with a varied and wide reaching client base. We are Lexcel accredited and have been recognised as Investors in People. Our firm offers a wide range of legal services in diverse practise areas including: family, litigation, conveyancing (residential and commercial), immigration, employment and, wills and probate.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for pro-active and positive individuals who want to gain hands on legal and face to face client experience.

We currently have two roles available at our firm, allowing you to deal with clients directly as well as assisting fee earners in a wide variety of legal matters. This will allow the right candidates to gain valuable hands on experience within a legal environment in our wide ranging legal areas. Our ethos is to offer our clients ‘total legal care’ and you will play a key role in ensuring this goal is achieved.

Who are we looking for?

• Candidates will need to have successfully completed the LPC;
• Applicants will have excellent IT skills, including all Microsoft packages, some knowledge of legal software would be advantageous, but not essential;
• Candidates should have excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Candidates should have a good positive and enthusiastic attitude and be able to work on their own initiative;
• The right applicant will be pro - active and well organised; and
• We are keen to hear from individuals who have experience of working within a legal environment and are living locally, although this is not an essential requirement and applicants from all locations and levels of experience are welcome to apply.

What we can offer you?

We can offer the opportunity to gain extensive hands on experience working within our practice in a wide range of disciplines. If you have experience within a legal environment or if you are newly graduated from the LPC, working with us will expand your knowledge base, and enhance your skill set.

Further to this, you will have the opportunity to work with, assist and be trained by fee earners who have worked in the legal environment for a number of years. As a Lexcel accredited firm we pride ourselves in continuously raising the standards of our employees in order to offer the best possible services to our clients and this will give you the opportunity to become an exceptionally high calibre paralegal.

How to apply

If you would like to apply please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected]. Unfortunately due to the expected high volume of applications, if we do not contact you for an interview you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.