Paralegal/legal assistant

Michael Carroll & Co has been operating for almost 20 years, specialising predominantly in criminal defence including complex and serious crime and related proceedings.

Our main office is in Tottenham, North London, our second office is in Acton, West London.

It is preferable that applicants should have a full clean driving license.

Candidates

• Ideally you should have completed your LPC (or you are currently enrolled on a Legal Practice Course), and you should have some experience of working in a solicitor’s office.

• Applications may also be considered if you have lengthy relevant work experience in a criminal law firm and you have a desire to obtain a formal qualifications in this field.

• The firm only considers applications for training contracts from previous or existing employees who have proven themselves over time.

Work activities

Your duties will encompass those required to support solicitor fee earners. Tasks will include a mixture of routine administrative work and case work as you become more experienced. You will receive training to become a police station representative. You will be required to enter data on the case management system.

Skills, interests and qualities

The following skills and qualities are essential and you should have:

• excellent spoken and written communication skills;
• an ability to properly follow instructions;
• an ability to work with all kinds of clients;
• excellent research skills;
• initiative, and the ability to work in a team;
• good organisational and time management skills;
• good IT skills essential, with good working knowledge of Word and Excel;
• knowledge/previous experience of a case management system is required;
• A full clean driving license is desirable

We will consider either a full-time or part-time position (which may suit applicants currently undertaking their LPC on a part-time basis).

There will be a probationary period. 

Please send your CV and covering letter to Edel at [email protected].

We will only consider applications received via email, please do not telephone the office.