Paralegal (Multiple Vacancies)

Standard paralegal duties

• Has day-to-day oversight of files
• Produces correspondence
• Undertakes legal research
• Takes instructions from clients
• Drafts witness statements for clients and witnesses
• Drafts necessary forms
• General administration, including filing, supporting internal processes and supporting the team’s partners, including message taking, diary arrangements, travel planning and supporting business development activities
• Contributes to department activities, such as business development initiatives (e.g., drafting articles/presentations and attendance at business development events) and internal know-how/training sessions
• Undertakes other ad hoc duties as required by the team

Job skills required

• Essential: must have fully completed the LPC, SQE1 or bar course or be willing to complete SQE1 upon offer
• Excellent typing and IT skills, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook

Business Development and Financial skills

• Understands client needs and displays an appropriate sense of urgency
• Demonstrates general commercial awareness and vision, helps to build client relationships through pursuing own business development/marketing initiative
• Assists with and/or attends social, fund-raising or training activities
• Represents the firm appropriately, develops own professional network and raises personal and firm profile
• Records time effectively, achieves/exceed hours targets

Knowledge-sharing skills

• Makes use of the firm’s collective knowledge resources, promotes internal knowledge-sharing
• Attends and contributes towards know-how or team meet

General skills

• Well organised, uses initiative, prioritises appropriately, applies self, shows attention to detail, manages own workload and meets deadlines
• Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills (respectful, positive, articulate, professional and sympathetic)
• Delivers helpful internal services with a “can do” approach, shows commercial awareness and represents the department/firm appropriately
• Shares information and ideas
• Reflects the firm’s culture