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Placement year - Legal Assistant

1 x starting (estimated) June 2023

1 x starting (estimated) August/September 2023

The Vacancy

We are offering two placement students who are currently undertaking the Law degree the opportunity to work within the firm’s Real Estate Disputes team. The role will give the candidate an opportunity to obtain first-hand insight into what is it like to work within leading UK law firm in the South.

We are different - although a Top 100 Law firm, we strive to be 'Human First' in everything we do. This means we truly care about our teams as well as our clients and we are well on our way to being the best regional law firm to work for. We’d therefore encourage you to spend your placement year with our experienced teams to experience this for yourself.

Job purpose

The candidate will provide support to the fee earners of the team.

The key responsibilities will include but will not be limited to those outlined below.

Key responsibilities/expectations

• Prepare and assist with engagement letters
• Assist with file opening and billing.
• Act as initial filter re enquiries.
• Assist with printing, creating documents and sending letters and other administrative tasks
• Provides an efficient and effective service to clients, updating them and keeping them informed.
• To communicate at all times in a clear, polite and calm manner to clients, work colleagues and others.
• Assist and support more senior members of the team with work or tasks as required.
• To ensure that standards of quality and the reputation of the firm are maintained at all times.
• To support the effectiveness of the team by being positive and co-operative with all team members.
• To demonstrate commitment to the role, Department and Moore Barlow through excellent punctuality, timekeeping and attendance.
• To demonstrate ability to time manage and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• To take initiative for self development and accept changes and new challenges required to meet individual and Departmental objectives.
• To ensure the confidentiality of all Moore Barlow’s information and clients’ documentation.
• To adhere to the HR policies and procedures.
• Hardworking and willingness to learn

To Apply

Moore Barlow is looking for enthusiastic students with a strong academic background and an active interest in the field of Real Estate.

To apply, please use the “Apply Now’ button above. You will be asked to provide your CV and answer a small number of questions. The application process should take no longer than five minutes.

Please ensure your CV includes your academic grades to date (including GCSE’s, A-Levels and all degree results and wherever possible, please include any available predicted grades).

We also invite you to include a covering letter as the first page of your CV document upload.

Your covering letter should detail:

• Why you would like a placement at Moore Barlow
• What your current area of interests within law are
• Why you wish to undertake a placement year

Timeframes

December 2022 – Applications open

January 2023 – Moore Barlow attending seminar at Bournemouth University to discuss the placement year and the firm and answer any questions

28th February 2023 – Applications close

March 2023 – Interviews

March 2023 – placements offered.

Welcome to Moore Barlow, a progressive and people-orientated Law firm with over 450 dedicated professionals including 70 Partners and 272 Lawyers who focus on delivering exceptional services for three groups of people: Individuals & Families, Entrepreneurial Businesses & Organisations and Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence.

We’ve also won awards! Named as one of the Top 200 Law Firms in the UK in The Times Best Law Firms 2021 list, we have also been widely recognised in Legal 500 UK 2021, the UK’s leading guide to Law Firms, as 11 of our practise areas have been ranked Top Tier.

What we can offer

Our culture is open, diverse and inclusive; it’s an environment of belonging, where people can thrive and be the best version of themselves. We strive to nurture our people and offer enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable careers. This includes providing the best training, great pay and rewards and more control over work life balance through flexible working patterns.

We also offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave, private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance and a generous pension scheme. For most of our roles we are also offering a hybrid or flexible way of working.