Trainee Paralegal

Trainee Paralegal Manchester, England

MSD Solicitors
Full Time Manchester, England 19000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Over the years, MSD Solicitors has evolved as a company and grown our team of Immigration and Family law solicitors. We pride ourselves on the strong relationships we have built with our loyal clients within Manchester and across the UK. As we look to the future, we hope to continue to grow as a trusted legal expert on a local, national, and even global scale. We aim to develop our legal services whilst continuing to offer nothing but the highest standards of customer service to our clients, both existing and new.

Due to our growth, we are currently recruiting for Trainee Paralegals to join our team on a 3 to 6 month Legal Internship Programme and upon successful completion of the Legal Internship you will be considered for the Paralegal Position. Your role will focussed within the Immigration and Family law departments.

Required Skills:

  • Hold an LLB, LPC, GDL or SQE - preferable
  • Strong commercial understanding of an operating legal environment
  • Good drafting and research skills
  • Excellent verbal communication skills

You'll be required to:

  • Manage your own case load
  • Prepare evidence and applications for submission to legal authorities
  • Draft letters of instruction, requests, Instructions to Counsel
  • Prepare briefing notes, action plans, file notes
  • Review documents and maintain compliance with files
  • Maintain ongoing contact with individual clients and manage expectations
  • Conduct research and keep up to date with legal and industry practices
  • Manage deadlines and tight timelines on busy workloads
  • Any other tasks that may be required

Want To Apply?

This is a well-established business that has a friendly and relaxed feel, whilst also being commercially very ambitious. They have a modern, purpose-built, site which offers a great work environment. It's a full time office based position, so you'll need to be able to commute to Manchester City Centre.

We're interviewing and shortlisting for this role right now, and expecting to get suitable candidates in for interview quickly. If you're interested, please apply with your up-to-date CV.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £19,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Casual dress
  • Employee discount

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Work Location: One location

Trainee Paralegal
MSD Solicitors

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