Trainee Solicitor Warrington, North West England, England
Job description
Job description
KLS Law are looking to offer a training contract to a bright and enthusiastic candidate with proven academic abilities and a desire to succeed. As an able and committed team player, you must have a practical problem-solving approach to your work and the ability to think creatively.
Commencing as soon as possible, you will initially be employed as a Paralegal for 3 months. If all goes well, you will be working within a fast-paced environment, you will need to demonstrate commercial awareness, motivation and enthusiasm and ideally have experience dealing with or assisting on multi track cases.
To be successful you will need excellent communication skills both orally and written, attention to detail, team-working skills and creativity.
Our practice is based close to Warrington town centre with links to both Warrington Bank Quay and Warrington Central train stations.
Duties and Responsibilities
To undertake a range of legal, technical and administrative tasks as directed and under close supervision. Throughout the training contract, the successful candidate will receive training, predominantly in Personal Injury, but also in other areas to satisfy the requirements of the training contract in accordance with SRA requirements.
These duties will initially be dealt with under supervision of a Partner-
- Conduct of Cases
- Conduct interviews with clients in person and over the telephone
- Assess legal problems
- Provide clients with advice on costs
- Conduct legal research
- Devise outline strategy for each case
- Draft case papers
- Draft witness statements
- Obtain information from relevant experts
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the case
- Brief Counsel
- Negotiate settlements
- Issue Proceedings
- Attend Court with Counsel and take notes
- Make interlocutory applications
- Maintain confidentiality
Administration
- Maintain files in accordance with procedure
- Deal with billing, paying costs and closing files
- Follow administrative systems and procedures
Development
- Attend internal courses and PSC
- Keep up to date with law and practice
Skills
- Provide an efficient and friendly service to clients
- Communicate clearly and appropriately both orally and in writing.
- Ability to negotiate with clients and other professionals to achieve the desired objectives.
Organisational Skills
- Ability to prioritise workload
Management Skills
- Ability to view situations from a business or commercial perspective
- Ability to delegate tasks, supervising where appropriate
- Showing own initiative
Health and Safety
- Ensure work area is tidy and report and incidents and potential risks
Information Security
- Awareness of regulations in relation to the handling of all data, personal or business related, in compliance with legislation and guidelines set out, but not limited to GDPR, FCA, SRA and ISO 27001
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Warrington: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
