The oppertunity to work as a family paralegal for a legal 500 litigation only law firm in Leeds. The team aims to extend its position as the dominant divorce team in the North of England, advising on all aspects of family law with unrivalled strength and depth allowing them to attract and handle complex, high-end financial and children's cases.
You will need to have an LPC/BTC/BPTC/SQE and some relevant family experience!
Standard paralegal duties:
- General administration including filing, photocopying, message taking and diary arrangements
- Producing basic correspondence
- Undertaking legal research
- Taking statements from clients and witnesses
- Assisting in the preparation of instructions to counsel
- Preparing schedules of documents
- Making searches
- Preparing draft orders
- Proof reading, marking up and amending pleadings
- Maintaining cost files, claims and arranging payments of disbursements
- Assisting in the preparation of 6 monthly cost letters
- Undertaking other ad hoc duties