EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Our ideal candidate is detail-oriented and cares about delivering excellent legal services to our clients. You must be confident to manage the demands on your time and those of the fee earners, who often work to tight deadlines.
No two clients are the same and we seek someone adaptable with a customer service mindset. We will consider candidates from either a legal secretarial background or individuals with part/full qualification in the Legal Practice Course or Solicitor Qualifying Examinations 1 and 2, looking for an opportunity in a law firm to grow their career.

• Providing full secretarial support to a fee earner
• Producing letters, emails and documents, often using a digital dictation system
• Opening files and dealing with money-laundering checks, file management and secure storage of documents
• Witnessing Wills and attending home visits with fee earners
• Photocopying, scanning and maintaining paper files and electronic records
• Comprehensive diary management
• Answering telephone and email enquiries
• Assisting the fee earner with estate administration tasks
• Preparing invoices and liaising with Accounts on billing matters
• Completing forms as required on behalf of the fee earner
• Ensuring compliance with legal procedures and confidentiality standards
• Managing the Will collection procedure
• Covering colleagues for any holiday/sickness in the department as required