Benefits
Salary Range: £40-48,000pa dep on exp
Company pension
Holidays 20 days plus bank holidays
Job Summary
Our well-established client law firm based in Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire is currently seeking Criminal Duty Solicitors to join their established team in the Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Essex Courts. The successful Duty Solicitors will be managing their own caseload and will be representing clients in a mixture of criminal law matters, where you will be liaising with Courts, CPS, Police, Counsel and any other professional body.
*Ideally the Criminal Duty Solicitor will already be on the rota or due to commence being on there.
Duties Include:
Interviewing and advising clients.
Undertaking casework managing the case from inception to conclusion.
Administration of casework and keeping case management system up to date.
Ensuring that casework is promptly and efficiently billed and sending bills to private clients and claiming interim payments from the Legal Aid Agency whenever appropriate.
Regular review of cases
Attending Court (including Saturday Court) to deal with clients.
Keeping up to date with the changes in law and practice.
Attending training courses.
Attending Police Station when required even outside normal hours.
To hold the 24 hour Emergency Line as requested.
Qualifications:
Admission as a Solicitor and holding the CLAS certificate (Duty).
Ability to work on ones own initiative with limited supervision;
Ability to work under pressure.
Experience of Legal Aid practice.
Knowledge of billing and Legal procedures.
Good communication skills and the ability to prioritise and manage casework.
Legible handwriting.
Car Owner
*This role has an element of flexible working once court/police station work is completed.
Skills Required:
Court: 1 year (required);
Licence Certification;
CLAS Certificate (required);
Legal Aid, Client Care, Drafting & Advocacy skills; Accreditation.
Work Type F/t Permanent
Work Location: In person
*Legals 4 Lawyers will try and respond to all applications for the role within 72hours. However, we experience high volumes of applications and if you have not heard from us within this period of time, unfortunately your application will not have been successful. Thank you and good luck.
*Please also check your spam folder as sometimes our emails end up there.
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