Legal Assistant / Paralegal
Location: Cardiff
A property specialist law firm are seeking a Legal Assistant / Paralegal to support the management team in the provision of legal services by providing legal and administrative assistance to fee earners and clients.
Key Responsibilities:
* To assist fee earners in the management of their caseload by actioning legal procedures as directed by the fee earner.
* To assist fee earners in the management and progression of their caseload by dealing with file related queries either face to face or by telephone.
* To assist fee earners in the processing of matters in a timely and cost effective manner.
* To support fee earners in the maintenance of files by effective file management.
* To ensure that clients are dealt with efficiently and politely and that appropriate legal matters are raised with the fee earner
Requirements:
1. Practical experience of working in a legal office environment.
2. Practical experience of working in an office administration capacity.
3. Practical experience of handling client enquiries both face to face and by telephone.
4. Computer literate with good keyboard skills and used to word processing packages (preferably Microsoft Word).
5. Practical experi...