Are you passionate about a career in law? Do you want to work for a Firm where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential? Our Paralegal Apprenticeship will provide you with invaluable and varied work experience whilst studying towards a legal qualification - all whilst earning a salary.
What will the Paralegal Apprenticeship involve?
As a Paralegal Apprentice, you will support Paralegals and Senior Paralegals within the Transaction Services Team (TST), as well as fee earners from across the Firm, with a range of legal tasks. You will have the opportunity to experience different sub-teams within the TST during your apprenticeship. You may also have the opportunity to apply for a placement in our Innovation and Legal Technology team, or in the TST in Scotland.
This is a busy and varied role, with work coming from any of the Firm's Practice Groups. As a Paralegal Apprentice, you will work on a range of assignments, with the complexity and responsibility increasing as you progress through the programme.
In Year 1, your work may include:
1. Reviewing documents for relevance in Disputes matters.
2. Drafting and producing legal documents and standard forms.
3. Checking legal documents for quality, consistency and content.
4. Creating bundles for trials and Employment Tribunals.
5. Reviewing and reporting on commercial and legal documents as part of a corporate due diligence process.
6. Managing electronic data sites, uploading, and ordering documents, and liaising with third parties.
7. Providing transactional support on Corporate, Finance or Real Estate projects.
8. Other tasks as required by the business.
In addition to your day-to-day work, all Paralegal Apprentices are expected to take part in business engagement and team development activities, and to help identify ways the TST can better support the Firm. You will also be encouraged to use and promote legal technology in your work.
We are proud to be celebrating our 14th year of recruiting legal apprentices into the TST, and we look forward to continuing this success.