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Trainee Solicitors (2 posts)

Employer
Norfolk County Council
Location
Norwich, Norfolk
Salary
£20,661 - £22,658 per annum
Closing date
15 Apr 2018

Job Details

Trainee Solicitors (2 posts)

 

County Hall, Norwich

£20,661 - £22,658 per annum

37 hours per week

Fixed term contract until 31 August 2021 (2 years fixed term contracts commencing in September 2019)

We are looking for two new trainee solicitors to start training contracts with us from 01 September 2019. We welcome applications from both a law and non-law background but you must have completed and passed your Legal Practice Course before the start date.


We offer first rate training in a friendly and supportive working environment. If successful, you will undertake a two-year training contract with us spending at least four months in our five different practice areas: child protection; dispute resolution; planning and the environment; property; and public law and standards. When you qualify we hope you will stay with us and we will do our best to place you in the area of law that suits you most.

About us
We are a public sector shared legal service. We have a wealth of experience gained through many years of advising local government, public bodies and charitable institutions. We offer our clients tried and tested expertise in a wide range of disciplines and our public service ethos sets us apart from private legal practices. We are run in a rigorously commercial manner, working hard to offer excellent value for money whilst at the same time delivering a high quality, efficient legal service to our clients.

What do we look for in our trainees?
It is essential that you have:
• either a Law degree or a non-law degree plus the CPE/GDL
(We would like you to have at least a 2:1 degree but we will nevertheless consider your application if you have achieved or are on course to achieve a commendation, merit or distinction in the CPE/GDL/LPC)
• and will have completed and passed your Legal Practice Course by commencement of the training contract

Benefits
You will be part of a large supportive team and have access to an on-site training center with access to a comprehensively stocked library and on-line facilities.
Conditions of service include flexible working hours and membership of the Local Government pension scheme.

For further details and to apply visit: www.norfolk.gov.uk/jobsandcareers

Please quote job reference: 29598 MDEE

Closing date: 15 April 2018

Norfolk County Council welcomes applicants irrespective of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We are committed to supporting flexible working practices for our employees.

 

Company

We are a public sector shared legal service. We have a wealth of experience gained through many years of advising local government, public bodies and charitable institutions. We offer our clients tried and tested expertise in a wide range of disciplines and our public service ethos sets us apart from private legal practices. We are run in a rigorously commercial manner, working hard to offer excellent value for money whilst at the same time delivering a high quality, efficient legal service to our clients.

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