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Family Paralegal

Employer
JMC Legal Recruitment
Location
England, East Sussex, Lewes
Salary
£18000 - £26000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Closing date
14 Mar 2019
Reference
BBBH10930

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Practice area
Family
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
Not applicable
Position
Paralegal
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

Do you want to advance your legal career in a top 200, Legal 500 firm, whose Solicitors and Partners largely originate from Magic/Silver City and top regional firms?

This firm have a long heritage of servicing clients in Sussex, along with excellent career progression prospects, with a clear path to Associateship and then Partnership. The firm also has an incredible bonus scheme for fee earners, where pay is reflective of billings. The firm have a huge client base in Sussex, and the Family work that they deal with ranks up there with the best of London firms.

The Firm

The firm have a base of connections, across high net worth individuals, estate agents, start up companies, all the way up to large, international corporates, conglomerates and businesses both outside and inside the City.

The firm have an excellent attitude to work life balance, with many Solicitors working part time, but the quality of work that they deal with across their departments is superb. You will enjoy every day at work, in a team work, friendly environment, whilst tackling high quality, high value cases that place the firm as a dominant market force.

The Role

Because the firm are growing, they are looking for a Family Paralegal to join their thriving Lewes office, East Sussex.

The firm's retention rates are some of the best I have ever seen, with many of the firm's Solicitors and Partners having stayed with the firm for over 13 years. This is testament to the quality of work that the firm does, their excellent attitude to work life balance and working culture, and many of their employees originate from top City firms; they are renowned for attracting and retaining some of the best talent in the market.

As a Family Paralegal, you will handle and assist on a varied, interesting and high value case load, duties including: drafting letters, documents and legal forms under supervision, undertaking instruction from Legal Advisers, typing letters and documents, arranging and attending client meetings, billing and much more.
You will need to be able to hit the ground running in Family Law matters.

Requirements

  • You will be a Family Paralegal (1+ Years' Experience)
  • You will ideally have evidence of exceeding billings targets
  • You will work well as a team
  • You will come across well
  • This is an excellent opportunity for a Family Paralegal to join a leading Top 200 firm in their flourishing Lewes office, East Sussex.

    Apply now or immediate consideration or please call for a confidential conversation.

    Company

    JMC Legal Recruitment are a National legal recruitment agency with offices in London, Bristol and New York. Working with Top law firms, a refreshing approach.

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