Paralegal Apprentice
Company
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
12/20/2024
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Description
About The Role
We have a unique and interesting opportunity within our Restructuring and Insolvency team. The R&I team act for lenders, companies, directors, and insolvency practitioners, ensuring businesses survive, keeping job losses to a minimum and ensuring creditors get as much money back as possible.
Given the diversity of the field, this is a great opening for someone interested in pursuing a legal career to build a strong foundation of transferable knowledge. This apprenticeship would see you working closely with our appreciable team of experts, carrying many years of experience in their field. You will develop fundamental legal knowledge and practical skills, while being able to make a real contribution to the work of the team at an early stage.
Responsibilities Of a Paralegal Apprentice
Apprentices must be over 18 years old and live in England. This apprenticeship is not a suitable route for those already with a University Degree. Applicants with an existing degree cannot be considered for this role.
This Paralegal Apprenticeship is a 24-month programme and will require a minimum of six hours per week off-the-job learning. The Paralegal apprenticeship is intended to be a destination in its own right but can also be considered as a stepping stone onto multiple progression routes, please review the CILEX website to learn more about apprenticeship routes.
The Right Candidate Will
Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.
Why HCR people love their jobs
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.
What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.
What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.
With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.
With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.
We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.
We have a unique and interesting opportunity within our Restructuring and Insolvency team. The R&I team act for lenders, companies, directors, and insolvency practitioners, ensuring businesses survive, keeping job losses to a minimum and ensuring creditors get as much money back as possible.
Given the diversity of the field, this is a great opening for someone interested in pursuing a legal career to build a strong foundation of transferable knowledge. This apprenticeship would see you working closely with our appreciable team of experts, carrying many years of experience in their field. You will develop fundamental legal knowledge and practical skills, while being able to make a real contribution to the work of the team at an early stage.
Responsibilities Of a Paralegal Apprentice
- Undertaking legal research, using appropriate methods and sourcing, presenting the results in an accurate and timely manner.
- Carry out routine legal research on caselaw updates at the request of a supervisor.
- Drafting legal documents using appropriate precedents and templates under supervision.
- Prepare and complete (including conflict checks) the Matter opening form, ensuring that the relevant fee earner completes the parts outside the remit of your role.
- Ensure all work complies with risk management policies and procedures, in line with GDPR.
- Take accurate attendance notes on client calls and meetings.
- Preparing court bundles.
Apprentices must be over 18 years old and live in England. This apprenticeship is not a suitable route for those already with a University Degree. Applicants with an existing degree cannot be considered for this role.
This Paralegal Apprenticeship is a 24-month programme and will require a minimum of six hours per week off-the-job learning. The Paralegal apprenticeship is intended to be a destination in its own right but can also be considered as a stepping stone onto multiple progression routes, please review the CILEX website to learn more about apprenticeship routes.
The Right Candidate Will
- Be A-Level Qualification or equivalent.
- Act professionally and ethically to ensure you are acting in the best interests of the client.
- Demonstrate a sound IT knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Work collaboratively with other, willing to get stuck into new things and take a proactive approach to work.
- Great organisation skills with the ability to multi-task, handle changing priorities and volume workloads is a pre-requisite for this role.
- Demonstrate excellent attention to detail in all aspects of your work.
- Resilience and the ability to complete tasks against deadlines.
- Act with integrity when handling confidential information.
Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.
Why HCR people love their jobs
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.
What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.
What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.
With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.
With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.
We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.
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Please contact: hello@huntukvisasponsors.com
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