Paralegal apprenticeship

We're looking for a paralegal apprenticeship to join Feldon Dunsmore Solicitors. This is a great opportunity to start your legal career journey and qualify as a paralegal, once completed you can progress onto a solicitor apprenticeship.

Description

Gain experience and training necessary to qualify as a paralegal within the commercial property field, then progress to gain experience and training necessary to gain an LLB degree and qualify as a solicitor within the commercial property field.

Main duties include:

• shadowing and working with solicitors including partners of the firm; 
• legal research;
• assisting administrative and compliance processes such as opening files and onboarding of clients;
• drafting, negotiating and amending legal documents;
• communicating with clients and other contacts such as agents, lawyers, lenders;
• handling legal exchange of contracts and completions of transactions;
• property due diligence – title issues, searches, raising enquiries;
• providing tailored legal advice to a diverse range of clients; and
• post-completion administration including submission of stamp duty land tax, applications to HM land registry.

Company benefits include:

• office located on a working farm – beautiful working environment;
• market leading salaries;
• discretionary profit share bonus scheme;
• up to 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays) with the ability to accrue an extra day per full calendar year of service, up to 30 days (plus bank holidays);
• pension scheme with enhanced contributions;
• private health insurance scheme;
• daily interaction with supervising partners and support from whole team, including dedicated head of early talent and peers in early talent team (which includes paralegals, legal executives and trainee solicitors);
• opportunity to participate in internal and external networking and fundraising events social events at least quarterly;
• monthly team meetings and seasonal team-building activities such as pancake day, Christmas wreath making and International Women’s Day;
• personalised training and development program;
• opportunity to progress up the ranks of the firm; and
• flexible start/finish time policy – start anytime 8-9.30am and finish respectively 4.30-6pm.