Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago


Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, United Kingdom Russell Cooke Full time

The Role

Main purpose of job:

To provide paralegal casework support to a team of education lawyers who run a varied caseload of matters including special educational needs and disability, Equality Act, admissions, exclusions, complaints and judicial review.

Casework support will involve co-working cases with your supervisor including drafting, analysis and research for which full training will be given.


Qualifications and Experience

  • LPC (or working towards) beneficial but not essential
  • Personal or professional experience of SEND and/or working in the education sector beneficial but not essential

Key Skills

  • Keen eye for detail
  • Clear and concise written communication
  • Prompt and accurate time recording
  • Proficient IT skills
  • Resilience including a 'how not if' approach to problem solving

Your career development
Russell-Cooke's lawyers are rounded professional advisers with strong commercial awareness and a commitment to exceeding client expectations. All our lawyers benefit from our cohort based career development programme.

We understand the importance of building an internal network and have developed this excellent cohort programme to allow our lawyers to work together across practice areas and share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

At each stage of your career, and as you move through the cohorts, a bespoke training programme will be provided to support you with your development and progression.


  • We have a diverse workforce and aim to attract high calibre applicants that reflect the demography of our geographical location and client base. Individuals will be employed solely on merit and the requirement of the position. No applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. Reasonable adjustments will be made to eliminate or reduce disadvantage._

Job Type:
Part-time
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