Paralegal

1 week ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Stewarts Full time £20,000 - £35,000 per year

Paralegal - Leeds (Multiple Vacancies)

About the job

Multiple Paralegals required to join our teams in Leeds. Please specify in your application which role you are applying for.

Standard Paralegal Duties:

  • General administration including filing, photocopying, message taking and diary arrangements
  • Producing basic correspondence
  • Undertaking legal research
  • Taking statements from clients and witnesses
  • Assisting in the preparation of instructions to counsel
  • Preparing schedules of documents
  • Making searches
  • Preparing draft orders
  • Proof reading, marking up and amending pleadings
  • Maintaining cost files, claims and arranging payments of disbursements
  • Assisting in the preparation of 6 monthly cost letters
  • Undertaking other ad hoc duties

Job Skills Required:

  • Essential: LPC (or equivalent) or SQE1 and at least 2:1 at undergraduate level.
  • Previous experience preferred
  • Excellent typing and IT skills, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and
    Outlook)

Business Development and Financial Skills:

  • Understands client needs and displays an appropriate sense of urgency
  • Demonstrates general commercial awareness and vision, helps to build client relationships through pursuing own business development/marketing initiatives
  • Assists with and/or attends social, fund-raising or training activities
  • Represents the firm appropriately, develops own professional network and raises personal and firm profile
  • Records time effectively, achieves/exceed hours targets

Knowledge-Sharing Skills:

  • Makes use of the firm's collective knowledge resources, promotes internal knowledge-sharing
  • Attends and contributes towards know-how or team meetings

General Skills:

  • Well organised, uses initiative, prioritises appropriately, applies self, shows attention to detail, manages own workload and meets deadlines
  • Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills (respectful, positive, articulate, professional and sympathetic)
  • Delivers helpful internal services with a "can do" approach, shows commercial awareness and represents the department/firm appropriately
  • Shares information and ideas
  • Accepts and follows instructions, listens, makes notes, questions appropriately, co-operates
  • Shows sound judgement and decision-making skills; acts within boundaries
  • Shows commitment, passion and enthusiasm
  • Is a respectful, reliable and supportive team player
  • Reflects the firm's culture

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