Criminal Law Paralegal

Leeds Source: WhatJobs

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Role: Paralegal
Location: Leeds
Salary: Dependent on Experience

We are seeking a full-time, permanent Criminal Law Paralegal for our busy Leeds office to join our expanding team.

Your Profile

Be currently undertaking, or have completed, legal studies - for example, through the LPC/BPC (or equivalent), SQE preparation, or relevant academic modules/experience
Be able to demonstrate an interest in Criminal Law
Have Police station accreditation
Have strong organisational skills
Have the ability to work under pressure

We would like the ideal candidate to:

Provide the highest level of client care in the management of client matters
Provide support to Fee Earners
Build relationships with internal and external partners
Ensure that files are managed effectively, creating letters or documents on the case management system
Complete public funding applications
Collating and redacting large documents for court bundles where necessary
Liasing with the local authorities, Police and medical professionals to request/receive documents
Liasing with Courts and experts

Our offices are friendly, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment into modern IT to enable you to work proficiently. Our junior members are office-based in order to take advantage of onsite training provided by an established criminal team.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowances, providing 23 days (plus bank holidays/Christmas and New Year). We regularly review and increase annual leave allowances based on services.

Employee Benefits

Competitive base salary
Birthday leave in addition to annual leave
Electric vehicle scheme
Pension scheme with employer contribution
Benenden health care
Administrative support
Firm laptop
Ongoing training and development
Support from colleagues for case cover
Supportive supervision from mentors
Annual appraisal and salary reviews
Bi-annual parties for Summer and Christmas in London
Additional perks and benefits
Competitive training package

We have a dedicated in-bound telephony team to take calls and messages for our fee earners. We are a multi-office, multi-service Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners firm recognised for excellence in a variety of fields.

Please send your CV and a cover letter to our dedicated HR team via email on:

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