Junior Paralegal Vacancy, Litigation, London City Firm

A new paralegal position has come up at a City of London law firm.  The position is a support role to a litigation department and is open to anyone with previous litigation and disclosure experience from another City firm.
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The position is a full-time contract position and the salary is stated as £22,000 per annum.
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*The closing date for applications is Tuesday 16 March 2010*
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Further details from the recruitment agency are as follows:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

* Working on disclosure

* Preparing trial bundles

* Reviewing documents

* Legal research

Candidate Specification:

* Must have litigation & disclosure experience within a top city firm

* Must have excellent communication skills

* Solid Academics

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To find out more and how to apply click here

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Video: Interview with Commerical Property Solicitor

The next up in the TSS video series is a video of an interview with commercial property solicitor, Sangita Sangar, who gives a useful insight into working in commercial property.  She also discusses her reasoning for moving to a smaller firm and the importance of finding your vocation.

Training Contract Vacancies for September 2011, Leigh Day & Co, London

One of London’s leading claimant Human Rights, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury law firms, Leigh Day & Co, is seeking trainee solicitors to commence their training contract with the firm in September 2011.

Applications are to be made via the firm’s own application form – for more information about the firm, the trainee solicitor positions and to download the application form visit the Leigh & Day website at:
http://www.leighday.co.uk/careers/training-contracts

Please note that the closing date for applications is 18th March 2010.  It is advisable to apply as much in advance of the deadline as possible.

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Life of a Trainee Solicitor in a Regional Law Firm

Sometimes it can feel that all the attention of the legal world and the legal careers services is focussed on the biggest firms, and particularly the London firms or the biggest firms in the other major cities.

However, there are many regional firms away from the major cities that offer great opportunities for trainee solicitors.  A good example of this is Lanyon Bowdler in Shropshire which won the Lawcareers.net’s trainee solicitor award for “Best Recruiter – Small Firm” in 2009 for a second time.  LB takes on two trainees a year who spend time in four different departments within the firm during their training contracts.

One of their trainees wrote a blog post about life as a trainee at LB which makes for interesting reading and gives a good insight into what its like to work in a more provincial firm.  To read the blog post click here: Life as a Trainee Solicitor

Lanyone Bowdler – life of a TS – regional firm in Shropshire – recent blog entry

Lanyon Bowdler have four trainees training with the firm at any one time, with two trainees joining us in September each year. Trainees usually spend 6 months in a department so that they have experience of four areas of work. We have filled our positions for our 2010 contracts and applications for September 2011 are now closed. We will contact all applicants who have applied for a training contract with us for September 2011, (whether they are successful at getting an interview or not), by the end of March 2010.
Applications for September 2012 will need to be submitted by the end of January 2011.