Paralegal - Private Client

Department: Private Client

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Bromley

Exciting Opportunity at Judge and Priestley Solicitors LLP

Our Values

• Expert - We will invest in the continual development of our people, team and also technology to ensure that we continue to be experts in all that we do.
• Professional - We are accountable to our clients, colleagues, and all those with whom we engage to ensure that we are open, transparent and act with integrity in all that we do.
• Friendly - Whilst at all times being professional, we will ensure that we are approachable and seek to put those with whom we deal, at ease in their dealings with us.

Judge & Priestley are currently hiring for a Private Client Paralegal to be based in our Sidcup office. J&P are proud to be listed in The Legal 500. We are a leading regional law firm, serving a wide range of commercial and private clients across London and the surrounding counties, from our Head Office in Bromley. Established since 1889, we have come a long way and today we are a modern, progressive practice, proud of our record on diversity and inclusion and reputation for training and promoting staff from within the business.

Listed in the Legal 500, our Private Client team has grown significantly in recent years and is now one of the biggest teams in the south east, supporting and advising clients on a comprehensive range of personal matters including: estate planning, tax, trust, contentious and non-contentious probate, wills and powers of attorney and elderly client affairs. The team members support clients making important personal decisions and through often challenging and difficult times in their lives and take pride in their empathetic approach, interacting with clients in a supportive manner, in clear terms which are easily understood.

We are currently looking for candidates for Beckenham, Blackheath, Sidcup and Bromley.

Key Responsibilities

As a paralegal in the team, you will be working with solicitors and partners to support their activities. From an early stage, you will be encouraged, under supervision, to take on direct client contact and documentation drafting as part of your training and progression.

You should be a bright enthusiastic candidate with proven academic aptitude and have the genuine desire and talent for a career in law. As an able and committed team player you should enjoy legal research and be committed to taking the lead on enhancing your knowledge to ensure you have a strong understanding of the law. You also have a practical problem-solving approach to your work and the ability to think creatively whilst working efficiently in a fast-paced environment. This opportunity is much more than a job, it is a career.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Completed the Legal Practice Course and have a keen interest in Private Client
• Completed either a qualifying law degree minimum 2:1 or non-law degree, minimum grade 2:1 along with GDL graded at commendation or above
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• Profit Share Scheme - We want all our employees to have a share in the success of the firm. This non-contractual bonus is paid in June based on the profit from the previous financial year.
• Medicash - Once you have passed probation, you will be enrolled into our scheme which provides cashback on a range of health services. In addition, we also offer an Employee Assistance Programme and high street discounts.
• Birthday off - If your birthday falls on a working day, you can have that day off as an extra day’s leave.
• Pension - All employees are entitled to join our auto enrolment pension scheme. You will be enrolled in the pension after 3 months of employment dependent on age and salary.
• Death in Service Insurance - All employees will be entitled to 2 x salary. Please ensure you complete your nomination form in your new starter pack.
• Annual leave - You will receive an additional day’s holiday after every two years of service to a total maximum of 30 days.
• Legal Fees - After one year’s service, you will be entitled to a contribution towards legal fees. The rules to this can be found in the staff handbook.
• Recruitment Incentive - We offer £500 referral bonus to say thank you for introducing a job candidate that becomes employed by J&P and passes their probation.
• Season Ticket Loan - After probation, you are entitled to apply for an interest-free advance for a season ticket to use public transport to reach your place of work.
• Cycle to Work Scheme - Allows you to make a saving of 25% - 39% on the retail price of a bike.