Paralegal apprentice

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to start their career in law. Join Ashfords and get real experience while you work towards a level 3 paralegal qualification. The role of paralegal apprentice provides essential support to one of our legal teams, whilst studying for your paralegal qualification. This is a full time position for 24 months, with one day per week dedicated to your studies with BPP University.

Job description

As a paralegal apprentice, you'll provide an efficient and effective administrative support service to partners and fee Earners, while building a foundation of legal skills and knowledge through your Level 3 Apprenticeship programme. You'll assist with providing an efficient and cost effective legal service to the clients of the firm, with a particular focus on client care and compliance with the firm's quality and management services.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• supporting fee-earners with a variety of legal tasks, matters and transactions; 
• document review and production of reports; 
• contributing proactively to the development of processes;
• assisting with management of client files, including financial aspects;
• ensuring instructions and procedures are efficiently handled and implemented;
• ensuring deadlines are met and managing key dates;
• delivering an outstanding level of client service in a cost effective manner;
• document scanning and production in conjunction with our reprographics team;
• bundling and indexing legal documents;
• meticulous time recording;
• filing correspondence and documents using the firms document management system;
• filing correspondence and documents in the main hard copy files;
• diary management and meeting/travel organisation;
• call handling;
• assisting with billing administration; and
• variety of other duties as required.