Trainee solicitor

Job description

We are looking for a trainee solicitor to join our busy office in Newcastle (commencing March 2022). Our Newcastle office specialise in banking litigation work including debt and asset recovery litigation and complex conveyancing transaction work for our lender clients. The two-year training contract will be working with the partners, associates and solicitors within the Newcastle office and with their wider teams throughout the UK.

About us

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking firm. We expect hard work and enthusiasm from all our trainee solicitors but in return we strive to balance your training with an active work-related social life.

We know that the time spent training our trainee solicitors is an investment and the majority of the current partners and associates trained within the firm, so we view our trainee solicitors as future partners and associates. There are no glass ceilings within the firm and those with talent, drive and ambition will see these characteristics recognised at an early stage.

Job purpose

The trainee solicitor will support the partners, associates and solicitors in ensuring that all clients are provided with the best possible advice and recommendations and that client expectations are managed throughout. They will require to be competent when drafting legal documents and handle transactions within a timely manner.

Person specification

The trainee solicitor will be required to have excellent organisation and communication skills, as they will be required to manage large volumes of work and to communicate well with other legal firms and departments along with assisting clients using both the telephone and email.

It is essential that the trainee solicitor can work using their own initiative and that they have excellent attention to detail too.

Candidates must have completed their qualifying or exempting law degree or Common Professional Examination / Graduate Diploma in Law and their Legal Practice Course.

Application for the position would be via the application form on our website: https://www.acandco.com/careers/traineeships.