Are you the Paralegal we’ve been looking for?
Would you like to be part of our talented Dispute Resolution team? At Swinburne Maddison LLP, we’ve been setting the standard for legal excellence for over 25 years. Nestled on the outskirts of Durham City Centre, our award-winning North East law firm boasts an impressive roster of clients and a prestigious history that dates back to the merger of two distinguished firms in 1998. Today, we’re proud to be recognised as a leading law firm within the region having been named as a leading firm by The Legal 500 for seven consecutive years. We have ambitions plans for the coming years and we are on the hunt for a Paralegal to join our growing and talented Dispute Resolution team. The role
Our Dispute Resolution team act on behalf of private clients, private sector businesses, and public sector organisations across a wide range of litigation matters including Commercial, Property, Probate, Family and Employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for working alongside the qualified Lawyers in the team, assisting primarily with Housing Disrepair work. This is an exciting opportunity allowing exposure to all stages of the litigation process, developing essential legal skills, whilst working with some of the firm’s largest clients. Examples of the responsibilities for the role include: management of own caseload, under supervision conducting necessary research for case work providing efficient and pro-active support to colleagues organising legal files and preparing legal documents attending client meetings and interviews and having regular communications with clients, providing excellent customer service Who we are looking for…
The successful candidate will already have a legal qualification (a Law degree as a minimum). The main attributes we look for are: exemplary communication skills, both written and spoken being pro-active in terms of managing your workload, prioritisation and continual development of your own skills showing exceptional attention to detail and having excellent organisation skills demonstrating experience of teamwork aptitude for working with computers Ready to make your move?
To apply for this role please complete the application form on the careers page of our website, attaching a CV and a short covering letter ensuring to clearly detail how you meet our required experience, skills and attributes. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 3rd January 2025 Vacancy information
Job type: Permanent Hours: Full-time Careers with Swinburne Maddison
Swinburne Maddison wouldn’t be the firm it is today without our team. We are committed to providing opportunities for all employees, whether they’ve been with us since day one or are new to our exciting journey ahead. We offer a number of benefits for our team including: a competitive salary based on experience a pension and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes additional holiday scheme for length of service enhanced family leave pay health cashback plan a generous contribution to the staff pension scheme membership of Perkbox free on-site parking Awards and Recognition
At Swinburne Maddison we are proud of our teams’ achievements across the firm. In 2023, we were proud to be announced as the winner of Law Firm of the Year at the Northern Law Awards, an honour we also received in 2017.
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Would you like to be part of our talented Dispute Resolution team? At Swinburne Maddison LLP, we’ve been setting the standard for legal excellence for over 25 years. Nestled on the outskirts of Durham City Centre, our award-winning North East law firm boasts an impressive roster of clients and a prestigious history that dates back to the merger of two distinguished firms in 1998. Today, we’re proud to be recognised as a leading law firm within the region having been named as a leading firm by The Legal 500 for seven consecutive years. We have ambitions plans for the coming years and we are on the hunt for a Paralegal to join our growing and talented Dispute Resolution team. The role
Our Dispute Resolution team act on behalf of private clients, private sector businesses, and public sector organisations across a wide range of litigation matters including Commercial, Property, Probate, Family and Employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for working alongside the qualified Lawyers in the team, assisting primarily with Housing Disrepair work. This is an exciting opportunity allowing exposure to all stages of the litigation process, developing essential legal skills, whilst working with some of the firm’s largest clients. Examples of the responsibilities for the role include: management of own caseload, under supervision conducting necessary research for case work providing efficient and pro-active support to colleagues organising legal files and preparing legal documents attending client meetings and interviews and having regular communications with clients, providing excellent customer service Who we are looking for…
The successful candidate will already have a legal qualification (a Law degree as a minimum). The main attributes we look for are: exemplary communication skills, both written and spoken being pro-active in terms of managing your workload, prioritisation and continual development of your own skills showing exceptional attention to detail and having excellent organisation skills demonstrating experience of teamwork aptitude for working with computers Ready to make your move?
To apply for this role please complete the application form on the careers page of our website, attaching a CV and a short covering letter ensuring to clearly detail how you meet our required experience, skills and attributes. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 3rd January 2025 Vacancy information
Job type: Permanent Hours: Full-time Careers with Swinburne Maddison
Swinburne Maddison wouldn’t be the firm it is today without our team. We are committed to providing opportunities for all employees, whether they’ve been with us since day one or are new to our exciting journey ahead. We offer a number of benefits for our team including: a competitive salary based on experience a pension and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes additional holiday scheme for length of service enhanced family leave pay health cashback plan a generous contribution to the staff pension scheme membership of Perkbox free on-site parking Awards and Recognition
At Swinburne Maddison we are proud of our teams’ achievements across the firm. In 2023, we were proud to be announced as the winner of Law Firm of the Year at the Northern Law Awards, an honour we also received in 2017.
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