- GMFJ Reference
241415
- Wages
£384.62 p/w
- Hours
36.25 per week
- Date Posted
25/10/2023
- Start Date
16/09/2024
- Approx. Duration
24 months
- Location
Tunbridge Wells
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Law
- Opportunity Type
Advanced Level 3
- Apprenticeship Standard
Paralegal (ST0245)
- Employer
Cripps
Description
We are seeking Paralegal Apprentices to join our firm, based in our Tunbridge Wells office.
As a Paralegal Apprentice, you will complete the BPP Paralegal Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship. Additional learning
within the apprenticeship will enable you to be awarded a Level 4 Certificate of Higher Education in Legal Services.
Your apprenticeship will be delivered by a blend of online and face-to-face training from BPP University Law School
and on-the-job learning. The two year programme will equip you with the skills and knowledge to perform a wide range
of tasks required of a paralegal working in legal practice.
You will be supporting a high performing legal teams, including real estate, corporate and private client divisions. You
will experience a broad variety of legal work within knowledgeable and supportive teams. Initially assisting with
administrative tasks, as you progress through your apprenticeship there will be an element of fee earning work,
process management and drafting legal and transactional documents.
MAIN DUTIES
• Dealing with correspondence and telephone calls with clients, other solicitors and third parties
• Responsibility for ensuring deadlines are managed and achieved
• Drafting legal and transactional documents for clients
• Legal research
• Participating in data room management and due diligence projects
For more information about this vacancy please contact BPP Professional Apprenticeships on 01133 500 333 (Ref ID: 241415)
Company website : www.cripps.co.uk
A good level of experience with IT systems, including Microsoft Office packages
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Confident and professional manner
Methodical, accurate and well organised
This is a highly practical programme designed to develop the essential skills and attributes needed to be a successful paralegal professional. It delivers crucial legal knowledge to help paralegals provide the support a team requires across different areas of legal practice.
Be prepared to take on a wide variety of work
Prepared to work on own but in co-operation with team members and carry out whatever duties are required by the
team
Ability to juggle priorities
Willingness to go “the extra mile”
On completion of the paralegal apprenticeship, where possible, we would seek to offer you a position as a paralegal at
the firm. There may also be the opportunity to further your career through our solicitor apprenticeship scheme. The
solicitor apprenticeship scheme allows an apprentice to qualify as a solicitor on completion of a six-year
apprenticeship, including the two years served as a paralegal apprentice
Cripps is one of the country’s leading legal practices serving corporate, real estate and private clients. Headquartered
in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, with an office in London, the firm offers a dedicated, integrated team of more than 430
people to deliver exceptional service to its clients. The firm builds, equips and continuously strengthens its teams,
investing in the best talent and technology to deliver this service. Cripps’ purpose is to ‘be the difference’, harnessing
the collective energy, empathy and expertise of its people to make a positive and long-lasting impact on people’s lives
and business.