Paralegal

Our Injury Law team deal exclusively with accident claims and personal injury claims for compensation for individuals. Their extensive legal expertise enables them to recover millions of pounds in compensation every year, alongside providing a friendly and approachable service.

Partner Nicola Bickham is recruiting for a Paralegal to assist the team to ensure that a consistent high level of service is delivered to our clients.

Is This Your Next Career Move?

A paralegal role at VWV provides the perfect building blocks for future trainee solicitors looking to gain experience ahead of starting a training contract or even to assist with applications for training contracts themselves and that’s due to the variety of legal disciplines you’ll be exposed to. We’re proud of our record in transitioning a good proportion of our existing paralegals into trainee solicitors.

You’ll be working closely with the Partner supporting with large value cases, drafting documents, maintaining Lexcel compliant files, assisting with client correspondence and reports and conducting legal research. You’ll become familiar with the firm’s case management system and compliance procedures for letters of engagement, file opening, money laundering, archiving, billing and client accounts.

Where Will I Be Working?

At VWV we have a truly unique and engaging culture that we hold dear. We work hard but we also love to have fun and we recognise that it’s the social interaction between us that really embeds our culture. Whilst this unusual time has proved we can work effectively as a business from home, we’re currently working to a hybrid model of office and home working. We have a “grown-up” working culture and try to be flexible and agile in the way we work. We are happy to discuss any specific requirements of hybrid working with candidates on an individual basis.

Why Choose Us?

With just under 500 employees, we’re a sizeable firm that continues to grow. We’re known for our friendly and welcoming culture where teamwork and collaboration is key. We invite you to watch this short video on the right hand side to see what our own people have to say about us.

We offer an exciting array of benefits and are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We’re striving to create an environment where everyone, regardless of background, can reach their full potential.

Who Are We Hoping Will Apply?

You’ll have a Law degree or have taken the Graduate Diploma in Law and perhaps even done your LPC and whilst any previous paralegal experience will surely help you get to grips with such a valuable role your lack of paralegal experience will not hold you back as it’s the soft skills below which are much more of interest.

It’s a busy role so you’ll be organised, an excellent all-round communicator, have proficient IT skills using Microsoft Office and definitely someone who’s motivated by the team’s successes ahead of their own. And whilst there’s no doubt that time spent in a commercial law firm of this size will naturally enhance your commercial acumen, we love to see applications from graduates whose commercial awareness is instinctive so if that’s you, then we really want to hear from you.

Not Sure Whether To Apply?

Making the next career move is one that can feel immensely daunting and we’ve all been there! It’s more than likely you’ll have one or two questions on the role or firm before you feel happy to apply. If so, please contact me, Hayley Legge, Recruitment Advisor, in complete confidence on 07468 698923 or [email protected] and I’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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