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Trainee Paralegal

Employer:
Blake Morgan LLP
Location:
Blake Morgan Llp, One Central Square, Central Square, CF10 1FS, United Kingdom.
Pay:
£15,000 per year
Hours of work:
31-40 hours per week
Training provider:
Cardiff and Vale College
Level:
Apprenticeship (Level 3)
Sector:
Legal and Financial Services
Pathway:
Legal Services
Possible start date:
01 March 2026
Closing date:
31 January 2026
Positions available:
1
Vacancy ID:
6773
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About the apprenticeship

Duties

• Dealing with instructions from assigned fee earners
• Assist and work cooperatively with other team members to provide support to other/non-assigned fee earners as appropriate
• Prompt administration of files including:
• Opening files – running conflict checks, obtaining AML documents, creating the e-file and all relevant sub-files
• Initial conduct of matters – preparing template letters of engagement and terms of business
• Ongoing conduct of matters & updating reports accordingly
• Closing files – organising deeds/documents and accounts/billing, archiving
• Organisation of documents including printing and bundling of documents and engrossments, scanning and organising e-files, timely sending counterparts to relevant parties and/or uploading to relevant client extranets
• Accounts/billing responsibilities including dealing with accounts on receipts for monies in and out in accordance with our regulatory requirements, preparing Work In Progress reports, allocating disbursements to matters, preparing draft bills for fee earners' approval, managing bill issuance process
• Collating, analysis and reporting of data as required by fee earners/clients
• Diary management to include conference and meeting arrangements
• Other ad hoc duties as required by fee earners
• Attend and participate in legal training sessions
• Participate with Business & Development/Marketing as appropriate

Requirements

Skills

• Excellent organisational skills are essential
• Ability to work as part of a team and use own initiative
• Confidentiality and discretion are fundamental
• Good writing and IT skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Flexible attitude and strong work ethic
• Capable of managing a varied and demanding workload
• Proactive and positive 'can do' attitude
• Previous administration experience would be advantageous
• Willingness to learn and improve

Qualifications

Good spread of GCSE’s (4-9), including Maths and English

Language

Welsh Spoken Skills:
No
Welsh Written Skills:
No

Course details

Training provider:
Cardiff and Vale College
Training provider course:
Trainee Paralegal

About the employer


Blake Morgan Llp, One Central Square
Central Square
Cardiff
Cardiff
CF10 1FS

Disability confident

No, we are not part of the Disability Confident Scheme from the UK Department for Work and Pensions.

Please note that all apprenticeships are open to everyone. However, some organisations have worked to achieve Disability Confident accreditation. You should always apply for the apprenticeship you feel best suited to.

Interview arrangements

The interview process will start as soon as suitable candidates have been identified. We will notify you in advance if you are required to carry out a drafting exercise/skills test as part of the interview process.

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