Paralegal

Location
London
Salary
£24000-£25000-per annum +
Posted
01 Oct 2018
Closes
29 Oct 2018
Ref
KnowledgeRW
Contact
Jaydee Ward
Job Title
Paralegal
Practice Area
Financial Services, Insurance
PQE Level
10+, 2-4, 5-7, 8-10, NQ
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

The Role: Knowledge Paralegal- Professional and Financial Disputes within Insurance

Salary: £25,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

This global law firm are renowned for being one of the best firms in the world. Providing candidates with not only an excellent work life balance, they also offer their expertise to improve skills and understanding of the industry.

Overview of role:

BD/ Admin/ Publications:

•Reviewing daily case lists

•Tracking and identifying forthcoming cases

•Producing first drafts of case reports

•Scanning legal and insurance press

•Processing case alerts and managing alert service

•Liaising with design/ library etc.

•Proofreading and editing

•General legal and market research

Training:

•All support for legal training including, liaising with counsel, fee earners etc.

•Admin arrangements for training sessions

•Assisting with slides/ presentations

•Maintaining records

•Proofreading

•Collating supporting materials for speakers and assisting internal speakers with research and preparation

•Researching future training needs

•General legal and market research

Knowledge:

•Legal research

•Market research

•Liaison with library and developing legal support resources and maintaining intranet pages

•Maintenance of knowledge database including uploading all know how

Research/ Admin support:

•Research support for market-focused projects, to include maintaining know how on all current issues

•Tracking legal and market developments

•Court attendance to monitor developments

•General support on specific projects

•Specific support to Senior team members