Junior Legal Assistant

stephenson jones legal recruitment ,
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

LEGAL ASSISTANT REF 13/20 Urgently required by hugely successful expanding practice. You will join a highly effective team handling a multitude of tasks from Main Duties: Allocating post to files. Opening new files Closing files Answering the telephone Taking card payments Preparing client care letters/packs Preparing and drafting standard letters Taking dictation when required Liaising with clients etc Ordering searches Drafting completion packs and submitting to accounts (NB the fee earner would normally check this before being sent) Submitting SDLT returns and sending payment chits to accounts team Submitting registrations to Land Registry Dealing with basic requisitions Dealing with basic quotations Assisting other support staff and fee earners within the team, as needed This is a junior role offering superb training with excellent prospects. Essential requirements - law degree or three months legal experience. Ideally you will possess a full clean driving license with your own transport. Stephenson Jones Legal Recruitment welcomes applicants from all sectors within the community and aims to ensure that all clients’ it recruits for include candidates on the basis of their ability to handle the said role regardless of social backgrounds, gender, disability, age, religion, race, sexual orientation, political beliefs etc and all other irrelevant definitions All successful applicants will be contacted within 7 working days, If you have not been contacted within this time scale you have unfortunately been unsuccessful on this occasion and we thank you for your time in applying for this role. Stephenson Jones Ltd are operating as an employment agency providing permanent recruitment within the legal sector.