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Deadline: 31st March 2019 Location: Manchester Salary: £16,500 A number of exciting opportunities have arisen at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, enabling you to gain an industry wide recognised qualification, valuable work experience and a salary at the same time. The purpose of this role is to support Paralegals and Lawyers with transactional work on a wide range of legal matters, which will include commercial property, corporate, commercial and litigation. What’s in it for you This role provides a great opportunity to start your career in law whilst in parallel obtaining a recognised qualification. You will be exposed to top-quality legal matters, developing both your legal knowledge and commercial awareness. Our rotation-based programme provides you with the opportunity to work across a number of our departments and with colleagues across the firm. Future career prospects include progression to a Paralegal or other suitable roles. You’ll be here to shape your career, as well as gain on-the-job experience. As a Legal Apprentice with BPP Apprenticeships, you will complete the Paralegal apprenticeship at Level 3. Additional learning within the apprenticeship will enable you to be awarded a Level 4 Certificate of Higher Education in Legal Services which can afford you exemptions from the first year of the Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship (providing Contract Law was chosen as the elective module). Your apprenticeship shall be delivered by a blend of online and face-to-face training from BPP University Law School and on-the-job learning. Key responsibilities Support Paralegals and Lawyers with legal tasks, matters and transactions Open files, review documents and produce reports for clients Prepare and process legal correspondence and documents Complete post-completion documentation, draft contracts and create Schedules of Leases Prepare Engrossments and other property-related documents Complete document reviews for different practice areas Ensure that all matter correspondence is correctly filed using case management and other filing systems Contribute proactively to the development of processes, continuous improvement activities and the growth of the Manchester office Work on ad-hoc projects as per business requirements Key relationships Supervisory Lawyers Real Estate Lawyers Paralegals / Senior Paralegals Apprenticeship Manager HR Apprenticeship Training Provider Skills and competencies Excellent verbal and written communication skills Strong IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel Good organisational skills, attention to detail and prioritisation skills Enthusiastic, committed and proactive Understands the importance of confidentiality and diversity Strong ’can-do’ attitude  

An apprentice within the Finance Systems team would initially assist with categorising the open issues we have in our inbox. This would mainly enable us to determine where there are potential issues, either with Aderant that need to be flagged with them or where we need to provide further training to users on how to use the system correctly. You would also carry out routine tasks related to checking the integrity of our data on a weekly and monthly basis, and also to perform regular administrative duties i.e. the updating of rates or ranks. As you develop your knowledge you would expand out into trouble shooting first tier support queries for the business and getting involved with development and enhancement projects across Finance systems and processes. Finance Reporting An apprentice would complete standard month end financial reporting tasks including running reports and uploading / sharing them to the relevant areas / people . You would also assist with the delivery of other standard reports such as client Management Information (to clients) and internal reporting. You would get involved in the production of firm wide management accounts and team performance reporting. As you develop an understanding of the self-serve areas available to the business you will assist with adhoc queries guiding users to the different areas where information is readily available and on how to use those reports. Over time this would include involvement in ongoing work to improve and streamline the self-service reporting available to the team leaders and individual associates throughout the firm.  You would also be able to assist with other adhoc report queries such as why does this person appear / not appear etc. and also setting up, amending or removing report subscriptions. Duties to include: Finance Systems • Management  of routine requirements such as supporting month end close, maintenance of rates, ensuring integrity of data within the database • Responsible for providing support and training to users of Finance Systems, both within Finance and the business as a whole  • Documentation and script writing of test scenarios for User Acceptance testing of patches, releases and updates to Aderant Expert • Working effectively as a Business Partner to improve Finance processes • Responsibility for dealing with escalated 2nd line support calls from the IT Service Desk  Software Products that will be used: • Aderant Expert – Firm's Practice Management system • Chrome River (Hosted expenses system) • Minisoft ARCS – Credit Control software • Excel Finance Reporting • Management of standard reporting – producing reports and sharing them with the relevant areas of the business • Assisting the business in obtaining the relevant financial information from self-serve areas and dealing with queries • Involvement in production of external client specific management information • Monitoring of an internal mailbox to produce adhoc reports and respond to business requests • Managing subscription reports and setting up new subscriptions/ making changes as necessary  Software Products that will be used: • SSRS • Excel • QlikView (name to be confirmed) • SQL

Location: London Deadline: 4th January 2018 Salary: £20,000 This exciting programme gives you the opportunity to qualify as a Solicitor and be awarded an LLB university degree by BPP University. Our six-year programme combines work-based learning in our London office and part time study. You will earn a salary and have no university fees to pay. You will have one day a week to study and attend classes at BPP University. Their Law School is based in the heart of London's legal district and has an excellent reputation for offering students the skills they need to succeed in law. You will work in our London office, in a variety of departments such as Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Corporate and Dispute Resolution. As you progress through your apprenticeship, you will be required to produce a portfolio with examples of work you have done in your department. Examples of the type of work you will carry out are: preparing documents for a transaction, drafting a letter to a client and carrying out a piece of research. You will build a portfolio of the experience you have gained and the tasks you have completed in the workplace.  You will take exams and assessments throughout the six-year programme to meet the requirements for the LLB degree. You will also be required to pass the Solicitor Regulation Authority (SRA) centralised assessment, consisting of two parts. BPP University will provide you with guidance and assistance to help you pass these assessments. If you pass all the required assessments to meet the solicitor apprenticeship standard, you will be admitted to the Roll of Solicitors, subject to the SRA’s usual checks of fitness to practice. We will discuss with you what roles are available at Dentons and it is our hope that all our apprentices will remain with us as newly qualified lawyers. Who can apply?  There’s no typical candidate for our apprenticeship programme. The expertise within our Firm is as diverse as the needs of our global clients – and we want to keep it that way. We look for people with a wide range of skills, aptitudes and personalities, with the potential to contribute to our growing success. We need to see a strong record of academic and extra-curricular achievement. Ideally, we would like to see 7 GCSEs at grade 6 or above (including Maths and English) and ABB at A level. You will need to be resilient, hard working and have the drive and ambition to succeed in a highly demanding work environment.

Deadline: 9th December Location: London, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester Salary: £16,000 (£18,600 in London) Starting in September 2019, this level seven solicitor apprenticeship provides the chance to qualify as a solicitor following a six-year programme of work-based learning (4 days per week) and part-time study (1 day per week). Qualification is based on assessment from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and will result in the award of an LLB. Eversheds Sutherland will support you with paid time off to attend classes together with study leave for assessments. By the end of the six-year programme, if you have passed the University assessments, you will get an LLB degree. You will also gain further Masters level seven credits which can be used towards an LLM or masters at the University. In the workplace, you will carry out supervised work-based learning in order to meet the SRA’s competence statement and will produce a work-based assessment portfolio. In addition to examinations throughout the apprenticeship, there will also be an SRA centralised assessment that you will need to pass to qualify as a solicitor. Should you have any queries on our apprenticeship programme, please contact us at apprenticeships@eversheds-sutherland.com or visit our website www.eversheds-sutherland.com/apprentices

We're hiring driven apprentice paralegals to join us in October 2019. The Firm We are a distinctive London-based law firm, focused on our clients and delivering excellence in the international legal market. We offer a combination of both high-end corporate and private client legal work which is unique in the London market. We’ve made a deliberate choice to remain smaller than many of our peers. The tight-knit, cohesive nature of our firm means clients benefit from our collective experience. We talk to one another. We’ve kept things simple. We’ve decided against growth at the expense of quality, against size at the expense of efficiency and agility. So whilst we’re large enough to advise on the most complex matters, we’re also small enough to ensure that our people and our work are exceptional, without fail. At the core of our approach to the paralegal apprenticeship programme is to give apprentices an opportunity to begin a legal career at a highly respected City law firm. There are excellent prospects and a real opportunity for ambitious apprentices to develop and work for high-profile clients on complex and rewarding transactions. What to expect Depending on the department, general duties will include: Liaising with clients Conducting legal and business research Preparing bundles of documentation Assisting partners and assistants with various tasks Drafting legal documents Ensuring compliance with regulations and policies Undertaking administrative duties on files Undertaking additional ad hoc duties to support the wider team Working collaboratively with the other parts of the business The more experience you gain the more responsibility we will give you. Benefits and rewards We recognise and reward hard work and therefore, as a paralegal apprentice, you can expect to start on a competitive salary. You will be entitled to a number of benefits on joining or after 3 months’ service, including: 26 days holiday Life assurance Pension scheme with company contributions Private healthcare Season ticket loan Subsidised staff restaurant Eyecare vouchers Our paralegal apprentices are required to dedicate 20 per cent of their weekly contracted hours towards their studies and the educational side of the apprenticeship. This will be done via a blend of interactive webinars, directed self-study and face-to-face sessions. Who should apply? The qualities we look for in our apprentices include excellent organisational, time management and problem solving skills. You must have strong attention to detail as well as strong interpersonal and communication skills. You will be personable and have a genuine interest in the commercial world and developing your commercial awareness. Above all you should enjoy working in a team and be ambitious, with a genuine commitment to building and developing your professional and legal skills. To apply for a paralegal apprenticeship you will need to have a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C or above, including Mathematics and English or equivalent and be predicted or have gained 3 A-levels or equivalent at grade B. If you do not meet the minimum academic requirements but there are mitigating circumstances which explain this, please include this in your application. Application Applications for our 2019 paralegal apprenticeships are open.  Our application form is online.  The form itself is simple and is designed to give you every opportunity to impress us.  Applications close on 1 April 2019.

Deadline: 22nd March 2019 Location: Bristol Salary: £15,000 (Year 1) £15,500 (Year 2) Our paralegal apprenticeship scheme in Bristol will help build the foundations of a successful career as a solicitor, with the training and support you’ll need to excel. Over the course of the two-year programme, you’ll draw upon your own ambitious and enthusiastic personality to develop your skills, learn new ones and grow your legal knowledge. By combining a wide mix of on-the-job and off-the-job training, you’ll gain a qualification (level 3) that can lead you to apply for our solicitor apprenticeships (level 7), or other opportunities at RPC, including qualified paralegal and business services roles. You’ll spend 20% of your time on off-the-job learning which equates to one day each week to study. Working with our chosen provider The University of Law (ULaw), who are located in the same building as our Bristol RPC offices, we will incorporate any bespoke aspects of learning that we feel appropriate to your training and future success at RPC. Every day will be different. One day you may be working on legal administrative tasks in paralegal teams, such as minute taking and producing data reports. Another day you may be carrying out research for business support teams.