Solicitor / Associate Solicitor - Family Law
Posted 2 days ago by Aldena Associates
JOB DESCRIPTION
SOLICITOR / ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR - FAMILY DEPARTMENT
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Reporting to: Head of Department
Person specification – Skills, knowledge and experience required
Practical skills:
Job purpose:
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General responsibilities:
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Tasks:
SOLICITOR / ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR - FAMILY DEPARTMENT
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Reporting to: Head of Department
Person specification – Skills, knowledge and experience required
- Practising certificate
- Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience as a solicitor in family law to include experience of dealing with:
- Divorce and Civil Partnership;
- Matrimonial / Civil partnership finance matters;
- Private law children’s cases;
- Co-habitation agreements and disputes;
- Separation agreements;
- Nuptial agreements;
- Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders
- Experience of supervising staff
Practical skills:
- Administration skills (good knowledge of Word, Excel etc)
- Typing skills
- Interviewing skills
- Telephone skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English
- Supervisory and management skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
- Personable with excellent client care skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Must have a good working knowledge of the SRA Code of Conduct and Accounts Rules
- A strong team player
Job purpose:
- To assist in the development of the family department
- To act self-sufficiently
- To run own caseload
- To assist other fee earners with their cases
- To actively develop new sources of potential income streams for the department
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General responsibilities:
- Manage own caseloads from instruction to conclusion;
- Ensure that diary dates and reminders are kept and observed;
- Meet relevant quality and professional standards;
- Proactively build and grow department;
- Actively develop new sources of potential income streams;
- Promoting a positive working environment within firm;
- Marketing and promoting the firm and its service offerings;
- Undertaking research on developing areas of law and procedure to remain up to date on key issues;
- Maintaining training requirements as expected by the firm and the SRA;
- Providing training to members of department where appropriate.
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Tasks:
- General administrative tasks in relation to individual file management including obtaining acceptable ID and signed client care letters;
- Attending upon clients, taking instructions and giving advice, confirming that in writing;
- Writing letters and emails and corresponding with court, solicitors and clients;
- Drafting and issuing court papers and other legal documents;
- Dealing with all court directions, including reports and valuations etc;
- Representing clients at Court hearings where appropriate;
- Briefing and liaising with Counsel for hearings;
- Implementation of final orders;
- Billing and seeking to meet billing targets;
- Using existing precedents, template documents and other processes to enable department to be run efficiently;
- Producing updated precedents for use by the department where appropriate;
- Producing articles for website on current issues, landmark cases and developments in family law on a regular basis, or as requested of you;
- Utilising social media frequently, in particular LinkedIn and Twitter, to promote the firm and its service offerings;
- Running and/or assisting in the running of stalls, trade shows, attending networking events where appropriate;
- Other tasks as requested by the firm.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Telephone:
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- Job Reference:
- 766206
- Job ID:
- 221936384
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