Trainee / Apprentice Solicitor
Stone King
- Leeds
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Attending to clients of the Firm in the office or elsewhere if needed;
- Drafting documents and producing research;
- Involvement in Marketing and Business Development events and activities;
- Communicating promptly and effectively both internally to colleagues and externally to clients;
- Attending, and being involved in preparation for, Team meetings;
- Carrying out work for both colleagues and clients to the highest possible standard, having regard to the Firm’s standards, procedures and Core Values;
- Working in a collegiate and collaborative way within an immediate Team and wider Firm environment;
- Maintaining your continuing professional development requirements and taking an active interest in furthering your knowledge within the field of law.
- Adhering to firm's time recording requirements.
- To be eligible for the Training Contract, candidates must have completed or be in the process of completing the LPC / SQE. Candidate must have completed the LPC before commencing the Training Contract.
- To be eligible for the Apprenticeship, candidates must have completed a law degree or the law conversion course (GDL/PGDL).
- Demonstrate strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Be able to demonstrate strong problem solving skills as well as use of initiative.
- Willingness to learn and develop.
- Experience of organising workload and meeting deadlines.
- Aligns with our ethos and core values of ‘TRUST’.
- Can demonstrate strong commercial awareness.
- Experience in legal sector is desirable.
- Experience / interest in the sectors we work in.
- Competitive salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Benefit Platform
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life assurance (4 x salary)
- Pension scheme
- 28 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays).
- Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum. We actively encourage all staff to become involved with CSR activities, hold bi-annual whole firm ‘away’ days, sector specific focus days and quarterly drinks events in each office.