Education Law Associate | Flexible Hours & Travel

Hill Dickinson LLP; United Kingdom; Remote; AUD 105,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill Dickinson LLP is seeking an Associate to join our Education team across our offices. The role offers exposure to schools, further education institutions and universities with a national reach and substantial client responsibility within a supportive team.

You will work on policy development, equality law considerations, admissions, governance, and academy trust regulation, with opportunities for litigation work including Judicial Review and SEND Tribunal.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage a caseload and provide sound commercial advice.
• Experience supporting an education team with educational institutions.
• Transactional support experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team and independently as required.
• Willingness to travel to clients and other offices and work outside normal hours if needed.

Responsibilities

• Advising on development and application of statutory policies
• Advising on equality law requirements, especially for SEN and Children and Families Act 2014
• Supporting clients with complaints, process management and outcomes
• Advice and support on academy trust regulation including funding agreements and notices to improve
• Advice on decisions to exclude pupils/students and related processes
• Admissions advice including oversubscription criteria and interventions before the Schools Adjudicator
• Providing advice on FOI and Data Protection requests
• Governance advice for maintained schools and academy trusts, including drafting documents
• Commercial contract reviews and advice
• Procurement advice
• Academy transactional work
• Conducting sector-focused litigation including Judicial Review and SEND Tribunal

Skills

Caseload management

Commercial advice

Transactional support

Communication skills

Team player

Organisational skills

Education

Qualified Solicitor

SRA regulation knowledge

Job description

Hill Dickinson LLP is seeking an Associate to join our Education team across our offices. The role offers exposure to schools, further education institutions and universities with a national reach and substantial client responsibility within a supportive team.

You will work on policy development, equality law considerations, admissions, governance, and academy trust regulation, with opportunities for litigation work including Judicial Review and SEND Tribunal.