Newly Qualified Private Family Solicitor

Realm Recruit; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Leeds seeks a Junior Private Family Solicitor to join their reputable family team. This role offers a top-of-market salary, realistic targets, and genuine development opportunities. The ideal candidate is newly qualified in private family law and passionate about building a long-term career in family law. You will handle various private family matters, receive plenty of support, and work in a collaborative environment that values growth over numbers.

Benefits

Top of market salary

24 days holiday plus birthday off

Pension scheme and healthcare cash plan

Travel-to-work costs covered

Structured wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience assisting on private family law matters.
• Genuine interest in divorce, finances, and private children work.
• Friendly, empathetic, and emotionally intelligent.

Responsibilities

• Handle and assist on private family law matters, including divorce.
• Advise on private children matters and parental responsibility.
• Support on pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Skills

Interest in divorce and private children work

Empathy and emotional intelligence

Resilience and solution-focused

Advocacy skills

Business development enthusiasm

Education

Newly Qualified in private family law

Job description

• Junior Private Family Solicitor role within a long-established Leeds family team
• Quality private family work with realistic targets and genuine development
• Top-of-market salary, strong wellbeing focus and long-term progression

This is a brilliant opportunity for a newly qualified Private Family Solicitor to join a highly respected family law team in Leeds with deep roots in the local market and an outstanding reputation for both client care and staff retention.

You’ll be joining a team that genuinely enjoys working together. There’s good-quality work to come into, plenty of support as you build your caseload, and a culture that values attitude, effort and collaboration over pure numbers. Targets matter, but they aren’t the be-all and end-all here - the focus is on developing good lawyers in a supportive, easy-going environment.

The role is ideal for someone early in their career who wants exposure to a broad range of private family work, is keen to get involved in business development over time, and wants to grow within a team where people tend to stay long term.

Who we’re looking for

• Newly Qualified in private family law
• Experience assisting on private family law matters
• A genuine interest in divorce, finances and private children work
• Enthusiasm for business development and building contacts
• Experience running own files
• Advocacy experience or willingness to develop advocacy skills (Desired)
• Friendly, empathetic and emotionally intelligent
• Resilient, solution-focused and collaborative
• Passionate about building a long-term career in family law

What you’ll be doing

• Handling and assisting on private family law matters, including divorce and financial remedy work
• Advising on private children matters and parental responsibility issues
• Supporting on pre‑ and post‑nuptial agreements and cohabitation matters
• Working on injunctions and domestic abuse‑related cases
• Gaining exposure to international family law matters
• Drafting agreements, court documents and Declarations of Trust
• Attending court and developing advocacy skills over time
• Gradually building your own caseload with work provided by the team
• Getting involved in business development to help grow the team’s profile

Salary & Benefits

• Top of market salary for this level
• Growth role within a stable, long‑standing family team with exceptional retention
• Clear progression pathways up to Partner level
• Strong wellbeing focus, including a structured wellbeing programme, counselling support and regular wellbeing initiatives
• Supportive, respectful culture with an open‑door policy and no hierarchy
• Hybrid working available, though strong office presence is encouraged at junior level
• 24 days’ holiday, increasing with service, plus your birthday off
• Pension scheme and healthcare cash plan
• Travel‑to‑work costs covered
• Option to buy additional holiday

Contact Lucy Wickham

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📞 03300 245 606

Lucy specialises in junior and mid‑level family law roles across Yorkshire and can give you honest insight into how this opportunity compares to other private family solicitor roles across Yorkshire.