Paralegal

Womble Bond Dickinson; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent legal firm in Bristol is seeking a Paralegal to join their Litigation Support & Commercial Projects Team. The role involves managing disclosure tasks and engaging in the resolution of litigated consumer claims using advanced legal technology. The ideal candidate will hold a law degree and possess at least 6 months of experience in a similar role, with strong time management and case handling skills. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a collaborative team in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working initiatives

Health and wellbeing resources

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months experience as a Paralegal, Legal Assistant, or similar role.
• Experience managing multiple workloads simultaneously.
• Proven ability to manage own caseload, using case/client management system.

Responsibilities

• Work on disclosure tasks using legal technology and AI.
• Engage in the strategic resolution of litigated consumer claims.
• Conduct first line review of documents for various purposes.

Skills

Time management

Case management

Legal research

Education

Law degree or legal qualification

Job description

It's no secret that we're an ambitious firm and our vision and our culture truly reflects that. At the heart of this is an outstanding client experience, something that Womble Bond Dickinson prides itself on, and it's something that we've become so well known for. The Legal Solutions Centre (LSC) is an essential part of our business made up of over 70 paralegals, lawyers, project managers, data analysts and clientco-ordinators. They use flexible resourcing and time-saving technology to deliver a high-quality, cost-effective service for a range of large scale projects.

Our dedicated Paralegal Team are now on the lookout for a Paralegalto jointheir Litigation Support & Commercial Projects Team (or as we call it, LSC Pro) in our Bristol or Plymouth office.

This team specialise predominately in disclosure tasks using the latest legal technology and AI. You'd work on range of matters including dealing with strategic resolution of litigated consumer claims brought against our clients. The team are also regularly engaged to conduct a first line review of documents for other purposes.

So what are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:

• Have completed your law degree or other legal qualification and/or at least 6 months experience as a Paralegal, Legal Assistant or similar role.
• Experience managing multiple workloads simultaneously.
• Experience managing your own caseload, using case/client management system

What makes it great to work here?

We continuallywork hard to create an open culturethatsetsusapart from other firms.Ourculture givesusmuch more of a humanfeel,emphasisingthatwe're more than just suits!

As signatoriesto the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to usthatourpeople are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources andinitiativesdesigned tosupport health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.

Through our DEI initiativeswe create anvironment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and InclusionGroup, led by ourBoard Sponsor, which workswithourcolleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constantdialoguewithourpeople about how we expandournetworks to bettersupporteverybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here. We encourageapplicants from all social backgrounds,ethnicities,disabilities, genderidentities and sexualorientations.

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