Chichester, United Kingdom
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An exciting opportunity to join one of the largest national law firms in the UK. You will be supporting the Private Client Advisory team in the Chichester office. You will provide legal and fee-earning support to the Chichester Private Client Advisory team in the area of lifetime estate planning and in estate administration, whilst providing an efficient service and high-standard of client care. As an apprentice solicitor, you will provide day-to-day support and assistance to the fee earners in Chichester’s Private Client Advisory team. You will receive training to support the team’s clients and caseloads. This will include: * Assisting with new client enquiries. * Assisting with arrangements for meetings, and telephone calls, and where required, attend to take detailed notes. * Communicating with clients, other firms of solicitors and third parties by telephone or in writing including taking basic client instructions and providing case updates when appropriate. * Drafting documents (including letters, wills, powers of attorney, tax reporting forms for estates, probate applications, statements of truth, and trust documents. * Tracking progress of cases across the team. * Reporting to team leader on case progress and interactions and referrals to other departments. * Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working. * Ensuring compliance with the firm’s policies and procedures. * Attending appropriate training events as and when required. * Conducting Legal Research and obtaining documentation, such as copies of Grants of Probate, Wills and Land Registry documentation) as requested by members of the team. * Supporting the team's business development activities/events. * Completing relevant administration duties including copying and scanning documents, amending documentation, filing, archiving and file maintenance. * Working to deadlines and be adept at multi-tasking. * Whilst planning and prioritising will be the key to your success; you’ll also need to be flexible and quick to respond to requests at short notice. You’ll be experienced in following set guidelines and processes, but with the ability and confidence to use your own judgement where required and to complete written tasks to a high standard (e.g. grammatical and technical accuracy).
