Main purpose of job: to provide, under supervision, legal advice and services to all clients.
Trainee Solicitors’ Responsibilities
Throughout the Training Contract the trainee will receive training in at least three distinct areas of the law of England and Wales in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority requirements, and will have opportunities to develop their skills such as: advocacy and oral presentation skills, case and transaction management, client care and practice support, communication skills, dispute resolution, drafting, interviewing and advising, legal research, and negotiation.
Trainees, will undertake the following:
- Effectively manage files.
- Draft letters, internal notes and memos.
- Take notes in meetings.
- Dictate notes and letters.
- Become familiar with contentious work and gain a full understanding of the skills and practice of resolving disputes, including settling, mediation and adjudication, in a fair, cost-effective and timely way that meets client needs.
- Understand the importance of identifying the client’s goals along with the need to take accurate instructions. They will be given opportunities to observe and to conduct interviews with clients, experts, witnesses and others.
- Learn to find solutions by investigating the factual and legal issues, analysing problems and communicating the results of their research.
- Understand the process involved in contentious and non-contentious negotiations and appreciate the importance to the client of reaching agreement or resolving a dispute.