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Trainee Legal Adviser - The South East

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HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)

Mar 20

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • Legal
  • £32.8K - £37.2K
  • Peterborough, +8

Requirements

  • In addition to your academic qualifications and excellent communication skills, you’ll be committed to increasing and maintaining your knowledge of the law. Open, approachable, professional and supportive, we’ll expect you to have excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think on your feet in a busy court. Important decisions will be made, and these can have a profound effect on the people who come to court, so you’ll be confident, impartial and capable of considering a wide range of risks and implications. Flexible and adaptable, and with a high degree of personal responsibility, there are times when you’ll be faced with challenging situations. With this in mind you’ll be resilient and remain calm under pressure and have a diplomatic and tactful approach to everyone you work with.
  • This is an office based/court based frontline role. You’ll be allocated to your work base location that has been agreed between yourself and line manager as part of the recruitment process
  • You’ll be allocated to your work base location that has been agreed between yourself and line manager as part of the recruitment process.
  • You’ll be expected to spend the duration of your training at your agreed base location to fulfil the demands of the training and the business needs in that location.
  • All our employees have to be security cleared before being appointed so you’ll undergo a vetting process if your application is successful.

Responsibilities

  • Rather than acting for a client you’ll be offering impartial and objective legal advice, so you’ll need to be passionate about the law and the issues that must be considered when magistrates are delivering judgments and sentences.
  • Helping to conduct case management hearings will be another key part of your role, as will liaising with outside agencies who are involved in specialist court work. Once you’re qualified, you’ll act as the professional face of the court, so we’ll expect you to work with integrity, empathy and understanding, and ensure that everyone who attends is treated with humanity and respect at all times.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)

We're responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales.

1001-5000
Employees
2011
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

This is the official LinkedIn page for the HM Courts & Tribunals Service. We are responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. We are also responsible for non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland. We work with an independent judiciary to provide a fair, efficient and effective justice system. We employ around 17,000 staff and operate from locations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Through the courts and tribunals we give people and businesses access to justice, including: - victims and witnesses of crime - defendants accused of crimes - consumers in debt or with other disputes - people involved in the adoption or protection of children - businesses involved in commercial disputes - individuals asserting their employment rights or challenging the decisions of government bodies - people affected by relationship breakdown We follow the Ministry of Justice’s strategic vision for reform, to create a more effective, less costly and more responsive justice system for the public. We’re responsible for: - providing the supporting administration for a fair, efficient and accessible courts and tribunal system - supporting an independent judiciary in the administration of justice - driving improvements across all aspects of the administration of the courts and tribunals - collaborating effectively with other justice organisations and agencies, including the legal professions, to improve access to justice - working with government departments and agencies to improve the quality and timeliness of their decision- making, which will reduce the number of cases coming before courts and tribunals All our commercial contract opportunities over £10,000 can be found on the GOV.UK Contract Finder service: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder For more information on how we use social media, visit: https://bit.ly/2TDvAUV