Average Solicitor Legal salary in the UK

Job Title: Legal Trainer Location: Sharston, M22 4SN Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on experience Job type: Full time, Permanent About us: Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide and are currently ranked 70 out of more than 10,000 law firms. We have a 5-star rating on Trustpilot from over 6,600 reviews, which coming from our clients means a lot to us. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is the core of our business. Training plays a huge part in the development of our solicitors; we believe every lawyer has the potential to be a partner. We therefore provide in-depth training programmes to all staff. From induction training as soon as they join us, our graduate scheme (specifically designed for new lawyers), our regular training for existing staff and various other development programmes. A word from James Maxey, Managing Partner: "Express Solicitors have always believed in spending a much higher proportion of turnover on its training budget than comparator companies. We recognise that all we have to sell is the knowledge and skills of our people and serious effort has been put into the development of the Graduate Scheme not just by our excellent training personnel but by all of the senior management team. We believe this Scheme provides a really effective bridge from the essential academic stage of learning the law to the delivery of that in a professional services environment." The Role: Reporting to the Head of Professional Support, you will help to grow and develop our fee earning staff through a range of different methods. You will be delivering group training as well as coaching on a 1:1 basis. Responsibilities: Take a prominent role in training, coaching and mentoring solicitors and other fee earning staff.Deliver a programme of continuous training to existing staff in line with identified training requirements and newly introduced legal changes.Deliver training and guidance on the use of Proclaim to aid case management and strategic performance of junior fee earners.Help develop, manage, and deliver our graduate scheme for law graduates.Identify training needs through working with Senior Management, supervisors, and HR.Attend training meetings with HR and Head of Professional Support as requested, and report on current projects and issues.Participate in department meetings to understand business and user needs.To deliver systems improvements and training.Design, develop and update training materials to reinforce and embed delivered training.Design and create training content for our Learning Management System (LMS) and blended learning programs.Monitor the feedback given on courses and make relevant changes.Maintain the training records as to attendance.Help embed the agreed standard of the company e.g. case progression, standards and tactics of litigation, weekly supervision and enforcing our Service Promises.Assist with marketing externally by providing commentary on legal updates and drafting articles.Keep abreast of significant legal changes and familiarise yourself with them to ensure you can suggest policy changes to maintain the firm's profitability. Person Specification: A qualified solicitor or qualified by experience with demonstrable experience within personal injury.You must have case handling experience from cradle to grave.Ideally experience of composing and delivering training, either one to one, through workshops or presentations.Strong IT SkillsAble to present information to others in a clear and concise manner.Excellent communication skills.Organisational skills and the ability to plan ahead and manage time.The ability to encourage and motivate peopleAbility to tailor training packages to the level of the trainee group or individual as necessary.An aptitude for learning new systems and processes quickly. Salary, Hours and Benefits Salary up to £45,000 depending on experience.Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days, plus public/bank holidays.Extra day's holiday for your birthday after 2 years' service3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of servicePrivate medical insurance after 2 years' service.Enhanced Maternity leave payment if you have over 1 year's tenure, further enhanced at over 4 years' service.Death in service24/7 onsite Gym access Recruitment Process: Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning. Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all. 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We are currently working with a full-service City law firm who are looking for a Legal Cashier to join them on a permanent basis. You will be providing key support to their Legal Cashiering team managing the expenses and processes of their clients and matter accounts. Your duties will include but are not limited to: Ensuring clients’ accounts are maintained in accordance with the Solicitors Accounts RulesManage the post of disbursements,Log any breaches,Prepare client’s fee ledgers and reconcile balances. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 4 years’ experience working as a Legal Cashier with a strong understanding of the Solicitors Account Rules. It is essential you have extensive knowledge around accounting, banking and matter handling systems.

Legal Counsel opportunity with a Cambridge/London based global brand leader. If you are a UK qualified solicitor or barrister with 2+ PQE with excellent knowledge of commercial law/contracts together with related areas of statutory compliance, intellectual property, and data privacy issues this high-profile business can offer you an exciting and rewarding career step. In addition to a fulfilling role within this dynamic environment you will, along with a competitive salary, enjoy an impressive portfolio of benefits which include: Annual bonus - 2 months’ salary Share pool scheme 25 days holiday Competitive pension Life & Health Insurance Opportunity for National & International travel Reporting to the Head of Legal, key responsibilities of the role include: Advising the business on a full range of contracting issues ranging from procurement through to research partnerships and business development/marketing arrangements.Reviewing and drafting general commercial contracts and other documents (e.g. NDAs, master service agreements, master procurement agreements, terms and conditions, SOWs, research and development contracts with academic and commercial partners, consulting agreements, technical testing agreements and general procurement contracts (e.g. for real estate/materials/equipment);Supporting the business with key areas of statutory compliance including anti-bribery, modern slavery, data protection and export control.Conduct training sessions on compliance issues and other key areas for the business (e.g. anti-bribery, data protection, confidentiality/trade secrets, business conduct and other compliance activities), tailored to specific business and HR requirements. Delivering legal updates to ensure the teams are kept informed on relevant legislation changes and implications for the business.Support special acquisitions/strategic projects and certain corporate-related matters.Assist in developing and overseeing the implementation of legal policies and support for compliance initiatives across all research centres in the UK.Working as part of the European legal team to identify and support issues of regional importance. A technical background or interest would be preferred albeit not essential. If you have the relevant experience, then please apply with a current CV for more information.