Apprentice Legal Support Assistant
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Company: BLAKE MORGAN LLP
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Location: SO53 3LG
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £15,000.00 per year
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Sector: Business and administration
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Ref: NAS-2000046394
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Application Deadline Date: 30/09/2026
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Start Date: 05/10/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday between 9am-5pm.
Brief Description
This role will provide administrative support to lawyers within the South Coast and London Succession and Tax Teams and the wider Business Group. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to: - Post - Enquiries – Documents - Management and retrieval from storage - File inception - File Closure - General Support.
Training to be Provided
You will undertake an apprenticeship in Business Administration (L3).
You will be trained by South Hampshire College Group and spend 1 day a week completing college work with attendance at South Hampshire College Group one day a month, with 4 days a week in the office.
Future Prospects
On completion of the apprenticeship, candidates will have the skills required to apply for an entry level Legal Support Assistant role.
Vacancy Detail
Post
- Scanning/electronic distribution of incoming post
- Printing, engrossing documents, adding enclosures and dispatch of outgoing post
Enquiries
- First point of contact for clients and 3rd parties phoning into the team with enquiries in particular regarding new instructions for Wills, LPAs, probates and archived documents
- First point of contact for clients arriving at our office in person (whether or not by appointment) and assisting with client meetings as needed, e.g. witnessing documents, copying documents/ID etc, escorting clients to/from the meeting room
- Preparing File Notes to record enquiries
- Liaising with team managers regarding enquiries
- Managing enquiries in accordance with team policies
Documents – management and retrieval from storage
- Organisation of documents, including printing and bundling of documents and binding engrossments, scanning and organising e-files, timely sending out of documents to relevant parties
- Creating archive records for wills, LPAs, deeds etc
- First point of contact for clients and 3rd parties wishing to retrieve documents
- Document retrieval and delivery to clients and third parties in accordance with team guidelines
File inception
- Opening new client/matter in Peppermint/DMS upon receipt of Risk Matrix from lawyer
- Saving template Terms of Business and template Letter of Engagement to DMS for lawyer to settle
- ID verification using IDU App where possible
- Running conflict checks, obtaining AML documents, creating the e-file and all relevant sub-files; and
- Undertaking SmartSearches and saving to DMS
File Closure
- Electronic archiving to include scanning in paper files as necessary
General Support
- Accounts/billing responsibilities including preparing entries in Peppermint, dealing with bankruptcy searches and receipts for monies in and out, in accordance with our regulatory requirements, preparing WIP reports, allocating disbursements to matters, preparing draft bills for lawyer approval, managing bill issuance process
- Collating, analysis and reporting of data as required by lawyers/clients
- Conference and meeting arrangements, diary management
- Other ad hoc duties as required by team managers
- Generally assist and work cooperatively with other LSAs to provide support to the team as appropriate