Trainee Legal Secretary Apprentice
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Company: PARIS SMITH LLP
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Location: Hampshire, SO15 2AE
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £18,350.00 per year
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Sector: Business and administration
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Ref: NAS-2000059833
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Application Deadline Date: 26/10/2026
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Start Date: 09/11/2026
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Positions Available: 2
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with 1 hour lunch break.
Brief Description
As a Trainee Legal Secretary at Paris Smith, you’ll complete an 18-month programme leading to a Legal Secretary role. You’ll receive structured training, gain Business Administration Level 3 and Legal Terminology Level 2 qualifications, and experience a variety of departments, providing insight into areas of law and practice.
Training to be Provided
The Business Administration Level 3 training will take place online with a learner coach once a month throughout the apprenticeship programme. Every three months the apprentice will have a review with the learner coach and workplace mentor.
Future Prospects
At the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to become a departmental Legal Secretary. Further development would include on- the-job training/training courses relevant to the role.
Vacancy Detail
Key responsibilities of the role will include:
- Opening a file/closing a file
- Conflict checks
- Compliance - ID - Personal
- Compliance - Company ID, Companies House, Experian
- Audio typing
- Scanning documents
- Emails
- Making appointments/co-ordination of diaries
- Attending to clients in reception and over the telephone
- Land registry portal/searches
- Laser form - various for each department
- Precedent letters, ie Terms of Business Letters/Letters of Authority etc
- Requesting Deeds from storage
- Typing and amending, formatting (including automatic numbering) and drafting documents and reports
- Setting up documents using DocuSign
Other Information
We are looking for a candidate with GCSE grade (A-C) or equivalent (English and maths are essential), and A Level grades (A-C) or equivalent.