Paralegal, Flex Legal
Legal profession staffing agency
Job no longer available
Legal profession staffing agency
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make the legal industry more human and agile.
Role
Who you are
- Oxbridge graduate (preferably)
- Excellent academics
- Resilient, hardworking, and able to work in a pressurised environment
What the job involves
- Supporting on non-chargeable tasks legal research
- Supporting with fee earning in either the Dispute Resolution or Transactional (corporate) teams
- Assisting with a broad range of disputes including arbitration and international corporate work
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Law firms often experience periods of increased demand, especially around project work, but don't have the time or expertise to easily source skilled legal professionals. Flex Legal was founded in 2017 with the goal of easing these staffing problems, giving law firms access to a flexible pool of qualified and vetted lawyers and paralegals.
Flex's main competition are the traditional recruitment agencies who have supplied temporary workers in this sector, but lacking the links to the legal profession they are unable to source the best talent or accurately assess their suitability for roles. Compared to other legal agencies Flex is a step ahead in its matching systems and interface, for instance offering video profiles and automated timesheets and invoicing systems which are not typical in the sector.
As the legal profession continues to modernise, having access to the top new talent will be increasingly important. Flex's contribution is to implement tools like the training journal app, which is the UK's first digital Qualifying Work Experience record. This will bolster Flex's pool of qualified legal talent while supporting students and employees through the qualification process, a win-win for the company and the industry. In 2024, an acquisition by vision-aligned London-based international law firm Mishcon de Raya will see Flex maintain autonomy and benefit from new capital.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Company benefits
- Private healthcare (following successful completion of 3 month probationary period)
- 25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays
- Hybrid working, with vibrant office based just off Bermondsey Street in London
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced parental leave pay
- Generous nursery benefit (subject to scheme’s eligibility criteria)
- £200 annual development budget for personal/professional development
- £200 allowance towards home office equipment
- Employee Assistance Programme
Company HQ
Bermondsey, London, UK
Leadership
Mary Bonsor
(Co-Founder)Is also a Governor at Keyworth Primary School. Was previously a Solicitor at Winckworth Sherwood LLP.
James Moore
(Co-Founder)Is a board member for SysKit, Gearset and 3T Software Labs. Prior to co-founding Flex Legal was CTO of Redgate Software.
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