- advocacy and oral presentation
- case and transaction management
- client care and practice support
- communication skills
- dispute resolution
- drafting
- interviewing and advising
- legal research
- negotiation The Trainee Solicitor role will support the solicitors within our hub to play a key role in tackling housing injustice and unfair housing practices by using the law to assist people in our communities with housing need. You'll develop the skills through a mixture of completing work and tasks by yourself, assisting others and observing experienced practitioners.The postholder will support the solicitors and the team using their legal skills to support challenging and fighting cases that defend housing rights, challenge discriminatory practices relating to housing and create system change by defining or changing the law. The postholder will work with colleagues in hubs to ensure people in our communities are aware of their rights, how to enforce them and represent people who need specialist legal advice. The postholder will support solicitors and advisers with casework on behalf of Shelter's clients on a range of specialist housing issues and be able to identify social welfare and debt issues in order to signpost/refer to internal/external agencies. The work will be conducted under Legal Aid Agency funding and to Specialist Quality Mark standards. The postholder may also be expected to undertake work under Shelter Voluntary Income or other funding sources from time to time. Where appropriate the Trainee Solicitor will support the conduct of legal representation in court including shadowing counsel or solicitors in court. More generally the postholder may be required to work in a range of different physical locations throughout their community and to engage on behalf Shelter with external stakeholders (e.g., Local Authority, Community partners).
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Period of Recognised Training
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Forbes Solicitors Lancashire, United Kingdom OtherPeriod of Recognised Training · Role · The traditional route for qualification. If you have completed your LPC or are working towards completion, this is the route for you · A Period of Recognised Training will consist of four, six month training seats. From the beginning of you ...