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Travers Smith
An award-winning city law firm. We build lasting relationships with
public and private sector clients. It is Travers Smith's purpose to
provide the very highest quality of service to our clients whilst
enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a
supportive, inclusive and enjoyable working environment.
Department
Renowned for leading on both civil and commercial matters, our
Dispute Resolution team excels in handling diverse and challenging
cases covering complex commercial litigation, arbitration, contentious
regulatory work, investigations, and ADR.
The Dispute Resolution team holds a strong international presence and
has accrued vast experience in national, international, and
cross-border litigation disputes. Ambassadors of the firm's
collegiate working environment, the Dispute Resolution team often
works in partnership with other departments to ensure our clients
receive a comprehensive service.
Those within the Dispute Resolution team strongly adhere to the
departmental vision of:
Providing the highest quality of
work to ensure we maintain our position as market leaders.
Facilitating a nurturing and
supportive environment for all employees, whilst upholding the
firm's cultural values.
Building upon professional
ambitions and personal development.
The Role
You will be expected to provide paralegal support and report in the
first instance to the Dispute Resolution Knowledge Lawyers. Beyond
that, and on an ad hoc basis, you may also be expected to provide
paralegal support to other lawyers within the DR department.
Ultimately you will be responsible to the partners within the DR
department. You will proactively contribute to the department and,
ultimately, the firm's success by actively seeking to anticipate the
needs of the DR knowledge team and fee earning lawyers in the DR team,
in addition to having a full understanding and supporting the crucial
administrative processes that help the team function to the best of
its ability.
You will be expected to take responsibility for a varied workload and
to communicate effectively. As well as working directly with the
department's lawyers, you will be working closely with various
non-legal colleagues to ensure a seamless and collaborative support
function is available and adds value to the department.
Key Responsibilities
Know-How Tasks
Monitoring various sources for
legal and regulatory developments in DR.
Maintaining the departments
know-how resources including uploading and correctly labelling and
organising documents.
Intranet Management
Monitoring and maintaining the
department's intranet pages (e.g., ensuring the content is up to
date, relevant and branded, in keeping with house styles).
Maintaining know-how and guidance
notes on the intranet (e.g., uploading and correctly labelling and
organising documents on the intranet).
Training and Meetings
Supporting the DR Knowledge Lawyers
with organising the department's various training programmes,
including liaising with the speakers (both internal and
occasionally external) and ensuring that all logistics are in
place and that materials (prepared by the DR Knowledge Team and/or
fee earners), recordings and training schedules are uploaded to
the intranet after each training session and kept up to date.
Delivering training sessions to the
DR trainees twice-annually on practical legal topics, such as
Bundling and CE-File, and ensuring the relevant training materials
are up to date and uploaded to the intranet pages.
Business Development Related
Tasks
Assisting with drafting and
research for client briefings and external publications.
Assisting with BD-related tasks
(e.g., collating information for market trends guides, pitches, etc.).
Legal and Technical Tasks
The DR Knowledge Team would encourage
the Knowledge Paralegal, under relevant supervision, to become
involved in the technical knowledge work undertaken for their own
development, as follows:
Undertaking legal research tasks
for the DR Knowledge Team.
Drafting short-form precedents and
processing technical updates to DR precedents under supervision.
Compiling internal data from client work.
Assisting with answering practical
and legal questions from fee-earners within the Dispute Resolution
department and across the firm.
Key Stakeholders
The DR Knowledge Lawyers.
Departmental Partners including
Head of DR
Consultants
Associates
Trainees
Paralegal colleagues
Personal Specification -
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Strong computer skills, including
proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and a willingness
to learn to use other professional software (MS Sharepoint).
Ability to work effectively and
efficiently both independently and in a team setting.
Ability and willingness to work
proactively.
Ability to assume responsibility
for assigned projects and tasks.
Ability to handle
confidential/sensitive matters.
Ability to handle multiple
assignments, shifting priorities and competing deadlines.
Ability to work well under pressure.
Flexibility to adjust hours to meet
operating needs.
