Advocate

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About Us

Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide and are currently ranked 70 out of more than 10,000 law firms. We have a 5-star rating on Trustpilot from over 7,000 reviews, which coming from our clients means a lot to us. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is the core of our business.

We are looking for talented Advocates to join our Advocacy department, which proudly boasts a combined 60+ years of litigation experience. The team advocates for our other departments on all of their cases and works alongside fee earners to achieve success for our clients.

What You Will Be Doing

This role will allow you to work with a successfully established and growing company with Solicitor owner-managers. You will be part of the Advocacy Department, which operates as a tight-knit team, working closely with a number of experienced barristers. This is an excellent opportunity to gain and develop first-hand advocacy skills.

What We Offer You

• Opportunity to improve “on your feet” litigation experience.
• Experience to prepare for your pupillage.
• Working with a wide range of cases.
• 1-1 supervision with an experienced Barrister.
• Development in your drafting and litigation skills.
  
  

We work hard and play hard

Law has always been seen as a challenging profession. Express Solicitors expect you to work hard for our clients. But we also love to have fun, with regular department socials, yearly Christmas parties (paid for by the business) and every other year a Summer social at the CEO's house paid for by James, himself.

We also have lots of other regular activities, with weekly football and netball games, a running club and a board game night.

Working in the Advocate role at Express is an excellent precursor to pupillage. I have progressed much more quickly and felt more confident throughout my pupillage as a result of the experience I obtained whilst working as an Advocate

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Emily Balls

The training process and supervision structure for Advocates is second-to-none. The opportunity to learn from qualified barristers really differentiates this role from that of a self-employed County Court Advocate

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Sam Wiggs

‘The pupillage process was so much easier to navigate once I had the experience of working as an Advocate at Express. My written application was stronger, and I was able to draw from specific examples of hearing outcomes in interview

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Emily Mawdsley

About The Role

You will be doing a wide number of tasks which include:

• Hearings, including but not limited to interlocutory applications, case management hearings and infant approval hearings.
• Drafting advices, pleadings and skeleton arguments.
  
  

You will be need to travel across England and Wales, which could require overnight stays.

Salary - £27,000 per annum.

Hours - Our standard working hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 am Monday -Thursday and 8:30 am to 5 pm Friday.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

6 office days a month after passing probation.

23 Days Holiday

Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.

Extra Holidays

3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.

Looking After Your Health

Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.

Looking After Your Well-being

24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.

Work Life / Balance

Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.

What are we looking for?

• An excellent communicator with presentation and interpersonal skills to match.
• A fast learner who has a sound working knowledge of the CPR.
• Resilience and ability to think and perform under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
• Someone able to act upon own initiative and ability to think flexibly.
• Sound academics (minimum 2.1 at degree AND Very Competent/ Distinction for the BPC).
  
  

Where are we?

South Court,

1 Sharston Road,

Manchester,

M22 4SN

Recruitment Process

The interview is conducted via MS Teams with the Head of the Advocacy Department, Nyssa Crorie, and a team member from Emerging Talent.

There is a pre-interview task sent out 48 hours prior to the interview, and you will be asked scenario-based questions alongside competency-based questions.

At Express Solicitors, we rate skill and ability above all else and therefore our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.

Need more info?

Oliver Doak, our Emerging Talent Officer, is happy to answer any questions you may have, about what Express Solicitors can offer you.

0161 904 4660

Recruitment@expresssolicitors.co.uk