Howard Kennedy LLP
Legal Support Assistant - 6 Month FTC
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The Role
This is an excellent opportunity to join us as a Legal Support Assistant (LSA), providing high-quality support being part of a busy team, interacting daily with EAs/PAs and fee earners while having the ability to prioritize workloads and liaise with other support functions to ensure timely delivery.
All LSAs work as part of a team with shared responsibilities and exposure to practice-specific tasks depending on department, including litigation, regulatory, or transactional support activities.
Core Hours are Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm, with a flexible hybrid working arrangement.
Main Responsibilities
- Working across a variety of tasks and responsibilities including;
- Document management – preparing transcripts from recorded meetings or calls, drafting, formatting, comparing, amending emails/documents/attendance notes, and filing when required.
- Photocopying, printing, and scanning, with delivery/collection of larger volumes via Document Services Team, and arranging couriers.
- Undertaking conflict searches, and further legal/factual research using the internet, databases, etc.
- Collating, indexing, and structuring of both physical and/or electronic legal documents, such as supporting the preparation of case bundles and documentation for hearings, investigations, and regulatory submissions.
- Assisting with file opening and archiving, to include scheduling documents/deeds and sending to storage.
- Maintaining the stationery supplies and ensuring the areas are kept tidy.
- Finance-related admin – assisting with inputting expenses on Chrome River, dealing with all forms of payment requests and Elite 3E queries.
- Booking departmental and other internal meetings.
- Downloading/uploading data room documents and saving to appropriate files/locations.
- Submitting full property searches on Land Registry and other third-party applications, keeping the fee earner up to date on search results received, and managing outstanding search results.
- Requesting and storing Wills and other similar documents from/onto Willbase.
- Liaising with third parties to obtain documentation, including Probate Registry, HMCTs, and other institutions where required.
- Handling incoming case materials from clients/third parties.
- Assisting with any other department ad hoc duties, such as business development tasks.
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About You
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Excellent organization and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize your workload in a deadline-driven environment, remaining calm and focused.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with individuals of all levels.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft and other commonly used software.
- Being a supportive team player with an ability to use your initiative to develop solutions.
- Strong administration skills.
- Enthusiastic, flexible, can-do approach to tasks and situations.
- Understanding of client confidentiality, with the ability to display discretion when dealing with sensitive information.
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At Howard Kennedy
We believe that everyone deserves the space to thrive. We’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that reflects the diversity of both our people and our clients.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.
We understand that every candidate’s needs are different. If there’s anything we can do to make your application journey more comfortable—whether for interviews, assessments, or onboarding—please let us know. We’ll work with you to remove any barriers and ensure our recruitment process is comfortable for you.
Contact our recruitment team at recruitment@howardkennedy.com to discuss any support you might need.
Agency Introductions
Please note that we are not accepting applications via agencies for this role at this time. Before sharing any named candidate CVs, please contact your recruitment representative. If any named CVs are sent from agencies without approval from our recruitment team, they will not be deemed valid introductions, and no agency fee will be paid.
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