Legal Advisor
Litigation Executive: Graduate Scheme
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Litigation Executive: Graduate Scheme
About Legal Advisor
Legal Advisor is a growing law firm based in Bolton, Greater Manchester. With more than 50 professionals, we act for people who need access to justice in housing matters, advising and representing clients in disputes with private landlords, housing associations, and local authorities. Operating under the trading style legaladvisor.co.uk, the firm is part of Malone & White Solicitors Ltd, offering a professional and supportive environment for early career legal professionals.
Job Description
This is a graduate scheme. The Litigation Executive will run a caseload of housing law files within our Housing Law Department, with training and supervision throughout, on a defined pathway to qualification.
About the Role
Solicitor & Training contract pathway. Paralegal and CILEX pathway.
This is the role our Trainee Solicitors come from. We do not run a separate training contract intake. We appoint from among our own Litigation Executives, on the strength of their work and their appraisals, and we meet the cost of the SQE in full.
Qualification as a solicitor is not the only route open to you. We also support qualification through CILEX, and we recognise that not everyone joining us wants to become a solicitor. Both pathways start with the same work: running housing law files of your own.
As a Litigation Executive, you will:
- Investigate and assess claims, review evidence, and advise on liability.
- Instruct experts and consider their reports.
- Draft correspondence and legal documents.
- Keep clients updated on progress.
- Negotiate settlements.
You will be trained throughout, starting with a structured induction when you join and continuing as your caseload develops.
We welcome applications from graduates of any discipline. Prior legal experience is an advantage but is not required.
Pathway one: Route to qualification as a solicitor
Stage I
- Appointment. You join a housing law team as a Litigation Executive and complete our structured induction.
Stage II
- Casework and training. You build a caseload of your own, with training continuing as you go.
Stage III
- Formal review. Your progress is formally reviewed. SQE funding and a training contract are offered on the strength of that review.
Stage IV
- Funded SQE. The firm meets the cost of your SQE, and your time here counts as qualifying work experience.
Stage V
- Trainee Solicitor. Appointment as a Trainee Solicitor, and admission on completion.
Pathway two: Paralegal and CILEX route
The CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) is a route to qualification as a lawyer that is completed entirely in the workplace, in a single specialist area of law. For those building a career in housing law, it is a strong alternative to the SQE.
Paralegal
- You join a housing law team and complete our structured induction, then build a caseload of your own.
- Progression to CILEX Paralegal status on completion of CPQ Foundation.
Advanced Paralegal
- You take on more complex files with greater autonomy.
- Progress to CILEX Advanced Paralegal on completion of CPQ Advanced.
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CILEX Lawyer
- On completion of CPQ Professional and the required period of qualifying employment, you qualify as a CILEX Lawyer and Chartered Legal Executive, with the option to apply for practice rights in your specialist area.
The CPQ is studied alongside the role, with your day-to-day casework counting towards the qualifying employment requirement. Study support and course fees are met by the firm for those who progress, on the same appraisal basis as the solicitor pathway.
Some of our people qualify through CILEX and stay in practice as Chartered Legal Executives. Others use it as a route towards the solicitor pathway. We will talk through both with you at your formal review rather than deciding for you at the point of hire.
Main duties and responsibilities
File management
- To manage housing law cases from start to finish.
- To obtain accurate information and instructions from clients, analyse the legal and practical aspects of their claims, and obtain the necessary documents and evidence to advise on funding, liability, quantum, and costs.
- To investigate and assess claims, review evidence, and advise on liability.
- To instruct experts and to consider and act on their reports.
- To draft correspondence, statements of case, and other legal documents.
- To analyse and advise on strategy and tactics, and how best to achieve the most successful outcome for each client according to the particular circumstances of their case.
- To negotiate settlements with private landlords, housing associations, and local authorities, whether pre-litigation or by conducting litigation through to trial or earlier settlement, and to deal with post-settlement considerations including costs.
- To enable clients to make informed decisions based on advice.
- To comply with the Civil Procedure Rules.
Client relations
- To keep clients updated on the progress of their matter.
- To deal with clients in a sensitive, professional, and compassionate way.
- To identify clients' objectives and to seek to further them in a manner consistent with all professional and ethical obligations.
Professional standards
- To work and behave in a professional manner and within the highest ethical and other standards of the profession.
- To comply with the procedures set out in the office manual, professional standards, and any requirement set by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, CILEX Regulation, or similar interested bodies.
- To ensure monetary transactions are dealt with efficiently and in accordance with professional rules.
- To maintain the strictest standards of client confidentiality at all times.
Training and development
- To complete our structured induction on joining, covering practice, procedure, and our systems.
- To take part in formal technical training in housing law, delivered in-house and continuing as your caseload develops.
- To attend regular case law sessions, keeping pace with developments in housing law as they happen.
- To take part in practical skills training in drafting, negotiation, and client care.
- To engage fully with supervision and with formal appraisal, which is the basis on which funding and progression are offered on either pathway.
- To undertake the SQE or the CPQ alongside the role, with fees met by the firm, and to maintain a record of qualifying work experience or qualifying employment as required.
- To keep CPD and continuing competence records up to date and to comply with the relevant requirements of your regulator.
- To keep up to date with developments in law and practice.
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Qualifications and person specification
Entry requirements
- Graduate (essential): a degree in any discipline.
- Law conversion (welcomed): the PGDL and equivalent qualifications are recognised.
- Legal experience (preferred): an advantage, but not required.
Recognised routes
- Wherever you are with qualification, there is a route through this role.
- Yet to commence: SQE or CPQ funded in full and undertaken alongside the role.
- SQE in progress: continued alongside the role, fees met by the firm.
- SQE completed: qualifying work experience, confirmed by the firm.
- LPC completed: a formal period of recognised training.
- CILEX CPQ in progress or completed at any stage: continued alongside the role, with your casework here counting towards qualifying employment.
We are also looking for
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to equality, access to justice, and affordable legal advice of the highest quality.
- Excellent communication skills, demonstrated by the ability to communicate accurately, clearly, and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
- Excellent time management skills, demonstrated by the ability to organise and prioritise a complex workload and work to tight deadlines.
- Sound judgement, attention to detail, and a willingness to take responsibility for your own files.
- Ability to deal sensitively with clients and experts, providing solutions and managing difficult situations and conversations.
- Solid experience in using a variety of IT packages (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and case management systems).
- Experience in working and contributing in a team environment.
- A genuine interest in housing law, in working at a firm that provides access to justice, and the ambition to qualify, whether as a solicitor or as a CILEX Lawyer.
How to apply
Apply via LinkedIn. Please include a CV and a covering note setting out your interest in the role.
Application process
- Application. Apply through LinkedIn.
- Interview. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview, held either in person at our Bolton office or online, depending on availability.
- Outcome. We will confirm the outcome and, for successful candidates, a start date and details of your induction.
Any queries, call 07483 337 775.
- Full time.
- Office based in Bolton.
- SRA-regulated firm.
- Equal opportunities employer.
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