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Trainee Legal Secretary Scheme

Our trainee legal secretary (TLS) scheme has been running for over 10 years with a fantastic success rate. The last five years alone have seen 100% retention, with all trainee legal secretaries securing permanent secretarial positions within the firm.

We currently recruit 8 trainee legal secretaries each year. Recruitment commences in January with the scheme year starting in July.  The scheme is open to final year secretarial college students and beyond. We look for intelligent, bright and enthusiastic candidates who have excellent, basic, secretarial skills and a strong willingness to learn. In return, we offer a one year training scheme where trainees are given the opportunity to spend three months in four different departments across the firm.

The work will vary in each department and often trainees find themselves working for a range of people from trainee solicitors to associates and sometimes partners. Others may also provide support by handling overflow work in busy teams and/or provide cover for absences. Whatever our trainees are involved in, we guarantee quality work in a supportive environment. In addition, each trainee is allocated a supervisor within each department, to help guide and support them through the seat. In addition, trainees are heavily supported by HR with regular one-to-one meetings at the start of each seat and end-of-seat appraisal reviews.

We offer comprehensive technical training on our IT systems as well as structured business awareness and skills module training which includes sessions such as Teamworking, Personal Effectiveness, Communication and Presentation skills. In addition, our training team offers one-to-one coaching for our trainees as required

Please note: the deadline for applications to our TLS scheme 2012/13 has now passed. Applications for the scheme year commencing July 2013 will open in January 2013.

For further information regarding our training progrmme please contact Robyn Guillaume-Smith >

 

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Beverley Sorsby

BLP
HR Manager
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Louise Harrington

BLP
HR Manager
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Christina James

BLP
Central Services Manager

If you are interested in making a difference at BLP, get in touch.