Job Description
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Criminal Solicitor (Duty), 3+ Years PQE, Lancashire / Hybrid, Up to £50,000 (DOE) – Joining a supportive and forward-thinking team, you'll benefit from genuine flexibility, high-quality work and the opportunity to develop your career within a firm that values autonomy, collaboration and exceptional client care. JOB REF:5389.
THE ROLE:
• Excellent opportunity to become part of a firm renowned for delivering high-quality legal advice across a broad range of privately funded and legally aided services.
• You will manage your own criminal defence caseload, representing clients from the earliest stages of proceedings through to court appearances while delivering practical, professional and client-focused legal advice.
• Responsible for a varied caseload to include representing clients at Police Stations and Magistrates' Courts, participating in the out-of-hours Police Station rota, conducting your own advocacy wherever appropriate and developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and professional contacts.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Applications are welcomed from Solicitors or Legal Executives with a minimum of 3 years' PQE in Criminal Law.
• Duty Solicitor accreditation, or a genuine willingness to obtain accreditation if not already qualified.
• The ability to manage a busy caseload independently and work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Strong advocacy skills and confidence conducting your own hearings.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A proactive, flexible and commercially minded approach to practice development.
ON OFFER:
• Competitive remuneration package
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Genuine career progression
To apply contact Melanie Daly at eNL on 0161 850 0745 or email melanie.daly@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE and salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
THE ROLE:
• Excellent opportunity to become part of a firm renowned for delivering high-quality legal advice across a broad range of privately funded and legally aided services.
• You will manage your own criminal defence caseload, representing clients from the earliest stages of proceedings through to court appearances while delivering practical, professional and client-focused legal advice.
• Responsible for a varied caseload to include representing clients at Police Stations and Magistrates' Courts, participating in the out-of-hours Police Station rota, conducting your own advocacy wherever appropriate and developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and professional contacts.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Applications are welcomed from Solicitors or Legal Executives with a minimum of 3 years' PQE in Criminal Law.
• Duty Solicitor accreditation, or a genuine willingness to obtain accreditation if not already qualified.
• The ability to manage a busy caseload independently and work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Strong advocacy skills and confidence conducting your own hearings.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A proactive, flexible and commercially minded approach to practice development.
ON OFFER:
• Competitive remuneration package
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Genuine career progression
To apply contact Melanie Daly at eNL on 0161 850 0745 or email melanie.daly@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE and salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
