What does the Personal Injury & Medical Negligence team do?
A highly regarded and successful personal injury and medical negligence team, working on behalf of Claimants. The team has gone from strength to strength in recent years, resulting in many multimillion-pound settlements.
This apprenticeship would suit somebody who…
We are seeking an ambitious individual who has an interest in becoming a Legal Secretary in a Leading European Law Firm who wishes to build up their experience in administration and secretary responsibilities. This is a fast-paced role that would suit somebody with strong organisation, communication and time management skills.
What to expect?
As a Legal Secretarial Apprentice, you will be assisting several Fee Earners and their Executive Assistants with administrative tasks as set out below. Your knowledge and skillset will thus increase over the course of the scheme broadening your horizon on how the firm and the PIMN Department operate.
You will be:
- Photocopying, scanning and printing, taking care to check all work before passing over, i.e. are any pages missing, is the document legible, or does it need to be sealed up, etc.
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Supporting the preparation of bulk documentation, files and bundles
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Preparing voluminous and complicated packs of papers for meetings and ensuring that the correct papers go to the correct recipients and that they are carefully checked and presented professionally
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Updating document files and amending indexes.
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Using Outlook to send and monitor calendar appointments electronic and physical paper filing
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Taking responsibility for the files you keep and ensuring that they are always up to date and that documents can be retrieved easily
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Producing electronic bundles
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Sending invoices and expenses to Belfast for payment
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Profiling documents onto iManage Work
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Assisting with sending out post from post folders, to include collating enclosures.
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Downloading imaging and medical records – applying "OCR" so they become searchable, to include uploading imaging onto RAW
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Checking discs
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Paginating
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Archiving
Candidates should have:
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A minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) including English, IT and Maths grades 9-6 (A-C)
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The ability to follow instructions and work as part of a team
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Curiosity and flexibility
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An eagerness to learn
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Drive and determination for a career in professional services
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Problem solving skills
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A 'can do' attitude
What can we offer you?
As part of The ACE Programme, the work you do will depend on the role you choose. Regardless of which team you work in, as an ACE Apprentice, you will receive:
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Career Development: The opportunity to work on exciting projects and real-life work whilst developing your skills, knowledge and behaviours.
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Supportive Environment: Fieldfisher is an environment that will support, challenge, and prepare you for a successful career.
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Impactful Culture: Join a collaborative and inclusive culture where all contributions are significant.
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Structured Programme: You'll complete a thorough induction with the 2025 cohort of ACE Apprentices and will receive bespoke training and development with our IT and People Development teams.
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Inspiring Mentorship: Work with leaders and a buddy who will guide, nurture, and inspire your achievements.
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Community Engagement: Participate in clubs and networks, firm-funded activities and events with charity partners.
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Earn While You Learn: You'll complete a nationally recognised qualification with the firm's chosen provider, complementing the practical work experience you'll gain whilst with Fieldfisher.
Recruitment process (subject to change)
Inclusiveness & Diversity
At Fieldfisher, led by the social model of disability, we are working towards removing accessibility barriers and maximising disability and neurodiversity inclusion in our recruitment processes.
Should you have any accessibility requirements, please contact ellie.williamson@fieldfisher.com, who will work with you to implement suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are treated in the strictest of confidence and we would appreciate your feedback to ensure we can provide an accessible and enjoyable recruitment process.
Fieldfisher is Times Top 20 Law Firm, a highly commended firm in the European Financial Times Innovative Lawyers rankings and is repeatedly nominated for awards in areas including dispute resolution, M&A and IP. Many of our lawyers are recognised by legal directories as leading professionals in their areas of specialism and we are top two-ranked in a number of our key practice areas.
Our network spans over 1,800 people across 26 international offices in 12 countries.
We operate across our offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast (2), Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Turin, Venice, Vienna and Silicon Valley.
Fieldfisher aims to ensure equality of opportunity and we are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. All applications will only be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role.
