Legal Support Assistant

• Locations 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2FG, GB
• Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

Job Title: Legal Support Assistant

Group: General Counsel's Office

Location: Birmingham

This role will be assisting a visually impaired lawyer in the Privacy & Data team of an international law firm.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting in keeping the lawyer apprised of relevant data privacy and AI developments in the news by means of weekly news updates
• Assisting with reading comparison documents and documents containing track changes
• Reading aloud from a variety of sources, including letters, books, contracts, legislation
• Proof reading documents, emails and presentations, to ensure professional quality output from a visual point of view
• Organising/filing emails and searching for documents within emails and the Firm's document management systems
• Taking notes on calls and in meetings
• Assisting with legal research via use of internal and external electronic resources. For example, intranet sites, Practical Law (PLC) and the Information Commissioner's Office website
• Assisting with any ad hoc administrative and personal tasks
• Attending conferences, seminars and other events which may occasionally require overseas travel
• Travel to other Pinsent Masons offices may be required, as appropriate
• Candidate must be prepared to be flexible and work from the office as requested (typically 2-3 times a week, but subject to change)

Candidate Overview

• Excellent Information Technology skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail, grammar and punctuation
• A degree in Law, studied Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx), or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
• Desirable - Experience of a legal role (for example, as a paralegal)
• An interest in data privacy, artificial intelligence and technology
• Flexible and able to manage frequent and sometimes last-minute changes in own workload and diary
• Highly collaborative, emotionally intelligent and empathetic
• Proficient in using legal research resources
• Responsible and adaptable, someone who takes sound initiative and pride in their work output
• Able to prioritise and work to strict deadlines