How we support paralegals
Flex Legal was originally conceived as a platform for law graduates to find fixed-term paralegal work. Our organisation has changed a lot since then (we now also place lawyers and trainees), but facilitating paralegal placements remains the heart of our business.
Law firms and legal teams come to us with their workload challenges, and we find the perfect paralegal to help solve them.
If you’re a seasoned paralegal looking to explore new legal practice areas, or a recent law graduate hoping to build that initial bit of legal work experience, we're here to help you!
Who we're looking for
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As one of the UK’s foremost legal work organisations, we receive hundreds of applications to join our platform every week. We are committed to helping as many paralegals as possible find work opportunities, but can only accept your application to the platform if we are confident that we will be able to place you.
For applicants:
- A UK-specific legal qualification such as an LLB or GDL is required as an absolute minimum.
- Prior experience in a legal or administrative role is an advantage.
We also ask that paralegal CVs:
- Are no longer than 2 pages in length.
- List your education from most recent to least recent.
- List your work experience from most recent to least recent.
- Do not include photos or headshots.
- Use “professional” fonts such as Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman.
A flexible, easy way to find paralegal roles
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Even with all of the job sites and career services available today, it can be hard to find opportunities. We believe in doing things differently, and leverage cutting-edge technology to make finding your next role easy. Once you've built a profile on our platform, we will pass suitable roles over to you as and when they come to us - which you can accept or reject with no commitment required. Here's what our platform offers you:
- A digital CV and profile video that you can customise at any time - and is visible to potential clients.
- A digital availability calendar you control.
- Text and email notifications for new paralegal roles.
- Fortnightly pay.
- Access to our SQE journal, where you can record Qualifying Work Experience towards your SQE qualification.
- Access to our supportive and helpful team of Client Services Associates, who help you find the roles you want.
If you've read through this page, and think you would like to apply to join the Flex Legal platform as a paralegal, then we would love to hear from you!
Paralegals are the bedrock of any good legal team, and play an invaluable role in law firms and in-house teams alike. Whether it’s with contract drafting, bundling, or document review, paralegals keep the wheels in motion. You're the underlying force that keeps the entire legal industry moving forwards – and we're here to support you.
Testimonials from our paralegals
“Flex Legal is an AMAZING company. I have recently started my placement as a Paralegal through Flex Legal and I could not thank them enough. Flex team are very helpful, supportive, and extremely professional. I am so happy to be working through Flex. WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND!”
Hanane
Testimonials from our paralegals
“Flex have been extremely helpful in finding me the right paralegal opportunities to get my foot in the door of the legal industry. Whether you are someone with a lot of legal experience or none at all Flex have you covered.”
Saad
Testimonials from our paralegals
“Flex Legal helped me kick start my legal career after my LLM. I received an opportunity to work with a highly regarded law firm and gain some amazing work experience which will help me in my career ahead.”
Gargi
Testimonials from our paralegals
“Flex helped me to secure my ideal in-house paralegal placement within just a few months. The team were extremely responsive in trying to understand what type of role I was looking for, and actively contacted me with placement options.”
Sofia
Testimonials from our paralegals
“I would 100% recommend Flex Legal to any law grad or foreign-trained lawyer wanting to get UK legal work experience. Flex got me into firms quicker than I was able to myself; they have an exceptional roster of clients, and everyone on the team has been lovely and extremely helpful whenever I've reached out.”