Legal Assistant - Family

Burnetts is one of the most progressive law firms in the North of England and have not only achieved awards for being a Great Place to Work^© in 2021 and 2022, but have also just won an award for being ranked the 74th UK wide ‘Best Workplaces for Women’ for a medium sized organisation too.

We are looking to recruit a Legal Assistant/Administrator to support our Family team based at our Carlisle office.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will join our busy and friendly family team and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience of office administration, ideally in a legal environment. Whilst this role is not essentially a fee-earning role, there may be aspects of fee-earning expectation within it.

Knowledge and experience of assisting with family law matters is desirable. Specific training will be provided as necessary on our systems, legal procedures and the relevant law.

The role will include:

• Providing fee earner support
• Liaising with counsel and other legal representatives
• Drafting and preparing court documents as required
• General administrative tasks e.g. typing, copying, scanning, file opening and archiving
• Working with a case management system

The successful candidate should have a proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude to enable them to work closely with a team of lawyers and trainees on all aspects of this work. The ability to work as part of a team is therefore essential together with excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.

What do we offer?

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate, in a forward-thinking law firm with a well-established client base. We are proud to be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’. To read more about how great it is to work for us, please visit

https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/workplace/item/3520/Burnetts

Along with this we will provide you with a competitive salary, pension, 30 days holiday (exclusive of bank holidays) and Private Medical Health Insurance; in addition, we will even give you your birthday off every year too!

If this role sounds like the next step in your career, then please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter to yourfuture@burnetts.co.uk