Paralegal

We are looking for a Paralegal who is passionate about providing legal support and excellent client service. In this role, you will assist clients with legal matters across various areas, including criminal, civil, family, labour and business - related matters. Your responsibilities will include taking detailed instructions, drafting and managing case files on Lawyerly, corresponding with clients and third parties, and ensuring accurate record-keeping.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to speak, write and understand two official African Languages, of which Afrikaans should be one;
• Paralegal Qualification;
• Excellent communication skills, initiative and computer literate;
• Able to work with little to no supervision;
• Positive and motivated individual;
• Excellent administration abilities and skills;
• Excellent drafting skills;
• Ability to handle high workload;
• Knowledge of the Products/Services offered by Law For All.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

(Duties as set out below is not an exhaustive list, and as such any reasonable request made by Law for All or demands that the employer might require due to operations will be the responsibility of the Paralegal to comply with and/or attend to)

• Responsible for taking down comprehensive instructions from clients during personal consultations or telephonically, or by receipt of written instructions by letter, email, or fax; and supply immediate basic legal and product advice if required;

• Attend to, and assist on, criminal, civil, family, labour and business-related matters;
• Draft new cases on Lawyerly, including all relevant dates and values and verify policy payments history, before commencing with legal assistance;
• The Law For All process must be explained in detail to the client as well as the exclusion procedure;
• Correspond and liaise verbally and in writing with clients and third parties and thereafter make comprehensive entries in the legal file;
• Uploading of documents to Lawyerly;
• Supply regular progress and/or feedback to the clients on their pending files;
• Verification of policy payment history monthly;
• Carry a pending load of own cost referral files;
• Attend to own cost referral on new and transferred cases, to accredited panel attorneys;
• Proper administration and management of pending case files; and diarizing system;
• Attending to call backs to clients, received via a Lawyerly Message Task or any other client communication portal.

WHAT WE OFFER

‍️ An Agile Team

Competitive Package (with benefits)

Professional Development

LIPCO - LAW FOR ALL is an award-winning company, listed as one of the Top 20 places in South Africa by the Top Employers Institute.

Submit your CV and copy of your qualifications today

❗If you havent received any communication from us within two weeks following the deadline, please be advised that your application has not been successful.

Information :

• Company : Law For All
• Position : Paralegal
• Location : Century City, Western Cape
• Country : ZA