Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Lawyer

We are currently in partnership with a Council based in Norfolk, who are recruiting for a Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Lawyer on an initial three-month temporary contract.

This is a fully remote role with an office attendance once every three months, on a full-time contract of 35 hours per week. This organisation is offering a negotiable rate dependent on experience.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• To provide clear professional legal advice and support to clients, with the support of specialist colleagues as required.
• To provide advocacy in Courts, Tribunals, Public Inquiries, and other venues as required.
• Helping clients to select a barrister and instructing where necessary.
• Provide advice and guidance to junior lawyers and/or to other teams on own specialism/area of expertise.
• Will work closely with Legal Officer, Senior Legal Officers in support of Senior Lawyers to progress legal matters in this specialist area of law
• Maintaining correspondence with clients and solicitors representing other parties
• Preparing statements, reports, contracts and other legal documents, as well as checking papers for cases
• Negotiating with clients and other professionals to secure agreed objectives
• Reviews outcomes and recommends appeals to senior management where appropriate
• Ensuring necessary administration, including billing, is completed

Experience required:

• Solicitor Barrister, FILEX, or similar legal qualification and authorised to conduct legal work

Working hours:

• Full time (35 hours a week)
• Monday to Friday
• Evening meetings

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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