LEGAL ASSISTANTS

Enjoy working on some of the most complex legal work there is. Use your skills to help us deliver the best solutions to our clients.

Across the firm, we are committed to offering people who want to become lawyers opportunities to train and develop with us. You are our next generation of lawyers - and partners. We want the best people to join us, and make every effort to offer excellent training and career opportunities in return.

However long you join us for, we will work hard to make sure you get the maximum benefit out of the time you spend with us.

Quality Work
Our aim is to provide you with challenging work. At the same time our overriding goal is to deliver an exceptional service to our clients. You can expect to play your part in a variety of legal disputes, large and small, each contributing to the development of your portfolio of skills as well as meeting the needs of our clients. Although the precise nature of the work you are involved in will vary and indeed day by day, the quality of our client base means that the work you do will sure to be both stimulating and challenging.

A team based approach
Each and every person at Sivananthan helps the firm to provide a consistently outstanding level of service. By the same token, every one of our people is responsible for our continuing success. This is achieved by working together through trust, mutual support, openness and respect for diversity.
This team-driven, co-operative approach is fundamental to the way we operate and throughout your training you will come into regular contact with the diverse group of people that make up Sivananthan. As well as the ongoing support of experienced partners and lawyers, you will of course be working closely with our support staff and your colleagues, all of who will form part of your network within the firm.

Skills training
Our success, both now and in the future, depends entirely on the quality of our people. This is why we invest so much in training, providing you with opportunities to progress and develop at every stage. Our training programme will form the basis of your future career development but is also intended to stimulate and challenge you as an individual today.

A varied programme of formal legal training and personal development courses will build on knowledge gained at university or law school to help you acquire the necessary core knowledge, skills and to enhance your abilities. We take a long term view to our training and development.

A lawyer at Sivananthan can expect:

•  Regular and comprehensive continuing legal education conducted in-house and by leading lawyers.
•  Support from professional administrative staff.
•  Lucrative pay, bonuses and benefits.
•  Desk-top access to the Internet, Lexis-Nexis, CLJ and other research tools.
•  Top-grade technological and infrastructural support
•  Opportunities for training courses, seminars and conferences.

Application Forms
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