Legal Jobs and Appointments

Last updated on May 2nd.

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Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment is an online legal recruitment agency for lawyers. The website has a vacancy database, a candidate database, over 100 pages of detailed information on careers, CVs, interviews, and advice on how to be recruited and interviewed by a good law firm. There is also a section on the recruitment and retention of staff for legal employers. The company donates 10% of its profits every year to charity - hence its name - and over 3,800 solicitors and legal executives have registered with them since 2000.

BCL Legal - comprehensive recruitment for lawyers BCL Legal is a legal recruitment agency with offices in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. We provide legal recruitment services for solicitors, law firms and companies at all levels across all sectors. Search our UK legal jobs or visit Private Practice Solicitor Recruitment and In-house Lawyer Recruitment for more information.

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The Lawyer offers "LawyerJobs", a major recruitment site linked with a Law Firm Directory which has details of over 1,000 UK law firms. There are typically 3000 jobs online at any time - all jobs only stay online for 1 month before being removed. Firms can enter and maintain their own details in their directory listing and also the jobs they want to advertise. Candidates can search by a variety of criteria and can apply online; they can also receive a daily email listing new jobs in those categories.

The Law Society Gazette provides access to the latest legal jobs for solicitors including jobs in private practice, in house, legal HR, legal IT and legal secretaries. There are typically well over 2,000 jobs advertised online at any time. The Law Society’s Gazette has been published for over 100 years and has always been a leader in the Jobs market. You can search by position, practice area, location, PQE and also, if you wish, by the particular consultant providing the service. You can set up an email enquiry so that any new jobs are sent to you automatically.

Legal Week Jobs is a legal recruitment website provided by journal Legal Week covering a wide range of legal jobs within the profession. It delivers legal jobs for private practice, in-house and commercial sectors including lawyer, assistant solicitor, paralegal, legal secretarial, business development, marketing, executive & support jobs from legal recruitment consultants, companies and law firms. They have just started a "wiki" on their site as well - a sort of shared knowledge base on the firms with insider information (provided anonymously).

Newlaw-Jobs is the jobsite from New Law Journal magazine, a LexisNexis Butterworths publication. The site aims to provide a community where the best legal recruiters find quality candidates. And for candidates, there are apparently hundreds of positions, clearly listed and categorised for easy searching.

Recruitment Consultants and Jobs Search Companies, alphabetically

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3rdSix.co.uk is a recruitment site for Chambers and newly qualified Barristers who have not secured a tenancy. Each year 1500 students undertake the bar vocational course but there are only 1,000 pupillages offered by chambers per year and only 500 new tenancies. The site was developed to address the difficulties in recruiting 3rd six pupils / squatters, given that traditional recruitment methods are very expensive and more often than not, unsuccessful primarily due to accessing target audiences.

Abacus Professional Recruitment is a Belfast consultancy specialising in the placement of legal candidates, from paralegals to partners. Offering no-obligation advice to candidates seeking to enter the N.I. market, including extensive knowledge of the local sector – the firms and the personalities, current and predicted market-trends and recent salary surveys.

Ahead Law Recruitment Ltd is an online legal recruitment consultancy dealing with vacancies for partners, solicitors, trainee solicitors, legal executives, licensed conveyancers, legal assistants, paralegals, practice managers, legal cashiers, legal secretaries & support staff. The service is internet based and offers very competitive rates.

Alliance Resourcing is a specialist legal recruitment firm in the South West. Based in Bristol and Exeter, they have an in-depth knowledge of the legal market in the area. Candidates benefit from the strong local knowledge and range of quality appointments.

Altior Legal Recruitment, in Cardiff, provides recruitment services and is a part of a larger organisation providing training and consultancy in Practice Management, Advocacy and Skills Training.

Amelia Bond Search & Selection Ltd is a independent consultancy based in Birmingham providing recruitment services for legal people nationwide. The firm adopts a friendly, open and honest approach and will do everything to match the right person with the right job.

Argyle Partnership specialise in the placement of Solicitors, Para Legals, Legal Secretaries and support staff - IT, HR, Marketing, Accounts, etc. Based in Bedford, they provide permanent, temporary and contract legal staffing solutions across the Thames Valley Region. They work exclusively in the recruitment of legal personnel.

Aston Keys Recruitment provide for both Temporary and Permanent staff for legal and other professional areas. The jobs available include a number of international placements.

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Badenoch & Clark specialise in accountancy & finance, financial services, HR, insurance, interim management, IT, legal, marketing, public sector and not-for-profit recruitment nationwide. They provide permanent, temporary, contract and search recruitment services for qualified and non-qualified lawyers, contracts managers and company secretaries. Several offices enable the company to provide comprehensive nationwide coverage of all markets including Private Practice, Commerce & Industry, Financial Services and the Public Sector.

Bar Placements is a new agency set up and run by Verity Owen exclusively for members of the Bar. The object is to act as a middle man bringing toge ther the barrister wishing to move chambers and the set requiring additional tenants. Each placement is carefully researched in an attempt to find the ideal match. The emphasis is on discretion and the service embraces all sections of the modern Bar. Until January 2003, registration is free for barristers or silks.

BCL Legal is the alliance of three key legal recruiters in the North West providing consultative, professional and objective advice for partners and assistants. The firm offers a comprehensive legal recruitment service for lawyers, law firms and businesses at all levels, across all disciplines and across all sectors. They can assist with Private Practice Legal Recruitment, In-house Legal Recruitment and Temporary contracts & public sector.

Benson Associates is a leading Irish Legal Recruitment Company, specialising in the recruitment of lawyers for private practice, commerce & industry, from newly qualified to partner level.

BLD (Black Lawyers Directory) have extensive job opportunities on their site. There are many jobs for job seekers, and the site can also be used for employers serious about an all-inclusive recruitment.

Blue Pencil - a legal recruitment consultancy for lawyers, run by lawyers. The company places solicitors (at all levels), barristers, paralegals, legal secretaries and legal administration staff.

BWC-beresford-webb consulting is a specialist legal recruiter for Solicitors and Legal Executives operating throughout London and the South East. They deal with permanent jobs and also locum and short term jobs. Clients include international and regional law firms as well as small and medium sized law firms throughout London and the South East, in-house legal departments and public sector organisations.

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Career Counsel is a specialist legal recruitment consultancy, based in Bristol, which recruits high calibre lawyers for the leading commercial law firms in Bristol, Cardiff and the South West.

Career Legal Professional was established in 1991. It is an independent recruitment consultancy situated the heart of the City of London providing specialist recruitment services to the legal sector, ranging from secretarial to legal professionals.

Carter Law is a specialist legal recruitment consultancy. They recruit Legal professionals, Partners, Solicitors, Legal Executives and Paralegals into Private Practice across Yorkshire the North East and Midlands regions.

Cavendish Boyle works mainly in the North of England, the Midlands, and East Anglia and offers a highly personalised and responsive level of service to both clients and candidates.

CBLegal Recruitment Ltd is a niche recruitment company dealing with law firms based in the North West. They have over 12 years legal experience and understand the various disciplines and company cultures which exist within busy law firms. They provide a personal and confidential service to candidates and clients alike.

Central Employment Agency is an independent recruitment agency based in Newcastle upon Tyne with 28 years experience in the industry. They work particularly with firms in the local area covering vacancies including Solicitors, Paralegals, Legal Executives & Legal Support.

Chadwick Nott is a specialist legal recruitment consultancy covering the whole of England and Wales from offices in London and Bristol. They were founded in 1992 and have grown steadily since then by concentrating on providing a personal and tailor-made service to lawyers. All consultants are legally qualified. There is an advertised selection service to recruit top lawyers and also an extensive database of candidates and contacts.

Chambers and Partners Recruitment Consultancy have over 450 live vacancies available at any time. You can search by specialisation and location, set up your cv online and receive automatic job updates. Chambers and Partners produce one of the key directories and guides to the legal profession, both in the UK and worldwide, and so are very well connected amongst law firms.

Chambers People is a consultancy and staff recruitment service for barristers chambers. It places clerks at all levels, fees staff, admin staff, receptionists and accounts staff and also provides consultants providing Bar Mark and Qualitymark accreditation services, Business Development work, Market Research, and Freelance Clerking including fee collection. The company is run by an experienced barristers' clerk, Martin Poulter.

Church International provides recuitment of IT professionals with legal backgrounds - all technologies across all levels of seniority.

Clifford Chance is so large that it has a recruitment company of its very own! You can select a country and a type of job or role and see what is available.

Crescent Search and Selection is expert in the recruitment of Directors and Senior Managers for industry and commerce, together with the placement and career development of qualified lawyers. Established for nearly 25 years, there is a maturity in the consulting team which enables them carefully to question organisations on their business objectives, assess the strength of the existing team and define what is best needed in the way of recruitment. They also provide training in recruitment processes and procedures, management assessment and audits, Interim management and Non-executive Directors.

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Douglas Hope is a specialist consultancy providing temporary, contract, locum and permanent legal recruitment solutions nationally. Specialising in the recruitment of legal professionals at all levels these services are provided to public sector and not for profit organisations, private practice and certain in-house clients. The company has offices in London and Manchester and they have prepared information on living in working in the regions which could be of interest to a number of applicants.

Dune Office Recruitment, based in Brighton, covers jobs in Secretarial, Legal, Customer Services, Senior Administration, Mortgage/Financial Services Sales and General accounts. They are a Sussex recruitment agency covering office recruitment in locations stretching from Brighton to Haywards Heath, Eastbourne, and Worthing. In particular, there are legal secretary jobs, conveyancing jobs and legal executive jobs available throughout Sussex.

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EJ Group (Legal Section) was established in 1992 by Simon Eagan and Simon Janion who had worked together in a central London legal recruitment company for four years prior to setting up their own company.

Elliot Marsh are based in Altrincham, Cheshire. They offer a full range of search and selection solutions for jobs in a number of sectors, including the legal sector. Their services are supplemented by other added value services such as psychometric instruments used to assess personality, motivation and job compatibility.

employers4lawyers has been created by four local law societies: Bromley, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. The site provides a unique recruitment website for legal firms looking for new employees (both fee earners and support staff) or candidates looking to further their career. Candidates can register and provide their cv, free of charge, and employers can register the details of the jobs available. Fees are paid by the employers but reduced rates apply for members of the founding law societies and some others.

e-people Recruitment provides recruitment within two divisions: LEGAL and IT for Legal. The LEGAL division specialises in the sectors of Private Practice and In-House staffing solutions and the IT Division specialises in the supply of permanent IT support staff for law firms in general. Clients includes many of the top 100 UK law firms, smaller and niche regional based practices, whilst the in-house department caters for the media, banking, IT/Telecommunications and Manufacturing sectors.

ERS Legal - Executive Recruitment Services - is one of the top 100 recruitment agencies in the UK, working across a number of professional sectors as well as the law.

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Frances Armstrong Legal Recruitment is a London Based Recruitment Agency specialising in supplying professional staff and employment solutions to the U.K Legal sector. The company is built from a team of fully trained and accredited consultants who specialise in supplying tailored recruitment solutions to legal firms and job seekers.

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Gabriel & James is an International Executive Search & Human Capital firm with a substantial Legal recruitment team. From Executive Search and Recruitment Process Outsourcing to Talent Management Appraisals and Leadership Development, they manage and deliver bespoke Executive Search and Human Capital Advisory Solutions.

Garfield Robbins operates in the UK and internationally. You can browse the jobs under different categories of legal specialisation. The partners and consultants are all qualified lawyers.

Garrett McCarroll Knowles (gmk) is a legal recruitment company specialising in the placement of lawyers at all levels, from newly qualified to partner, predominantly in private practice. Founded in 1998, they place lawyers in London and the South East, as well as other major cities in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. They also cover the entire Asian market through Law Alliance, an associate office in Hong Kong.

Get Paralegal Jobs - a USA company but it has the UK listed as a possible search term!

gti - UK & Irish Graduate careers. They cover many career areas (not just the law). (The site is a bit trendy with "themes" covering the sections of the site, e.g. footballers. The connections to the jobs offered are not terribly obvious).

G2legal is a high-tech legal recruitment firm with offices in 7 locations including Manchester, Edinburgh and Brighton. Clients range from Magic Circle and US law firms to major regional firms and high street practices. They have also placed a significant number of lawyers from abroad into UK Law firms. There are typically around 1,750 current jobs on the site, at all levels. There is a separate site for Scotland here with a further 250 jobs.

Grist Legal Recruitment was established in 2002, specialising in the placement of qualified Solicitors, up to and including Partners, Legal Executives, Paralegals, Legal Secretaries and support staff. Their Consultants' legal background equips them to provide clients with an informed judgement on appropriate candidates.

GR Law is a specialist legal recruitment consultancy with four offices in London and one office in Sydney. They offer legal recruitment and jobs for lawyers, paralegals, legal secretaries and other legal support staff for law firms and in-house legal departments in London and Sydney.

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Hays ZMB (ZMB was recently acquired by Hays) is a domestic and international recruitment consultancy which specialises in recruiting lawyers, human resources and marketing professionals for law firms, companies and banks. There are offices in London, Manchester and Leeds. For lawyers seeking to go inhouse, in addition to specialists placing lawyers in banks and corporates internationally, there is now also have a team recruiting company secretaries.

Hemmington Scott offers an extensive legal recruitment service on their site and you can link to the firms offering the jobs, i.e. you do not need to use an intermediary. There are 500 vacancies from the leading global firms including the top UK, US and Australian firms.

Hudson is a global recruitment consultancy. The Legal sector group is headquartered in London and there are also branches in Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester which enables the firm to provide a national approach to legal recruitment. They also recruit specialists in all the key disciplines required to successfully manage a law firm including IT, Marketing, HR and Finance.

Hughes Castell is a major legal recruiter in the commercial law area, both in the UK and Internationally. They work only in the legal field thus providing total specialisation and knowledge. You can search for vacancies on the site.

Hunter Solutions is a specialist consultancy in the legal IT, banking and finance recruitment, fulfilling a broad range of permanent, contract and temporary placements within London and throughout the UK. They also undertake search and selection assignments.

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Independent Appointments Ltd is a Recruitment Agency with a substantial legal section covering both lawyers' jobs and support jobs within the legal sector.

Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators (ILCA) has an on-line classified section where the latest vacancies can be viewed. There is also a Registry of Vacancies section which is a free services to members of ILCA seeking employment and solicitors seeking to employ. The ILCA also has a bi-monthly publication Legal Abacus which reports on the activities of the Institute and provides news and information for all staff who deal with the finance and administration of a legal practice as well as an extensive advertising section where the latest job vacancies from employment consultants can be viewed, also available on-line free to ILCA members.

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Jobsearch Northern Ireland provides a "Online Jobs Newspaper" and advertises jobs in Northern Ireland, including legal jobs.

Jobserve provides an online searchable database of legal jobs including many provided by other Recruitment Agencies. They provide job seekers with a list of all new jobs matching their requirements each day. The service, which has already been running for 6 years, is free to job seekers. There are typically 1,400 legal jobs on the site at any one time.

Jobs For Lawyers UK offers jobs under various work type descriptions, which can be searched on the site. This site is free to job seekers and does not require you to register - you can just browse and reply direct to the advertiser. There is also a section (not yet large) on trainee and pupil opportunities. Lawyers looking for jobs can advertise for free.

Jobs in Law is endorsed by Central Law Training, the leading professional training company in the UK, which is raising the awareness of jobsinlaw to the legal sector. Jobsinlaw provides a range of software solutions to enable employers to recruit staff from their own web sites and from the nationally promoted jobsinlaw site simultaneously.

JobJourneynorthwest.co.uk provide a large number of jobs in the Northwest, including legal ones, and including quite a number of secretarial and support jobs for legal firms. There are around 2000 job vacancies in the legal area as well as career advice.

JobJourneyscotland.co.uk provide a large number of jobs in Scotland, including legal ones, and including quite a number of secretarial and support jobs for legal firms.

Jobsearch is a generalist jobsite with job vacancies across all sectors, job types and at all levels. Legal jobs are included and it is probably particularly good at finding jobs within legal firms which are not necessarily jobs for lawyers.

JPL Group specialise in the placement of technical & sales staff suitable for Legal Software Houses and Major Law Firms. They provide high calibre candidates who are experts in their field particularly for Legal Software Account Managers, Case Management Software Developers, Legal Software Support staff, Database Administrators and Sales Executives. Their clients range from Legal Software houses such as Solicitec, SOS, Pilgrim Systems, TFB and Axxia together with Major Law Firms such as Pannone & Partners, Halliwell Landau and Horwich Farrelly Solicitors.

Judicial Review - "The South’s Legal Recruitment Specialist" - Recruits Solicitors, Legal Executives, Paralegals and Legal Secretaries for both private practice and in-house positions. The team have developed long-term relationships with practices across the South and therefore have a thorough knowledge of the latest vacancies, enabling them to provide a high quality, professional and discrete recruitment process to all our candidates.

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Laurence Simons is a leading international legal recruitment consultancy, now in their 17th year of business. They act for Law Firms, Corporations and Financial Institutions across the UK and Ireland, Mainland Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, The Caribbean and Bermuda. Their head office is in London, while in the last few months they have opened offices in Dublin and Amsterdam

The Law Agency is an independent recruitment consultancy providing temporary, permanent and contract personnel.

Law Consultants is a niche recruitment agency committed solely to Legal Recruitment. Established over 10 years and based in cambridge, they provide a fast and efficient service. They concentrate on the following areas: - permanent lawyers, nationwide locum lawyers and nationwide cost draftspersons.

LawJobsUK.com allows individual lawyers and recruitment firms to advertise their job vacancies live on line. There is also a free Law Jobs news paper which features legal news stories and legal jobs.

LawGem specialise in legal recruitment for legal professionals, solicitors and other lawyers, offering a unique online service. They offer low cost recruitment solutions to law firms and companies. The company was set up not only to provide lawyers with a confidential, market beating recruitment service but also to champion ethical business. They give 10% of their fee before profit to Oxfam.

Lawrecruiter provides candidates and clients with a new form of online legal recruitment. Clients have much more control over their online recruitment resource. With over 5000 jobs, candidates can select the 'Area of Law' for their ideal legal job then selects the region of the country where they would like to work. Candidates are able to apply directly to the Client through the website with no intervention.

Lawson Brown Legal is a specialist legal recruitment consultancy based in Manchester offering a professional, impartial and discreet recruitment service to lawyers and law firms across the North West. The company covers all levels and disciplines within firms, from the major nationals and international firms through to high street and niche specialist practices. They place solicitors, legal executives, fee earners, paralegals, practice managers and costs negotiators into new positions. The company was established by Juliet Lawson, a qualified solicitor who trained with Haliwells in Manchester, and who has over 12 years' experience of legal recruitment, with a particular emphasis on the North West marketplace.

Law Staff Online (LSO) is the first commission-free recruitment service and the only online recruitment service that sources all its candidates from a traditional agency. It works with a monthly fee rather than a commission so the firm can use the service as much as it likes without additional costs.

Legal Appointments is a leading independent recruitment consultancy specialising in Permanent, Temporary and Contract recruitment for all levels within the Legal profession in the South East. Placements range from support staff to legal secretaries, paralegals, legal executives and qualified solicitors in all areas of specialisation up to and including partners. Based in Essex, they supply staff to companies throughout Essex and the Home Counties.

legal23 is a law firm focused consultancy providing permanent legal recruitment solutions in England & Wales. Staffed by people who are legally educated and have private practice experience, legal23 provides a first rate service to clients and candidates. They provide a personal touch and have an extensive range of top tier and international law firm clients.

legal-executive-recruitement.com provides jobs and job searches for legal executives. It is run in association with the Institute of Legal Executives.

Legal Aid Practitioners Group represents over 800 firms of High Street Solicitors, committed to legal aid work. There is news on legal aid developments and information on lobbying, meetings and events. There is also a comprehensive programme of reasonably priced CPD courses offered and a fast expanding series of job vacancies.

Legal Cashiers & Co. is always looking for experienced legal cashiers. They recruit self employed and full time legal cashiers and second them to clients.

Legal and Executive People, based in Cardiff, specialises in jobs in Wales and the West of England although also offering a service throughout England and Wales.

Legal CV.com is a direct "legal job board". Law firms and companies can post their own legal jobs and check their applicants profiles and legal CV's direct from the website (recruitment companies are not allowed). Covers the UK and all offshore jurisdictions such as the Channel Islands and Cayman Islands.

Legal Finance Professionals is a national UK recruitment consultancy dealing exclusively with the placement of finance staff in legal firms and the provision of bespoke and off-the-shelf training courses. For clients, LFP offers a professional and cost effective solution to staff recruitment relating to either a Legal Cashier or a Finance Director. For candidates, they offer advice and assistance in planning out a future career path.

Legal IT Jobs is a job listings website specialising in IT recruitment for the legal sector. The service is completely free to use for both advertisers and jobseekers. Legal IT Jobs features vacancies within law firms and legal software companies for helpdesk and support staff, developers, IT Trainers, IT Managers, and IT Directors.

LegalJobsinScotland is a Specialist Recruitment service for Legal Professionals in Scotland. It is simple to use for the Jobseeker and also for the Employer seeking Candidates.

LegalPoint allows advertisers to post their job vacancies without charge, whether the organisation is a law firm, recruitment consultancy or an in-house employer. Advertisers can then manage their job listings online.

legalsupportnetwork.co.uk provides services and business tools to professional staff working in finance, finance systems & costs within the Legal industry throughout the UK. They aim to promote the interests of professionals working within these niche areas by providing up-to-date, quality information and advice to Employers and Employees. There is news, information on events and various online tools (including a VAT Number Validation Service). There is a Recruitment Section on the site relating to accounts, finance and management jobs in the legal area.

Legal Prospects is a specialist recruitment site for Lawyer, Paralegal, Secretary and Law jobs. Although a relatively new company, it already has a large number of jobs available for browsing on the site.

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Maine-Tucker Recruitment was established in 1987 to specialise in recruiting secretarial and administrative support staff into companies based mainly in the West End and City of London. MTR Legal is the Legal Secretarial and Support Staff arm of the company, providing a fully comprehensive recruitment service to legal Clients ranging from the top ten Legal 500 through to specialist Sole Practitioners and in-house legal departments in commerce and the Public Sector. The company is particularly good for legal secretaries.

Manchester Law Society Recruitment & Consultancy is a specialist recruitment company recruiting lawyers and paralegals throughout the North West. It is the only legal recruitment agency to be officially supported and regulated by the Manchester Law Society and consequently has hundreds of vacancies at any one time.

McKenzie Douglas specialise in legal jobs in commerce and industry. Based in the North West and the Midlands, with associate offices in the South of England, they place candidates across the UK and Internationally.

Michael Page is a major recruiter of legal professionals, with a national network of 7 offices throughout the UK and providing comprehensive coverage of the legal recruitment market. There are over 2,000 legal positions on-line.

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Pavillion Law specialise in the placement of legal professionals, from Legal Executives to Partners. Based in Manchester they are particularly well placed to deal with recruitment all over the North West and beyond; their consultants have had solid, unbroken experience in recruitment.

Per Pro is a niche consultancy specialising in appointments in the legal sector for partners, qualified and non qualified lawyers, legal executives, licensed conveyancers, insolvency practitioners, fee earners, paralegals, support staff, accounts cost draft staff and HR positions. Recruitment solutions are provided for permanent, locum, contract and search appointments in all markets including private practice, commerce and industry, financial services and the public sector. However, note that the company only deals with vacancies in the West Midlands.

Primary Source Recruitment Limited are specialists in recruitment for the legal profession based in Edinburgh - especially good for Scottish jobs.

Prolaw is a specialist paralegal and locum solicitor agency covering the whole of the UK. Established in 1987 and based in London, its team of five consultants provides friendly and efficient advice to both candidates and clients. The firm provides temporary, contract and permanent staff across a wide range of industry sectors, including law firms, in-house departments and the public sector. Direct links with offices in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris.

PSD is an international recruitment organisation with various areas of specialisation including the law.

Pure Recruitment Group provides recruitment services in taxation, legal, finance, treasury and banking. Based in London and Leeds, the company specialises in key business centres throughout the world. They have succesfully developed high-level relationships with some of the world’s major law firms, corporations and banks and have a track record of professional, confidential dealings with both candidates and clients alike

Purple Squirrel specialises in recruiting legal professionals for law firms and companies in the UK. They work closely with clients to define their requirements and manage the recruiting process; for high claibre professionals they offer a confidential career management service.

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QD Group is another recruitment consultant company offering you "tasters only" and wanting you to register with them.

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Redbag Recruitment is a niche consultancy specialising in the Bar. It provides a search and selection service for chambers that are seeking to recruit established practitioners. The consultancy assists individual practitioners with practice coaching, career planning and the development of personal marketing and business plans. It also provides interview and marketing skills training.

reed.co.uk is one of the UKs largest recruitment websites. There are currently over 1,700 legal vacancies advertised online by over 390 recruiters. The job seeker can register to receive jobs that match specified criteria via email or text message.

Red Legal Recruitment is a new legal recruitment company set up by Laurie Newton, who already has 15 years experience in the industry. The company is based in Epsom, Surrey, but works mainly via the Internet. He went independent to provide a very personal service to job seekers and to firms, based in the South of England.

RFC Recruitment Group specialises in the recruitment of professional and management level personnel throughout Ireland. There is a good-sized section of legal jobs. There are no charges for job-seekers and various free services are provided to them like automatic notification by email of new jobs.

RS Legal Recruitment specialises in working with both candidates and clients nationwide and are based in central England. For clients, recruitment solutions are available to both private practice law firms and in-house companies. For candidates, looking for an opportunity in private practice or an in-house role, the company can offer excellent opportunities at some of the best firms and companies in the country.

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Search Direct is a new jobs directory which effectively allows candidates and employers to contact each other directly without the need to go through an intermediary.

Simply Law Jobs is a well established legal jobs board covering the following positions: Legal Executive, Paralegal, Solicitor, Partner, Practice Manager, Legal Accounts, Legal Secretary/PA, Legal Support roles and Law Associates. All areas of Law are covered, across the UK.

Strategic Legal Solutions is actively promoting a move away from traditional recruitment methods and the conservative working patterns of the past. We are helping to open up the market for both legal professionals and clients alike – enabling clients to cut down on their overheads by drafting in talented Strategic Legal employees as and when needed whilst simultaneously helping legal professionals regain control of their lives by allowing them to work more flexibly. There are also some permanent positions.

Swiftwork is a site for professional people who choose to work flexibly. There is a legal section with part time jobs, short term contracts and work that can be undertaken from home.

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Taylor Root are a global legal recruitment company with substantial experience of successfully recruiting lawyers around the world. They have offices in London, Leeds, Hong Kong and Sydney. The Consultants are all qualified lawyers, solicitors and barristers qualified in either the UK or Australia

Temple Legal Recruitment are active in the recruitment of solicitors, barristers, legal executives, paralegals, legal secretaries and legal support staff who are seeking permanent opportunities. The Managing Director was a paralegal for many years, working in some of the most exclusive Solicitor's firms and also some of the most prestigious Barrister's Chambers within London.

Ten Percent Legal Recruitment is a Legal Recruitment group of companies dealing with every aspect of solicitor recruitment in the UK:

  • ten-percent.co.uk - general high street practice & small commercial niche firms
  • ChanceryLane.co.uk - central London firms
  • crime-solicitor.co.uk - criminal law specialists
  • jonathanfagan.co.uk - conveyancing and wills & probate specialists
  • homecountieslegal.co.uk - greater London and the Home Counties areas
  • yorkshire-legal-recruitment.co.uk - the Yorkshire area.
    The company was set up by a solicitor from Leicester and now has offices in the Chester and Leeds areas as well. The site offers free CV advice services for lawyers, and free careers advice for law students and graduates. The site displays a database list of candidates for firms to view as well as solicitor vacancies for potential candidates. The firm donates 10% of its profits to charity via The Ten-Percent Foundation, a charitable trust.

    totallylegal has over 2,000 UK and overseas private practice and in-house vacancies. Candidates can apply to either firms' or recruitment agencies' opportunities and there is the facility to browse firms' profile pages and link directly to firms' websites. Candidates can also select their own experience and area of interest and have new jobs that match their criteria e-mailed to them as and when they come on to the site. No registration is required.

    TSGJobs is a legal appointments service based in Derby. The area covered is the East and West Midlands and the service deals with permanent jobs as well as locum work for Lawyers, Legal Executives, Professional Secretaries and Para Legals.

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    Vision Recruitment covers the East and West Midlands operating out of Birmingham, Derby and Nottingham. Jobs covered include Practice Managers, Lawyers, Legal Execs, Para-Legals and Secretarial and Support staff.

    Vivel International operates as a boutique executive search consulting firm, providing expertise and human capital solutions to Multi national corporates who are determined to acquire the best global talent in the lifestyle, consumer packaged goods and Corporate advisory services. They operate in a global market-place across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia with offices in London, Dubai, Singapore, New York and New Delhi. Only Partners and Solicitors working for top 50 UK Firms need apply.

    Voodoo Legal Recruitment, based in New Zealand and London, is a recruitment site with a difference. It is primarily aimed at Australian and New Zealand lawyers who wish to live and work as a solicitor in the UK or Ireland. Thus it contains lots of vital information about passports, the conditions for being allowed to work here, and how to requalify as a UK or Irish lawyer as well as the actual jobs. Despite its Antipodean focus, other foreign lawyers with the same intention may also find this site useful.

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    West Associates is a specialist consultancy providing bespoke recruitment solutions to the legal profession. They specialise in the placement of legal professionals in Private Practice and In-House, from Assistant to Partner and General Counsel level, across all market sectors in the UK.

    WNT Legal delivers effective recruitment and outsourcing solutions. They recruit a wide variety of types of legal jobs from Receptionists to Lawyer to suit their clients’ needs, at very reasonable rates. They also provide clerks.

    Witan Jardine is a London-based recruitment consultancy specialising in legal finance recruitment. Established for over 25 years, their legal finance team has established strong relationships with some of the leading international law firms to smaller niche practices based in London.


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