Overview
Paralegal Jobs in Leeds, England, United Kingdom at DLA Piper
Title: Paralegal
Company: DLA Piper
Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom
This role exists to deliver high-quality, efficient legal support as part of our Legal Delivery Centre in Leeds, helping to streamline and scale legal services across the firm. As a Paralegal, you’ll work collaboratively with colleagues across the UK, Australia, and Germany to support document-heavy and process-driven legal work using innovative tools and methods. Your contribution will enable our lawyers to focus on complex advisory matters, enhancing client service and operational excellence. This is an opportunity to grow your legal career in a forward-thinking, globally connected environment that values creativity, precision, and teamwork.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality legal support across contentious, transactional, or real estate matters, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and efficiency in all outputs.
- Adapt to shifting priorities by working flexibly across teams and legal disciplines, contributing to the LDC's ability to respond to changing client and business needs.
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and, where appropriate, clients, to support seamless service delivery and enhance client satisfaction.
- Develop legal capability and confidence through structured training and exposure to increasingly complex tasks, enabling progression within the team.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to refine processes and enhance the quality and speed of legal service delivery.
About You
- Completed or near completion of a law degree (or non-law degree with a law conversion qualification), demonstrating a solid foundation in legal principles.
- Proven academic excellence, reflecting strong analytical thinking and a commitment to high performance.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency in document review and legal processes.
- Effective communicator, able to convey complex information clearly and build rapport with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Collaborative team player, who thrives in a high-performing, fast-paced environment and contributes positively to team dynamics.
- Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to manage shifting priorities and work across different legal disciplines as needed.
About Us
We're a global law firm helping our clients achieve their goals wherever they do business. Our pursuit of innovation has transformed our delivery of legal services. With offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we deliver exceptional outcomes on cross-border projects, critical transactions and high-stakes disputes.
For our people, that means a world of opportunity. You'll shape the future, have the freedom to seize opportunities, and discover your own path. Together, we unlock our potential and redefine what we can achieve.
At DLA Piper, diversity, equity, and inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging. We strive towards a workplace and culture where everyone feels that they belong, that their voice counts and that they can prosper in their career. For us, diversity is about the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences, and perspectives that make each of us an individual. We are committed to being accessible and accommodating any reasonable adjustments needed throughout the recruitment process to ensure an inclusive experience for all. If you need any support or adjustments, please let us know.
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to agile working.
Where local legislation permits, we will conduct relevant pre-engagement screening checks prior to your first day.
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