Coram (London) – Education Law Solicitor/Senior Solicitor
Job Title: Solicitor/ Senior Solicitor (Education Law) – School Exclusions Clinic
Hours: Full-time (however part-time with a minimum of 3 days a week will be considered and pay prorated accordingly)
Contract: 2-year fixed term contract
Salary: The salary range for this role is £31,000 to £42,000 per annum, dependent on experience, PQE and for pro-bono projects the funding available.
Closing date: Sunday 22nd September 2024 at 23:59
Location: Coram Campus, Bloomsbury, London
If the post holder is conducting legal aid and/or private funded casework on top of the grant funded work, they may also benefit from eligibility for our bonus scheme.
About Coram
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
Part of the Coram group, Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) is the UK’s specialist centre for children’s rights in education, immigration, community care and family law, and provides significant international legal systems consultancy.The centre is located on the Coram Campus in central London with a base in Colchester. We champion access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation.Our Legal Practice Unit (LPU) provides advice and representation primarily under legal aid contract.Our Migrant Children’s Project (MCP) promotes the rights of refugee and migrant children, young people and families through the delivery of advice, practice change through training and capacity building to professionals and systems change through research, policy and advocacy.We use our broad and significant experience and expertise to promote and protect the rights of children in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
About the role
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Solicitor specialising in education law to work within the CCLC team within a pro-bono project, The School Exclusions Clinic. The project entails lawyers from corporate law firms volunteering for CCLC to support children and families through the school exclusion process. In this role you will manage and supervise the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation provided by corporate volunteers. You will also manage your own case work relating to special educational needs and disabilities and discrimination law. You will be passionate about delivering high quality advice and client care and be committed to children’s human rights and supporting CCLC’s aims.
Applicants for the role need to be a qualified solicitor with experience of education law casework and/or related public law practice.
We are committed to the well-being of our staff.
We will consider requests for part-time working.
To apply for this role, please click here: https://coram.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c/account/login/181044?rmId=3760&src=1&qc=1&sr=2