Luqmani Thompson (London) – Paralegal

• Job title: Paralegal
• Location: London
• Salary: Competitive salary (£25,000 – £27,000 per annum, depending on  experience)
• Contract: Permanent (3 month probationary period), hybrid working 
• Hours: Full-time
• Benefits: 5 weeks’ holiday.    

Luqmani Thompson are looking to recruit a paralegal to join their team.

The successful candidate will ideally have some interest and prior experience in  immigration, asylum, nationality, human rights and/or public law. 

We can offer a supportive hybrid work environment and envisage the  successful candidate managing their own caseload as well as providing support  to senior fee earners as and when required.

About the firm

We have firmly established ourselves as a sector leader and are recognised by our  peers and clients alike for our high-quality legal work and excellent client care.  We have been nominated for many awards and won the coveted Legal Aid  Lawyer of the Year, litigated leading asylum and human rights caselaw, provided  expert reports for court hearings, trained numerous professionals, both internally  and externally, appeared in the media, and been recognised by the leading legal  directories and ranked by The Times Best Law Firms three years in a row for being  within the top 250 law firms in the UK  

Our practice covers the full range of immigration, asylum and nationality law  including EUSS schemes, business and personal migration and protection and  human rights. It covers routine immigration applications as well as contentious  litigation, including appeal work and judicial review.  

Our expanding public law work covers challenges to certification, negative  trafficking decisions, NASS issues, age assessments, policy challenges and  unlawful detention.  

We offer private client services, but also retain a very strong commitment to  social justice work, including ensuring access to justice by continuing to provide  publicly funded legal services. We are a compact team and commentors often  describe us as punching above our weight and being fearless advocates. 

Benefits

Our lawyers are experts in their field and we are committed to ensuring all our  lawyers reach the echelons of their potential, pushing boundaries and all the  while providing a high standard of work and client care. In addition to exciting  and rewarding work, we provide a work environment which fosters open  communication, offering opportunity for growth alongside tailored supervision and support where employees feel empowered to contribute their best work. We are a cohesive team; we encourage a positive work-life balance, balancing the  hard work with some light relief.  

There may be opportunities for support for accredited Seniors Caseworkers who  are seeking to qualify, subject to satisfactory performance and proven interest in a career with us.  

We are a modern practice, taking advantage of technologies to improve our efficiency, and we are largely paperless.  

About the role 

They will be given casework support tasks which will be informed on by the level  of knowledge, experience and qualification of the successful candidate. All  paralegals are allocated a supervisor (senior lawyer) who will oversee their work  and development and with whom they will have regular one-to-one meetings.  They will also be allocated a team buddy to provide day to day support and to pass  on know-how of the job. Work will include: 

1. Opening client matters on our case management system and undertaking  AML, sanctions and conflict checks. 
2. Supporting senior lawyers with general client matters including setting up  appointments, gathering evidence and liaising with third parties 
3. Office Admin – Opening post, scanning, some copying  
4. Sitting in on meetings and in time advising and representing clients under  direct supervision.
5. Researching.  
6. Drafting.  
7. Basic accounting procedures, including taking payments and time  recording. 
8. Attending staff meetings and training. 
9. Ensure compliance with Office Procedures and Policies, as set out in an  internal handbook, which will be provided with guidance in an induction  procedure.  
10. Ensure compliance with requirements of Legal Aid Agency. 
11. Learning and maintaining knowledge of and compliance with the SRA  Standards and regulations. 
12. Maintaining suitable accreditation(s) and undertake DBS checks as needed  to enable them to carry out their role.

Person Specification

Essential:  

• Demonstrable interest in and commitment to the type of work undertaken  by the firm 

• Exceptional organisational skills 

• Excellent time management and the ability to work to tight deadlines

• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Ability to conduct legal and other research and draft documents

• Active listening skills and the ability to build trust with clients

• IT skills

Desirable:

• A degree or equivalent, as set out by the SRA here:
  • https://www.sra.org.uk/students/sqe/degree-equivalent, but applications  from school leavers also very much encouraged where the essential criteria  above can be demonstrated.

How to apply

Applicants should submit completed application forms to 

enq@luqmanithompson.com 

Applications submitted other than on the application form are unlikely to be  considered 

We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups in the legal  sector. 

Applications should be completed not later than 4 PM on 30 November 2026