Private Practice

Advocate

DWF LLP are currently seeking an Advocate to join the team in our Manchester office
You will conduct interlocutory hearings, applications, costs and case management hearings and final hearings
You will preferably have previous advocacy experience in Employment Law and Costs and at least a 2:1 degree
Training will include a period of shadowing the Senior Advocate(s), a period of conducting hearings under supervision...
...and then a period of conducting straightforward hearings with minimal supervision

DWF LLP

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