Family Solicitor - Senior Position
Job description
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Career opportunity for a Family Solicitor to join a long-established regional Law firm with offices in Suffolk and Norfolk within easy reach of Norwich. You will be joining to take a supervisory role, initially supported by a Partner and team with a wealth of experience. This is a defined career path which will be fully supported.
Managing a varied case-load within a solid client base you will be already or in a position to put an application to join the Children’s Panel to undertake care proceedings and supervise legal aid.
If you are looking for a progressive move or simply ready for a change, please contact me for more information. I look forward to working with you.
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your Children's Panel membership (or eligibility) prominently in your Personal Statement, as the advert specifically names this as a key requirement for care proceedings work.
📊 Quantify your caseload management: e.g. 'Managed a caseload of 60+ active family matters including 15 public law children cases simultaneously'.
🎯 Emphasise any supervisory or team leadership experience, as the role is explicitly a supervisory position — note the number of junior fee-earners or trainees you have overseen.
🌐 Reference your familiarity with the Norfolk/Suffolk legal market or regional client bases if applicable, as the firm is long-established in this specific geography.
🤝 Demonstrate your legal aid experience clearly, including any Legal Aid Agency contract management or billing, as the advert specifically mentions supervising legal aid work.
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- •Managed a caseload of 55 active family matters concurrently, including 18 public law children cases, achieving a 94% on-time court filing rate across a 12-month period.
- •Supervised 2 junior fee-earners and 1 paralegal on legal aid family files, reducing billing errors and Legal Aid Agency clawback by 30% through structured file review processes.
- •Led care proceedings from PLO pre-proceedings through to final hearing for 12 cases in a single year, securing positive outcomes for children in 10 of those matters.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Family law at a supervisory level within a long-established regional practice is precisely where I want to take my career — which is why this Senior Family Solicitor position at your Norfolk and Suffolk firm immediately stood out. With hands-on experience in care proceedings and legal aid supervision, and a clear focus on Children's Panel work, I am well placed to step into this role and contribute from the outset.
My background in family law encompasses both public and private law matters, including running complex care proceedings through to final hearing and supervising junior fee-earners across a varied caseload. I have worked closely with Legal Aid Agency requirements and am either a current Children's Panel member or actively progressing my application, making me ready to take on the supervisory responsibilities this position demands.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk us through your experience of running care proceedings from PLO pre-proceedings through to final hearing.
- ›How do you manage a mixed caseload of private and public law family matters, and what case management systems have you used?
- ›What is your current status regarding Children's Panel membership, and what steps have you taken or are taking to apply?
- ›How do you ensure compliance with Legal Aid Agency billing requirements and avoid clawback on legal aid files?
- ›Describe your approach to supervising junior fee-earners or paralegals on family law matters — what oversight processes do you put in place?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or high-conflict family case — how did you handle competing pressures from the client, court, and your own workload?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to support a junior colleague through a difficult case. What did you do and what was the outcome?
- ›Give an example of when you identified a risk on a client file early and took action to protect both the client and the firm.
- ›Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult news to a client in a family matter. How did you approach that conversation?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to manage your own professional development alongside a demanding caseload. How did you balance the two?
STAR answer examples
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Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or high-conflict family case — how did you handle competing pressures from the client, court, and your own workload?
Describe a situation where you had to support a junior colleague through a difficult case. What did you do and what was the outcome?