Housing Solicitor / Casework Fee Earner

We are seeking a housing solicitor to join our housing team. You will have the opportunity to work on a range of housing matters including defending possession proceedings and judicial reviews. In addition you will have the opportunity to work alongside our housing campaigns worker in a combination of campaigns and strategic legal work. We hold legal aid contracts in Crime, Education, Housing, Immigration/Asylum, Public Law and Welfare Benefits. However in response to the demands from the community we are looking at developing a new area of work at the Law Centre assisting residents challenge major developments and regeneration in the borough.

• will have significant, sustained experience in delivering a casework service in Housing law and will have knowledge or experience of working under a Housing Legal Aid contract.
• will be 3ys + PQE or equivalent.
• will have experience of representation at court.
• will have worked under a HPCDS/HLPAS contract., We're looking for a housing solicitor/caseworker to help work on our Legal Aid Agency contract covering legal help, certificated cases and representation at court as part of the duty solicitor scheme. You'll need to have at least one year's experience of advising and assisting in housing law (not all of this experience needs to be post qualification), together with a talent for explaining complex legal ideas in simple language and the ability to manage a demanding workload.
  
  Tower Hamlets Law Centre helps some of the most vulnerable people in London's East End. Since our foundation in 1975, we have earned a fine reputation amongst our clients and supporters as skilled and determined legal advisers to the local community., Harrow Law Centre is a forward-thinking Law Centre which provides specialist legal advice and representation to combat disadvantage, discrimination and exclusion. It has an excellent reputation and was shortlisted both in 2024 and 2017 by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group for an award as the Legal Aid Firm of the year.
  
  Salary: Up to £35,300 p.a. + generous terms and conditions., £50,000 FTE
• 8 weeks holiday per year
• 5% employer's pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
University House is seeking Housing Solicitors as part of a major expansion. All candidates must have experience of Legal Aid and also a willingness to engage with wider access to justice projects. This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the leading organisations in the NFP sector.