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We are looking for Legal Adviser / Regulatory Lawyer to join our Legal and Enforcement team in either our Birmingham or Cardiff office., As a Legal Adviser, you will deal with contentious matters before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and Courts. Alongside this, you will also provide high quality, risk based, legal and regulatory advice and case direction across our operational areas. You will have opportunities to contribute fresh ideas to our team, looking for opportunities to build on our culture of continuous improvement.

You will be required to make and draft formal decisions based on evidential and public interest tests. Where you become involved in conducting disciplinary or other proceedings, you will need to act in the public interest and ensure cases proceed in a proportionate and timely way.

You will need to demonstrate understanding of a regulatory environment as you will be involved in providing high quality legal advice and conducting cases either in-house or with the support of external solicitors.,

• Opportunity to use your litigation skills in the public interest


• Help to drive forward investigations by providing practical legal advice to Investigation Officers


• Opportunities to be an advocate of the SRA in public events


• To expand and develop your legal, regulatory experience


• Join a supportive and friendly team with a renowned regulator, This is a hybrid role based either in our Birmingham or Cardiff office, 1-2 days a week, and from home for rest of the week. Occasional travel to our main office in Birmingham would be required depending on training and business needs
  
  Solicitor or Barrister qualified in England and Wales


• Experience of conducting litigation, or providing legal advice preferably in a regulatory environment


• Significant experience of case analysis, legal drafting and decision making in a contentious or regulatory environment


• Ability to acquire and apply extensive knowledge of law and regulation of legal services, We welcome applicants who may be looking to achieve a balance between their personal and professional life. This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week and are happy to talk flexible working.
  
  Outstanding people are at the heart of our organisation. It is through them that we achieve our aim - to give the public full confidence in the solicitors' profession.


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Our diverse departments attract a wide spectrum of people from various specialisms - there is no single route into a career at the SRA.

Whatever your background, you can be sure that a career at the SRA will provide you with challenging and enjoyable work.