UCL Centre for Access to Justice (London) - Paralegal

UCL Centre for Access to Justice (London) - Paralegal About us

The Centre for Access to Justice (CAJ) at UCL Faculty of Laws aims to provide significant benefit to, and strengthen links between, the local community, UCL students and the legal profession. Importantly, the Centre combines the unique advantages of social justice education with the provision of pro bono legal advice to vulnerable communities. In January 2016, the UCL Centre for Access to Justice (CAJ) launched its own legal advice clinic, the UCL Integrated Legal Advice Clinic (UCL iLAC), working with students to deliver advice across a broad spectrum of social welfare issues as well as specialist casework services in welfare benefits, housing, community care, and education law. In 2018, UCL iLAC was awarded a legal aid contract in the categories of housing and community care law. In 2022, the clinic was awarded a legal aid lawyer of the year award. In 2024, UCL iLAC also secured a welfare benefits legal aid contract.

About the role

The CAJ is looking for a paralegal to support with and undertake supervised casework across welfare benefits, housing, community care and education cases. The paralegal will also assist with new client triage and general administrative duties at UCL iLAC in Stratford. The work will count towards qualifying work experience for those candidates seeking to qualify through the SQE. This role is designed to be a training role with a view to qualification and as such we will fund your SQE 2 training course and to sit the SQE 2. Please note that the successful candidate will be asked to undertake a basic DBS check.

About you

At least a 2.1 degree in law or equivalent qualification, completion of SQE 1, experience in a client-facing role and an awareness of social welfare law and legal aid issues. The post holder is expected to have excellent organisational skills, the ability to work independently and balance competing deadlines and demands. They are also expected to have excellent written and verbal communication skills, good client handling skills and the ability to maintain case files and use and comply with case management systems. A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. To apply for the vacancy please click on the 'Apply Now' button below. For further details about the application process please contact

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits, some of which are below:

41 Days of holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holidays, and 6 closure days)

Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme

Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

Relocation scheme for certain posts

On-site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme:

Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We, therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: