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Flex Legal?
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Hi @Inquisitive, have you tried reaching out to them?
You should most likely be able to apply to Flex straight out of your undergrad without doing the SQE/LPC. I'm unsure about whether they train you for any roles though!
I'll definitely reach out, especially on the training point. Many thanks!
From previous experience, I'm guessing it will involve some sort of document review/checking exercise where you have to pick out certain errors and justify why you think they should be changed.
It's a multi-choice test! I completed it a few months ago. Very basic and simple. Contract law + litigation procedure were two areas that were featured.
Thanks guys, I'll start preparing now
Hey may I ask how long it took until Flex Legal replied post app for the interview? Thank u!
Hi!
I applied to Flex Legal in my second year of university looking for a part-time role but was unsuccessful (obviously as I was in full-time academia). They got back in contact when I was just out of university and I have been on their system ever since. I do not believe any experience is needed, but it did help that I had a TC and was enrolled in the LPC. I wasn't provided any training and only basic fundamentals of law were tested via some MCQs. I think if you are paired with a firm they may train you according to the role in hand.
I never got matched to a role with Flex as I never found many came my way via email - I definitely think there are a number of agencies out there who also pair paralegals with law firms (for example, https://www.larbeyevans.com/ and https://www.ryderreid.com/). Those agencies were always very communicative and had many roles on offer at all times.
Hope this helps
Laura
Apologies for the late reply!
They replied quite quickly, iirc. I think within a week. Getting the interview took quite a long time though, since you had to book it yourself and most of the dates were taken. Took over a month or so.
Many thanks! Haven't had many opportunities offered by Flex, and none ended up becoming work. I'll definitely give those 2 agencies a tryHi!
I applied to Flex Legal in my second year of university looking for a part-time role but was unsuccessful (obviously as I was in full-time academia). They got back in contact when I was just out of university and I have been on their system ever since. I do not believe any experience is needed, but it did help that I had a TC and was enrolled in the LPC. I wasn't provided any training and only basic fundamentals of law were tested via some MCQs. I think if you are paired with a firm they may train you according to the role in hand.
I never got matched to a role with Flex as I never found many came my way via email - I definitely think there are a number of agencies out there who also pair paralegals with law firms (for example, https://www.larbeyevans.com/ and https://www.ryderreid.com/). Those agencies were always very communicative and had many roles on offer at all times.
Hope this helps
Laura
For the test, the questions were basic contract law. I can't remember them specifically, but it wasn't too difficult. I skimmed my terrible first year notes that I haven't touched since 2020. If you remember basic features of a contract, such as consideration, acceptance etc, you should be good. I remember my interviewer saying the questions are intuitive, and I completely agree. So don't worry about it, it wasn't difficult
The last question I do remember, and it was the easiest one! You're given a clause of a contract, and it has really obvious grammatical errors. I think it was a jurisdiction clause, though I'm not sure if you'll get the exact same one. Either way, the mistakes are really obvious so don't worry about it too much.
