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Court legal advisers are lawyers who advise magistrates and judges about the law in criminal, civil and family courts.
You could work: 9am to 5pm;
As a court legal adviser, you could:
You could work in a court or in an office.
You can get into this job through:
You can apply to start as a trainee legal adviser. To do this, you need to have passed the academic stages of solicitor training or barrister training.
As a trainee, you'll complete a legal adviser training programme that takes around 2 years.
You can find out how to become a trainee legal adviser from HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
You can apply directly for jobs if you're a fully qualified solicitor.
You'll be expected to have good customer service, communication and administration skills.
You'll need to:
It will be useful when applying for training, if you've spent some time in a magistrates' court. For example, this might be from observing the judicial process and the part played by the court's legal adviser.
After qualifying, you'll work as a Tier 1 legal adviser. With more experience, you can move on to be a Tier 2 adviser, working on more complex cases and with more responsibility. For instance, reviewing casework and mentoring trainees.
As your career develops and with further training, you can move up in stages to become:a legal adviser team manager in a court; an area or regional manager; a justices' clerk, if you have over 5 years' experience; a barrister, crown prosecutor or judge