I am very pleased to have been given the opportunity by Susan to join the team at Accutrainee as the new Operations Director and I am very much looking forward to getting to know Accutrainee’s clients over the coming months. I was asked by a friend why I decided to join Accutrainee and I was able to answer without a moment’s hesitation. It is an innovative company that has created a truly winning situation for the clients, the company, the mentors and especially the trainees. Everyone I have spoken to about the Accutrainee model, without exception responds with words to the effect; wow what a great idea!
Having been at Elevate (Legal Services) for five and half years prior to joining Accutrainee, I was a crucial part of Elevate’s rapid expansion helping the company grow from 70 people to over 1400 in that time. I was responsible for setting up Elevate’s flexible lawyering solution which had over 20 of the world’s Fortune 100 companies as clients and a number of large international law firms. In that time, Elevate changed from naming itself as ‘legal processor outsourcer’, to ‘legal services firm’ to ‘law company’. I am not sure it matters what you want to be called, but it is clear to me there continues to be a need to deliver innovative and flexible legal resources to increasingly sophisticated buyers of legal services and talent.
Over my career, one of the key lessons I have learnt is that clients want to have the right resources available at the right time, but interestingly, a large number of requests made were for junior resources spanning from Paralegals to 4-year PQE.
One of the reasons Accutrainee was so exciting for me was that Susan and the team have already built up a huge pool of quality junior resources that had been through rigorous screening. So, it is now easy for us to offer our new flexible resourcing solution, Accuflex™.
Is the natural extension to our Trainee Solution which will allow our clients to hire the very best legal talent from paralegal to 4-years PQE in a completely flexible way. Whether it be Brexit repapering, regulatory change projects, maternity cover or just not having the permanent head count available, Accutrainee’s Accuflex™ solution can help.
It’s commonplace now in the legal world to hear firms claiming that they are being innovative in their approach to delivering legal services, but it’s not always clear how. As the new person at Accutrainee’s head office, it’s clear to me what an innovator Susan is and that she deserves some of the praise often lavished on those firms with the money to get themselves into the spotlight. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our clients, whose willingness to support a truly innovative idea has meant that they are trailblazers for a whole new generation of lawyers and have secured some amazing talent along the way. The impact of Accutrainee will only increase in the coming years as the company and client list grows, and we appreciate any opportunity to work with you to deliver a truly innovative and bespoke resource solution.
SOLICITORS QUALIFICATION EXAMINATIONS
What you need to know
We will be following up shortly with all the latest information around the Solicitors Qualification Exams (SQE) coming into effect in Autumn 2021 so stay tuned for all you need to know on the imminent qualification overhaul!
Introducing some of our current talented trainees
Quality and diversity are intrinsic to Accutrainee. We are extremely selective about the candidates we put forward to clients. Applicants are required to successfully complete our thorough selection process giving quality assurance to the shortlists we prepare for clients. Here is a small selection of available trainees/candidates.
Candidate A
Looking for his fourth seat. He has a French Baccalaureate, BA in Economics, BA in French Law and Masters in International Economic Law and achieved a commendation in both his GDL and LPC. Having gained some great experience in trade & export finance and financial regulation respectively.
Candidate B
Looking for his fourth seat. He has a French Baccalaureate, BA in Economics, BA in French Law and Masters in International Economic Law and achieved a commendation in both his GDL and LPC. Having gained some great experience in trade & export finance and financial regulation respectively.
Candidate C
Looking for his second seat. He has a BA in Modern History and Masters in Law, Business and Management and achieved a commendation in both his GDL and LPC. Having completed his first seat at Promontory, gaining experience in financial regulation.
Candidate D
Looking for her first seat. She has an LLB from the University of Bristol and gained a commendation in her LPC. She has worked as a paralegal gaining valuable experience in commercial contracts, GDPR projects, policy and procedural changes.
If you would like to review these or other candidate CVs, or you would like to discuss how we could help with your resourcing needs, then please contact us.
Key Dates
The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference (LegalEdCon) 2020
Thursday 14 May – 08:30 – 17:30 BST
www.legalcheek.com
The Conference features sessions on areas including diversity, inclusion and social mobility; embedding technology in legal education and training; the latest Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) developments; the new Bar Course training regime; and mental health & wellbeing.
Location: Kings Place, Kings Cross, London
Flexible Working in the Legal Profession
Thursday, 25 Jun –18:00 – 20:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk
Join WLAM Kent for a discussion about Flexible Working in the Legal Profession.
Location: University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
Assessing skills under the new SQE
Wednesday 18 March – 14.45 – 16.45
www.events.sra.org.uk
SRA are talking to law firms and in-house legal teams around the country about their views on assessing skills in the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) – the new, licensing examination for solicitors of England and Wales coming in autumn 2021.
Location: Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG
