Accuflex: Flexible Legal Opportunities
Looking for flexible work placements?
We offer paralegal and qualified lawyer placements on a temporary, flexible basis.
As the legal industry continues to modernise, Accutrainee has seen a record demand for flexible staffing at all levels. Building on our success with helping legal professionals train into law, we introduced Accuflex in 2020; a brand-new solution dedicated to creating even more opportunities for legal professionals. Our high-level goal is to partner with legal professionals throughout their legal career offering them opportunity, flexibility and support.
Accuflex – I am qualified
What is Accuflex?
Accuflex is the name for our flexible resourcing solution for legal professionals. Through Accuflex we offer paralegals and qualified lawyers a wide range of work opportunities. These opportunities vary in nature and length of assignment but typically will be requests for additional legal support for a project or to fill a business-as-usual resource gap.
Who should apply?
Anyone can apply to be part of Accuflex whatever their level. However, as a legal resource provider we have typically focused on the junior end of the market. Many of our requests are for paralegals (non Qualifying Work Experience) and lawyers between NQ and 5 years PQE.
Why should you apply?
We are a friendly business, founded and run by lawyers, with a heavy focus on quality in everything we do. We work hard to understand our candidates’ needs and match them with opportunities that suit their situation. Our Accuflex placements include both private practice and in-house legal teams, ranging from international law firms, award-winning US firms, boutique firms doing niche areas but also banks, financial institutions, media and entertainment companies and everything in between.
Testimonials
Accuflex were efficient and proactive in securing me a paralegal position. They managed to provide me with a fantastic opportunity working in-house at one of the UK’s leading financial tech organisations, where I was able to gain unmatched exposure on interesting commercial work.
My experience of the application process was an overwhelmingly positive one. Accuflex are passionate about their candidates, offering feedback and support each step of the way. I look forward to continuing to work with Accuflex in the future, as a trainee solicitor.
William
Accuflex provide an exciting range of opportunities available. My placement at a leading fin tech provided me with great exposure to an expansive industry. The Accuflex team are always supportive and working with them is seamless and enjoyable.
Mihira
Our values:
Opportunity: Accutrainee was founded on the premise of creating opportunities for legal professionals and it is core to everything we do.
Simplicity: We want to make it easy to engage with us and our clients. Our service proposition and technology platforms are designed with ease of use and understanding in mind.
Integrity: It is important that as a legal services business we set the very best example and never compromise our integrity.
Respect and Inclusion: We will work hard to ensure that our people are diverse, our environment is truly inclusive, and we reflect the make-up of today’s society.
Innovation: Seek opportunities to innovate and make the legal industry a better place to work.
Who are our clients?
We work with a wide range of clients, which currently include FTSE100 companies, big international Law firms, regional firms, boutiques and start-ups who trust Accutrainee to deliver quality people in the most efficient and flexible way.
How do I join?
You can review our list of current opportunities and apply to the one that you feel is the best fit for you. We post vacancies from time to time which refer to specific roles that become available with our clients, including both law firms and in-house legal teams.
We also have evergreen roles for both solicitors who qualified in England and Wales and foreign qualified lawyers. These vacancies are always available on our website and you can apply at any time of the year.
By applying for our evegreen roles you are not applying for a specific qualified lawyer position. Instead, you are applying to be added to our successful candidates database for qualified solicitor opportunities.
We are hyper focused on quality so we are looking for accuracy and attention to detail as well as completeness and a good overview of your situation, skills and competencies.
If successful, we would take the time to understand your preferences, experience and interests, in order to match those with opportunities available with our clients.
PATHWAYS AND CONNECT
Our Accuflex service will utilise our latest technology platforms, Pathways and Connect. Our unique proprietary platforms will allow us to navigate your qualification journey and also connects you with our clients to explore opportunities that fit your needs in an easy and efficient way.
You can find out more about Pathways: here
Our Marketplace platform is available to everyone who is successful through our selection process.
FAQs – Qualified
A: Traditionally called locum lawyers, flexible lawyering has become popular over the last 10 years with more candidates and firms realising the benefits pf hiring in this way. It can offer a great opportunity to work in a flexible way, get more experience or simply work for a specific period.
A: Yes, over the last 10 years we have built a very successful business focused on finding opportunities for junior legal professionals. However, as we have grown, and our client base has diversified there has become an increasing need to provide qualified lawyers of all levels to our clients. Our Accuflex platform is a natural extension to our offering and provides our clients with access to top quality qualified lawyers.
A: Accutrainee is trusted by our clients for our quality first approach. It means we get access to unique opportunities not necessarily available to the wider market. It also means a quick and efficient hiring process where the client trusts us to provide them with the right resources. Similarly, we build trust with our candidates ensuring we give good feedback where necessary and focus on finding them the role that best matches their needs.
A: We operate on a PAYE basis exclusively and handle all tax payments at source.
A: They can vary depending on the client and need, but typically will be 3 to 12 months. We do support our clients who wish to hire on a permanent basis through a contract to permanent model or direct hiring. We would be happy to discuss both types depending on your preferences.
A: Due to the pandemic, we have seen a large increase in remote working, but we expect circumstances to change with clients moving back to an office based working pattern or a flexible working pattern with some remote working. We have filled assignments in many major cities.
A: We have clients in a wide variety of sectors in both legal practice and in-house.
A: We want to see a well written cover note introducing yourself giving us a good understanding of your situation and interest in working through our flexible resourcing solution.
A: We have a brand-new platform where you can access free and paid for training and development. We also run events and offering mentoring and support.
A: We can send you a copy of our standard terms on request, but it is standard process to complete an interview first.
Accuflex – I am not qualified
What is Accuflex?
Accuflex is the name for our flexible resourcing solution for legal professionals. Through Accuflex we offer legal professionals a wide range of opportunities to gain work experience. These opportunities vary in nature and length of assignment but typically will be requests for extra legal support for a project or to fill a business-as-usual resource gap. We also get opportunities to join our clients’ legal teams on a more permanent basis.
With over 10 years’ experience, Accutrainee are experts in supporting junior legal professionals to gain experience and qualify. We will advise on whether we feel a placement can deliver good quality qualifying work experience and therefore whether it’s appropriate to count towards your qualification. We are very conscious that this is an important time in your legal career and above all else, we want to support you in gaining the right type, breadth and level of experience to maximise your chances of securing a good position on qualification. If you wish to apply for a training contract or qualifying work experience, please click here.
Why should you apply?
We are a friendly owner run business with a heavy focus on quality in everything we do. We work hard to understand our candidates’ needs and match them with opportunities that suit their situation.
Our values:
Opportunity: Accutrainee was founded on the premise of creating opportunities for legal professionals and it is core to everything we do.
Simplicity: We want to make it easy to engage with us and our clients. Our service proposition and technology platform are designed with ease of use and understanding in mind.
Integrity: It is important that as a legal services business we set the very best example and never compromise our integrity.
Respect and Inclusion: We will work hard to ensure that our people are diverse, our environment is truly inclusive, and we reflect the make-up of today’s society.
Innovation: Seek opportunities to innovate and make the legal industry a better place to work.
Who are our clients?
We work with a wide range of clients, which currently include FTSE100 companies, big international Law firms, regional firms, boutiques and start-ups who trust Accutrainee to deliver quality people in the most efficient and flexible way.
How do I join?
You can make an application for our general paralegal role here or review our list of current opportunities and apply to the one that you feel is the best fit for you. Alternatively, you can also simply register your interest here.
By applying for our evergreen paralegal role you are not applying for a specific paralegal position. Instead, you are applying to be added to our successful candidates database for paralegal opportunities.
We are hyper focused on quality so we are looking for accuracy and attention to detail as well as completeness and a good overview of your situation, skills and competencies.
If successful, we would take the time to understand your preferences, experience and interests, in order to match those with paralegal opportunities available with our clients.
PATHWAYS AND CONNECT
Our Accuflex service will utilise our latest technology platforms, Pathways and Connect. Our unique proprietary platforms will allow us to navigate your qualification journey and also connects you with our clients to explore opportunities that fit your needs in an easy and efficient way.
You can find out more: here
Our Marketplace platform is available to everyone who is successful through our selection process.
FAQs
If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch or refer to our FAQ area below.
A: Typically, these assignments are either more administrative in nature or there may not be a sufficient level of supervision to be considered as qualifying work experience through the SQE process. You may already have a training contract or are just looking to gain legal experience. Accuflex is here to offer you just that.
A: Typically you will be employed by us and sent out to our clients, but there may be instances where clients wish to employ you directly.
A: Yes! Provided you have successfully completed our selection process for trainee solicitor opportunities. Working as a paralegal can be a great way to gain experience whilst the right trainee solicitor placements become available.
A: Except under exceptional circumstances, Accutrainee will not be able to certify this time as Qualifying Work Experience as we will not have sufficient exposure to your work or the opportunity to assess the competencies gained in order to make this possible. This can also be because we don’t feel the quality of the work is sufficient to give you GOOD Qualifying Work Experience. In order to secure Qualifying Work Experience please submit an application for trainee solicitor opportunities.
A: They can vary depending on the client and need, but typically will be 3 to 12 months. We do support our clients who wish to hire on a permanent basis through a contract to permanent model or direct hiring. We would be happy to discuss both types depending on your preferences.
A: Due to the pandemic, we have seen a large increase in remote working, but we expect circumstances to change with clients moving back to an office based working pattern or a flexible working pattern with some remote working. We have filled assignments in many major cities.
A: We have clients in a wide variety of sectors in both legal practice and in-house.
A: We want to see a well written cover note introducing yourself giving us a good understanding of your situation and interest in working through our flexible resourcing solution.
A: We have a brand-new platform where you can access free and paid for training and development. We also run events and offering mentoring and support.
A: We can send you a copy of our standard terms on request, but it is standard process to complete an interview first.