Vacancy - Paralegal - Undergraduate Placement Year
Full time, Permanent, based in our Plymouth office
We are delighted to have opened our applications for a Paralegal undergraduate placement year student.
Are you ready to take your first significant step toward a successful career in law? At Nash & Co Solicitors, we’re offering an outstanding opportunity to gain real-world legal experience as a Paralegal through our Undergraduate Placement Scheme, starting on 1st September 2025.
This isn’t about shadowing from the sidelines. You’ll be a core part of our team, contributing to meaningful work, learning directly from experienced professionals, and gaining a genuine insight into life at a top law firm.
Closing deadline for the Placement role will be Sunday 2nd February 2025. Shortlisting will then take place with interviews scheduled for late February/early March.
What You’ll Experience
During this one-year placement, you’ll become an integral member of one of our specialist teams. While the team you join will depend on our business needs at the time, we’ll aim to align your placement with your interests wherever possible. Our practice areas include:
Corporate and Commercial Law
Employment
Commercial Property and Development
Property and Commercial Litigation
Family Law
Private Wealth Services (Wills, Trusts, Tax Planning, and Probate)
Residential Conveyancing
No matter which team you join, your role will offer hands-on experience and a genuine taste of legal practice. You’ll:
Collaborate with solicitors and partners on live client work
Attend meetings (and where appropriate, court proceedings), gaining invaluable insight into legal processes
Conduct research to support ongoing cases and client matters
Develop a solid understanding of how the law is applied to solve complex challenges
You’ll be working in a supportive, welcoming environment where your contributions will be valued, and your growth will be encouraged every step of the way.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re seeking bright, proactive students with a genuine enthusiasm for pursuing a career in law.
To apply, you’ll need:
At least a 2:1 in your first year of study, and
At least a predicted 2:1 in your second year
We value excellent grades, but we’re also looking for qualities that will genuinely set you apart. If you’re hardworking, collaborative, and eager to make the most of this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. The ideal candidates should demonstrate:
A positive attitude and an eagerness to embrace new challenges
A strong ability to work as part of a team
Commercial awareness and an understanding of the bigger picture in legal work
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
A commitment to providing exceptional client service
A sharp eye for detail and a methodical approach to tasks
Outstanding time management and organisational abilities
A genuine desire to learn, grow, and contribute meaningfully to the team
Why Choose Nash & Co Solicitors?
At Nash & Co, we’re passionate about investing in future talent. Our placement programme isn’t just about observing—it’s about giving you the tools, experiences, and support to develop the skills you’ll need for a successful legal career.
You’ll work on meaningful tasks alongside dedicated professionals, gaining an authentic understanding of what it takes to thrive in a dynamic law firm. With our guidance, you’ll leave your placement year with invaluable experience, stronger confidence, and a clearer sense of your future path in law.
Because of the nature of the job, and the opportunities to learn from lawyers throughout the year, the job is based here in our office in Plymouth. It’s not available for remote or hybrid work.
If you’re ready to take on real responsibility, immerse yourself in challenging work, and make a positive impact, this placement could be the perfect next step for you.
Salary & benefits
We offer a highly competitive salary, 6 weeks holiday per year, a health cash back plan, death in service benefit, and a healthy bonus scheme.
Outside of work, we organise various events for our people throughout the year and live and work in undoubtedly one of the most beautiful parts of the country. Plymouth is a lively city, and has recently been named in PwC’s report as the number one city in the UK to live.
It’s vitally important to us that our people can maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and well-being and we're very happy to talk about opportunities for flexible/remote working, full-time or part-time working patterns.
This really is a two-way relationship. Our clients benefit from your hard work, your expertise, commitment and experience. In return, you’ll be an important and valued member of the firm, and we’ll do whatever we can to make sure that you have access to the resources that both you and your family need to thrive.
You can find out more about the benefits of employment at Nash & Co Solicitors, by clicking here.
Our values
Everything that we do at Nash & Co Solicitors, is done with these values in mind.
Be Fair – we do not expect you to work ‘silly hours’, in fact we discourage it. In our view, work is part of our lives, not all of it.
Be Kind – we are committed to being kind to both clients and our people. This helps to create an environment where our people produce their best work, and our clients return time and again. We should always be supportive, compassionate and act thoughtfully.
Be Transparent – we should always be transparent about costs, timescales, and the work that we do for clients. We should be in regular contact with our clients, keeping things understandable and avoiding legal jargon wherever possible.
Be Honest – if something goes wrong, or circumstances change, we should always communicate this with our clients as soon as possible.
Be Brilliant – We should constantly challenge ourselves to be better, think bigger and work to find creative solutions to clients’ challenges.
Diversity and inclusion
At Nash & Co Solicitors, diversity and inclusion naturally underpins how we as a firm live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our firm, where everyone can feel comfortable coming to work.
Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the one of the top law firms in the area; and because of this, we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.
Our environmental and community commitments
We have a range of long-term environmental commitments, particularly with ocean-based charities and organisations - the Ocean Conservation Trust, the National Marine Aquarium, Surfers Against Sewage, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Plymouth is known as Britain’s Ocean City, and we want to do our bit to help look after the seas and rivers that surround us. We’re also running our own rewilding and tree planting scheme in our grounds and the adjacent public park, to encourage wildlife to thrive. You can find out more about our environmental commitments here.
Here at Nash & Co we have always believed in doing whatever we can to help and support our local community, and this will always be an important part of the firm. From buying Christmas presents for young carers across Plymouth to paying for our staff to enter half marathons, 10k and 5k events. From doing beach cleans and street cleans to cycling the equivalent of Plymouth to the South of France and organising bake sales and charity quizzes etc. Supporting our community is something that we’re all really passionate about and more than happy to do. Click here to find out more about the work that we do in the community.
Hybrid/Remote working
Because of the nature of the job, we would need you to be in the office at all times. It’s particularly difficult to learn from senior lawyers, or others in your team, when you’re working from home and they’re in the office.
Pre-engagement screening
In the event that we make an offer to you, and where relevant, we may conduct pre-engagement screening checks. These may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the UK, any criminal records, and work-related references.
Application for Paralegal - Undergraduate Placement Year
If you have any questions, or you’d like to speak to us direct, you can contact us at careers@nash.co.uk or by calling Joanne Arnold, our Office Manager, on 01752 664444. Thank you.
Wait! Before you click SUBMIT!
When you complete the application form below, please, make sure that you tell us all about yourself. We don’t just want to know how well you are doing at University. It’s vitally important that we know about you as a person as well. We’d love to know about your interest in law and what’s driving you to become a Solicitor. What qualities do you have that will help you to stand out from other applicants and eventually become a good Solicitor? For us, our decision to appoint someone is as much about the person themselves, as it is about their qualifications.
Also, please don’t forget to attach your current CV AND a cover letter. You’d be surprised just how many people forget to send us a cover letter to go with the application.
Thank you, we really look forward to hearing from you!