68449 Law Commission: Research Assistant, Property, Family and Trust Team

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Details of these posts are set out in the separate Guide for Applicants available at: https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/research-assistants/more-information/

You MUST read the Guide for Applicants before applying. The skills and qualifications required for the posts, including minimum academic criteria are set out in the guide. If you attempt to apply without reading the guide first, your application is likely to fail automatically.

There is a separate recruitment campaign for each of our four legal teams, this campaign is for the Property, Family and Trust Law Team. Please ensure you submit your application to the correct team. Please only apply to one team as it is not our practice to cons

ider multiple applications.

The posts are on a fixed term basis, up to 12 months.

If we receive a high volume of applications, an initial sift will be carried out on the lead behaviour, communicating and influencing, together with the experience, legal research.

The Law Commission is a statutory body set up under the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reform where it is needed.

Its aims are:

The Law Commission is an independent non-departmental body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. Further information about the Law Commission and its work can be obtained from its website.