Public Sector Legal Recruitment

Lawyers and paralegal recruitment

LAW Absolute is the market leader in the provision of lawyers and paralegals into temporary legal roles within the Public Sector. Having established this strong interim history, we have now expanded to assist with permanent recruitment campaigns. As market leaders, we are in the position to introduce an impressive and varied portfolio of public sector roles to lawyers and paralegals registering with LAW Absolute.

We have dedicated a team who focus on making legal placements into local government, and another team that focuses on placing into central government, regulatory bodies and the wider not-for-profit sector.

Successful legal recruitment

Our success is built on many dedicated years of legal recruitment into the public sector, and we are proud to boast numerous examples of repeat business and hundreds of candidate referrals. As a business we are confident that these result from the knowledge we offer and the quality of the service we provide.

We are capable of handling bulk recruitment projects with tailored methodologies incorporating blind or contextual recruitment processes. LAW Absolute works with most, if not all, of the managed vendor and recruitment process outsourcing organisations that operate within the public sector.

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Public Sector – Local Government

The Local Government team places Lawyers and Paralegals into Local Authorities throughout England and Wales. We are a leading supplier across London Boroughs and place candidates nationwide into local government and housing associations.

Local authorities recruit a wide skill set but particularly lawyers working in childcare, planning, property, adult social services, housing and commercial contracts and procurement. We have a market leader in the placement of interim staff in to local government but actively undertake permanent recruitment campaigns.

Central Government & Not-For-Profit

Our team specialises in recruiting paralegals, solicitors and lawyers at all levels up to and including Heads of Legal for Central Government, Regulatory Bodies and the Charities Sector. We have a long and excellent track record in filling fixed-term contracts, permanent and temporary legal jobs.

LAW Absolute is the recognised market leader in this market. We are frequently retained on an exclusive basis as sole supplier and we are a preferred supplier to the vast majority of central government and regulatory bodies.

We undertake legal recruitment which spans a wide range of functional legal disciplines. These include litigators for central government, advocates for health regulation and commercial contracts lawyers for non departmental public bodies. Other fields within which our team operates include judicial review, regulation and employment, freedom of information, prosecutions, public law and policy.

We find public and third sector roles for many lawyers with public and charity experience, as well as those new to the sector. We also support lawyers from other commonwealth jurisdictions as well as those seeking a change from private practice (often top tier firms) in finding roles.