PLT Student

This PLT placement is designed to give a law graduate or final‑year student supervised, hands‑on experience in a busy legal practice while completing the work experience component of their Practical Legal Training.

Purpose of the Role:

The PLT Student will support solicitors and conveyancers at VK Lawyers across property, commercial and estates matters, gaining exposure to file work, client communication and legal drafting under supervision. The role is focused on learning, skills development and meeting PLT work experience requirements, not on billable targets.

Key Responsibilities

Under the supervision of VK Lawyers’ solicitors, the PLT Student may:

• Assist with conveyancing and property transactions (intake, contract review, basic searches and file management).

• Conduct legal research and prepare brief research notes on property, commercial and estates issues.

• Draft and format documents and correspondence (emails, letters, simple agreements, file notes) for lawyer review.

• Help with client intake: recording instructions, updating matter details and maintaining accurate file records in the practice management system.

• Assist with preparing settlement packs, checklists and simple calculations for conveyancing matters.

• Liaise with clients, agents and other stakeholders to confirm information or arrange appointments, under direction from supervising lawyers.

• Perform general administrative and file management tasks to support an efficient and compliant legal practice.

All work will be supervised and checked, with regular feedback to support learning and PLT competency development.