Key Features

• Children work only — no crossover into divorce or finance files
• 4 days working from home once settled, with genuine flexibility around experience and location
• Bonus of 1/3 of billings above target in a Legal 500-ranked team

Children lawyers are increasingly being asked to do more with less — more files, more admin, more pressure, often without the support or flexibility to make the job sustainable long term.

This Blackburn-based role feels noticeably different. The team is growing quickly because the demand for children work continues to increase, and there’s already more work coming in than the department currently has capacity for. You’ll step into an existing caseload from day one, supported by dedicated paralegal and secretarial help, centralised billing and a leadership team that remains approachable despite the firm’s rapid growth.

The role is focused purely on children matters, both private an...