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Available positions

About us

We specialise in family law and particularly in difficult or interesting cases. Our work is diverse and covers the whole gamut of problems faced by the families of today.

We regularly advise on Children Act cases that involve complex issues, such as alienation or coercive control. Our financial work has a range from modest value assets (which can be the most challenging cases) to the families with up to many millions of pounds in assets.

We are committed to offering affordable law. We are transitioning to unbundled services and fixed fees only and we are market leaders in this method of helping clients to afford legal advice. Full training will be provided if this is new to you.

We are operating a remote practice. You can be anywhere in the country although we would expect you to attend our Oxford office occasionally for team building purposes or training. Not all our staff work from Oxfordshire, so your geography is not an issue for us.

We provide training to improve your skills and ensure you have access to the latest practitioner assistance such as Lexis Nexis PSL, MBL learning and case management with AI assistance built in.

We offer a healthy respect for your work/life balance, a competitive salary and a benefits package based on loyalty and performance. If you needed flexibility in your hours that is something we could discuss with you but this is a full time role.

About You

You will probably be between 3 ( and a lot of pre qualification) to 10 years PQE.

You can be a Solicitor or a Legal Executive. You will be intellectually curious and previously pushed yourself so you can learn things to help a client.

Having an awareness/interest about domestic abuse is advantageous. We are also keen to hear from you if you do some of your own advocacy or have done in the past.

You will enjoy having the autonomy that goes hand in hand with running a caseload and making the judgement calls necessary for successful outcomes for clients. You will be compassionate, motivated and responsible.

Your Career

The firm is mindful that developing talent from inside the organisation is the way to make sure all those at Family First stay engaged and in love with their work.

With 20% of family lawyers considering leaving the field, we strongly believe that motivation is not just about money (although that helps) but an ability to be the best you can be, with a firm that doesn’t sweep stress and wellbeing issues under the carpet.

If you are thinking of developing an ADR practice, a career in the judiciary, obtaining higher rights, or eventually you see yourself as a business owner, then we should talk.