Job Advertisement – lawyer / legal apprentice (1st year of apprenticeship)

JGA Ginckaj, Morawiec, Olszewski, Stankiewicz Sp. p. Law Firm is currently looking for a candidate for the position of:

Lawyer / Apprentice Legal Counsel (1st year of apprenticeship)

Responsibilities:

• drafting and reviewing drafts of pleadings, contracts, regulations, legal opinions, and information in the field of civil law, commercial law, economic law, and labour law.
• drafting other documents as part of legal support for particular clients,
• drafting pleadings in civil proceedings,
• managing case files for designated clients,
• assisting a legal counselor/senior specialist lawyer in ongoing legal services,
• representing clients before courts if holding the legal apprentice status,
• obtaining information about the status of court and out-of-court proceedings conducted by our Law Firm, conducting analysis of judicial decisions.

Requirements:

• interest in civil law, economic law, and labour law matters (experience will be an additional asset),
• higher education in law (legal apprentice status is not required),
• practical knowledge of the English language (Legal English will be an additional asset),
  
• timeliness and ability to work under time pressure,
• logical and analytical thinking skills,
• proficiency in using office equipment and MS Office packages, particularly EXCEL,
• ability to work in a team, commitment, and willingness for professional development, good work organisation, independence, diligence, and accuracy.

We offer:

• employment contract for a probationary period (full-time),
• great opportunities for professional development,
• interesting and responsible work,
• good working atmosphere,
• possibility to participate in Legal English course,
• possibility of extending the collaboration.

Interested candidates are requested to send their CV and cover letter to: ecieslik@jga.com.pl.

If you are interested in participating in future recruitment processes conducted by the Law Firm, please include a statement in your application documents consenting to the processing of your personal data for use in subsequent recruitments conducted by our Law Firm within the next 12 months.

Example statement (consent is not mandatory):

“I hereby give consent for the processing of my personal data for use in subsequent recruitment processes conducted by the Law Firm JGA Ginckaj, Morawiec, Olszewski, Stankiewicz Sp. p., with its registered office in Katowice, for the next 12 months.”

Please be informed that:

The administrator of your personal data is the Law Firm JGA Ginckaj, Morawiec, Olszewski, Stankiewicz Sp. p., with its registered office under the following address: ul. Kilińskiego 34, Katowice.

If you have any questions regarding the protection of personal data in the recruitment process, please contact us at the email address: iod@jga.com.pl, or in writing to our registered office address with the note “personal data protection.”

Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of current or future recruitment (depending on the scope of consent provided) based on Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016, and the Labour Code of 26 June 1974.

Your personal data will be stored for the duration of the recruitment process until its completion / for the period of the current and future recruitments (depending on the scope of consent provided), but not longer than 12 months.

You have the right to request access to your personal data, the right to rectify, erase or restrict its processing, the right to object to processing, the right to data portability, the right to withdraw consent at any time, to the extent provided by law.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office if you believe that the processing of your personal data contradicts the provisions regarding the protection of personal data.

Providing personal data is obligatory based on legal regulations, and in other respects, it is voluntary. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Your personal data will not be used for automated decision-making, including profiling.

Recipients of your personal data may include entities providing IT system service services, acting in the name of and on behalf of the data controller within the scope of the provided services.