Solicitor/Senior Solicitor (Education Law) - School Exclusions Clinic

Job Title - Solicitor/Senior Solicitor (Education Law) - School Exclusions Clinic

Contract - 2-year fixed term contract

Hours - Full-time (35 hours) with 3-4 days a week on pro bono school exclusions project and the remainder on legal aid and/or private fees casework.

However, part-time with a minimum of 3 days per week will be considered and pay pro-rated accordingly.

Salary - The salary range for this role is £31,000 to £42,000 per annum, dependent on experience, PQE and the balance of grant funding and legal aid work.

If the post holder is conducting legal aid and/or private funded casework on top of the grant funded work, they may also benefit from eligibility for our bonus scheme on fees income.

Location - London

About Coram

Coram is the UK's oldest children's charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

Part of the Coram group, Coram Children's Legal Centre (CCLC) is the UK's specialist centre for children's rights in education, immigration, community care and family law, and provides significant international legal systems consultancy. The centre is located on the Coram Campus in central London with a base in Colchester. We champion access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation. Our Legal Practice Unit (LPU) provides advice and representation primarily under legal aid contract, complemented by grant-funded projects. Our Policy and Practice Change team promotes practice change through training and capacity-building to professionals and systems change through policy, influencing and convening. We use our broad and significant experience and expertise to promote and protect the rights of children in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a solicitor specialising in education law to join the CCLC team within a pro bono project, The School Exclusions Clinic. The role involves supervising external pro bono lawyers from corporate law firms to support children and families through the school exclusion process. In this role you will supervise the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation delivered by corporate volunteers. You will also manage your own legal aid and privately funded case work relating to special educational needs and disabilities and discrimination law. You will be passionate about delivering high quality advice and client care and be committed to children's rights and supporting CCLC's aims.

Applicants for the role need to be a qualified solicitor ideally with experience of education law casework and/or related public law practice.

Staff have access to Coram's wellbeing package and are well supported with access to training, supportive line management and benefit from being part of a wider collaborative legal practice team.

The role is based in our offices in London. Some hybrid working is possible (dependent on experience and subject to initial training and induction period agreement of the line manager).

We will consider requests for part-time working.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: Sunday 8th November 2026 at 11:59pm

Interview date: Week Commencing Monday 16th November 2026

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 281222.