Hijab Gillani

I hold a degree in Sociology and Law, with 2.5 years of legal experience. I am seeking paralegal opportunities in the West Midlands.

LKW Solicitors (April 2025-July 2025)

Family Paralegal

• Supported solicitors in family law cases, including divorce, financial claims and child arrangement matters across both privately funded and legal aid cases.
• Assisted in preparing for key hearings by taking client instructions, providing legal advice, obtaining evidence, preparing legal documents, witness statements and court bundles. Helped in shaping effective case strategies that led to positive resolutions. 
• Maintained regular communication with clients and third parties, while managing competing priorities, working both independently and collaboratively.
• Conducted legal research on complex financial issues in family breakdowns, whilst ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and achieving fee income targets to ensure profitable working. 

Conveyancing Assistant

• Assisted a team of solicitors and fee-earners with all aspects of residential conveyancing transactions, including drafting contracts, carrying out property searches, and liaising with clients, estate agents and lenders; successfully processed over 150 residential conveyancing transactions.
• Acted on behalf of purchasers and sellers; from taking client’s initial instructions through to completion.
• Managed post-exchange legal formalities; including drafting contracts, preparing transfer deeds, requisitions on title, redemption figures, mortgage deeds, certificate of title, land registry searches and stamp duty transactions.

Southall Black Sisters(Jan 2020-June 2021)

Domestic Violence Advocate Trainee

• Provided information, advice, practical support and advocacy work on domestic and gender-based violence, while independently managing a diverse caseload. 
• Collaborated with legal experts to challenge decisions and policies, and advocated against actions of police, social care, local authorities and other agencies to ensure clients received effective representation.
• Prepared reports, support letters through the collection and drafting of evidence and statements.
• Provided basic legal representation, including court attendance, while offering empathetic and compassionate support to clients facing challenging personal circumstances.

The University of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law – Commendation (Sep 2021–Jul 2022)

Criminal Law (75%),Contract Law (72%),Equity & Trusts (72%), EU Law (68%),Tort Law (68%) Land Law (68%)

University of Warwick, BA (Hons)Sociology – 2:1 (Oct 2015-Jul2018)