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Discovery Internship - Grad Edition: Planning and Regulatory Legal Intern (Liverpool City Council)

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1108490


Liverpool John Moores University


11/05/2026


Other - See Job


This internship will run for 140 hours


Smart Casual

Pay


£12.83


£1.55

Description

Role

***Ringfenced to level 6 LJMU students only***

***Applications must be submitted using the application form linked below. Please upload it instead of a CV. Any other method will not be accepted***

Download application form 

The internship position will assist the lawyers within Legal Services, Law & Governance Directorate, the in-house legal team of Liverpool City Council. Our Service have specialist lawyers in the key areas of public sector law in the following teams: Planning & Regulatory, Adult Social Care & Litigation, Property & Regeneration, Commercial Law, Child Protection, and Legal Practice & Business.

Duties and responsibilities
This internship position will be based within the Planning & Regulatory Team who primarily deal with planning policy & development control, licensing, highways, and Private Sector prosecutions.

Main duties will all be subject to appropriate supervision and will include:
• Drafting highways and planning legal agreements.
• Drafting information, summonses, and other prosecution documentation
• Drafting compulsory purchase documentation
• Support counsel at hearings when required
• Attend court and committee hearings
• Data inputting of prosecution information
• Research case law
• Preparation of court bundles including liaison with parties in respect of agreeing documents to be omitted and administration.

Skills and experience
Knowledge of Planning and Regulatory law is preferred but not essential. No specific qualifications or experience are required but the candidate should be:

• willing to learn
• able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with various professions and agencies, using standard Microsoft applications
• able to work under pressure and to meet guidelines
• able to take comprehensive and accurate notes of meetings and/or evidence at court

Location
L3 1AH

Additional information

***Ringfenced to level 6 LJMU students only***

***Applications must be submitted using the application form linked below. Please upload it instead of a CV. Any other method will not be accepted***

Download application form Applications close at 11:59pm on Sunday 15th March 2026

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