Apply for a job at Copenhagen Legal Aid

At Copenhagen Legal Aid you can make a difference for many people at the same time, whilst gaining  professional experience working with law in practice and among other things by advising clients on real life problems face-to-face.

With approximately 200 employees, Copenhagen Legal Aid is the largest legal aid organisation in the country. As an employee, you become part of a large network of current and former employees in the Legal Aid.

We deal with civil cases concerning, among other things, tenant law, family law, inheritance law, contract law, including consumer law, social law and foreigner law, etc. We provide verbal advice, correspond with counterparties to try to settle cases, but also apply for free court procedures and bring civil actions.

Requirements for the Legal Aid's volunteer advisors

  • Having obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree.
  • Solid legal understanding and an eagerness to strengthen both your theoretical and practical application of the law.

  • The ability to dedicate a fixed weeknight to attend the Legal Aid - every week, even during exam time, and when competing with football on TV or a fun party with friends.

  • High level of responsibility, curiosity to learn both about the law and being responsible for your own portfolio of clients and cases, strategic thinking, argumentation technique, strong written communication, as well as the ability to communicate with all types of people and to solve problems you have never tried before.

In return, we offer

  • That you will be responsible for your own case and client portfolio together with a permanent co-advisor.

  • That you become part of one of the Legal Aid's 5 permanent teams, each with 35+ lawyers and two experienced managers with a strong professional and social cohesion - all of whom you can spar with when cases need to be resolved.

  • That you become part of the country's largest and oldest legal aid organisation with professional IT systems, literature and the ambition to provide advice at the highest level, but free of charge.

  • To become part of the network of current and former Legal Aid advisors who working across Denmark's authorities, courts, law offices and private companies.

  • The Legal Aid also offers a job as a receptionist, where you have a fixed weekday at the Legal Aid reception and assist clients and employees through busy evenings of solving our clients' problems.

How to work?

At Copenhagen Legal Aid you can make a difference for many people at the same time, whilst gaining  professional experience working with law in practice and among other things by advising clients on real life problems face-to-face.

With approximately 200 employees, Copenhagen Legal Aid is the largest legal aid organisation in the country. As an employee, you become part of a large network of current and former employees in the Legal Aid.

We deal with civil cases concerning, among other things, tenant law, family law, inheritance law, contract law, including consumer law, social law and foreigner law, etc. We provide verbal advice, correspond with counterparties to try to settle cases, but also apply for free court procedures and bring civil actions.

How do I apply?

We continuously hire new employees who at least have a Bachelor of Law degree.

Send your application with your CV and copy of your diploma to:

Copenhagen Legal Aid , Att. Managing Director Jesper Gradert