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Published in Skills Jersey 2025 Reach Magazine

Paralegal, Jamie Raphael-Hall talks about his career in the legal profession in the 2025 Reach Magazine, a guide to higher education.

What attracted you to a career in law?
The opportunity to help people who have been dealt an awful hand in life and need help in gaining justice and closure. All the while, making enough to fund my other passions such a travelling, and afford groceries.

How has your career developed since being with Viberts?
The experience of being in a busy but brilliantly hardworking dispute resolution team, who were always happy to help and teach me, really helped me thrive in an almost sink or swim manner fashion. This has given me invaluable experience dealing which clients, drafting documents and managing cases.

What 3 attributes do you need for your job?
Adaptability - to adapt to different situations, as sometimes things go wrong. Determination – If law was easy, it wouldn’t be prestigious. Humour – Working in a law firm can at times be challenging and sometimes intense, so it’s important to be able to balance that and lift the mood at times.

What career tip would you give your younger self?
It took me a long time to realise that if I wanted to achieve my goals I would have to start working hard for them, so maybe something along the lines of; if you never really strive for anything, you’ll never achieve anything.