Muna Adam Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Solicitor at Osbornes Law in the Housing, Social Care, and Litigation Department

Paralegal in the housing, social care and litigation department.

Senior paralegal supervising a team of 20 childcare paralegals responsible for the day-to-day project management of Children's Social Care Subject Access Requests.

Redacting and reviewing historic children's social care files for individuals and as part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

London, United Kingdom

Community Care and Education Department - worked on wide variety of cases involving children in need, children in care and care leavers under the Children Act 1989 as well as age assessments.Pro-actively ran controlled-work cases, achieving excellent outcomes for clients such as provision of accommodation and subsistence as well as compensation.Nearly doubled billable-hours’ target of £8000 in first 6 months (legal aid cases).Commended for the speed and attention to detail applied to reviewing client files for evidence.• Took initial instructions and gave advice; drafted initial representations; drafted pre-action protocol letters; drafted inter-partes correspondence.• Undertook case administration, upkeep of databases and filing.• Completed legal help forms and applied for legal aid (experienced with Client Cost Management System). • Conducted research; took witness statements; contacted experts; liaised with counsel. • Carried out bundling and prepared documents for trial.

London, United Kingdom

Established working group with legal firms and organized public legal seminars. Conceived and project-managed the UK’s first national writing competition for children in care, bringing publicity, connections and funding to the organisation.Specialised in complaints brought under the Children Act 1989, providing expert advice to the team and to advocates nationwide. • Held a high individual case-load of vulnerable children in care and care leavers.• Digested complex statutes into comprehensible language for our clients.• Handled initial enquiries and provided advice on the national helpline.• Negotiated with management, teams and stakeholders about new projects.

London, United Kingdom

• Coordinated smooth transition of advocacy service as the organisation downsized, whilst still holding an individual caseload. • Excelled as an appropriate adult in age assessments, influencing one local authority to retrain their staff. • Assumed responsibility for training and supervision of freelance advocates.

London, United Kingdom

• Promoted annually: play assistant, play worker, play leader and then assistant manager.• Achieved second highest rating following Ofsted inspection and a glowing report.• Introduced a new calendar of activities reflecting the diversity of our children.

London, United Kingdom

• Orchestrated development of new project between international governmental departments.• Facilitated dialogue, which resolved disagreements and conflict on diversity issues.• Most influential negotiator of internship scheme.

Legal Practice Course, Distinction

Electives in: Housing, Family, and Child Law

Graduate Diploma In Law, Law, Distinction And Award For Outstanding Achievement

Dissertation topic - age assessments.

Bachelor’S Degree, Arabic And Persian, 2:1

Arabic Language And Literature

Nvq3, Playwork

A-Level, Russian - A, German - A, English Literature - A