Graduate Lawyer - Class Action

GMP Law; Sydney; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

GMP Lawyers invites a recent law graduate to join our Class Action team at entry level. You should be about to be admitted or recently admitted to legal practice.

No prior class action background is required; enthusiasm and a genuine passion for building a career are what matter most. Key duties include providing legal advice, managing matters, and completing tasks under our Work Plans while maintaining accurate time sheets and organised files.

Qualifications

• A completed Law degree.
• Admission to practice as a solicitor in NSW or near Admission.
• High motivation for a career in Class Action.
• A positive attitude toward dealing with clients, and a motivation to engage with clients diligently and patiently.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and matter management within client engagement requirements.
• Accept, comprehend and carry out tasks and instructions from team members per Work Plans.
• Follow team reporting and update procedures to ensure tasks are completed.
• Participate in conferences and meetings with plaintiffs, expert witnesses and Counsel.
• Maintain electronic time sheets and up-to-date electronic files.

Education

Law degree

Job description

GMP Lawyers is a well-established litigation focused law firm with many offices throughout Australia including Sydney and Parramatta. GMP Lawyers which, for 30 years, has had an unrivalled reputation for providing high standard legal representation and advice in personal injuries and personal injury litigation.

About the Role

This is an excellent chance for a Graduate Solicitor to join our Class Action team at entry-level. Ideally, you will be a recent law graduate, about to be admitted, or recently admitted to legal practice. We appreciate you may not have a background or experience in class action; what matters most is your genuine passion and your eagerness to build a career.

Key duties and responsibilities

Provision of legal advice and matter management

• Within the requirements of our client’s engagement;
• Accept, comprehend and carry out promptly tasks and instructions from team members in accordance with our Work Plans;
• Understand and follow team reporting and follow-up procedures to ensure your allocated Work Plan tasks are carried out and followed up until completion;
• Show initiative in providing feedback on ongoing development of Work Plans and our Review procedures;
• Participate in and contribute to conferences and meetings with plaintiffs, expert witnesses and Counsel;

Professional Development

• Participating in relevant internal or external continuing professional programs and workshops;
• Attending and participating in team meetings and wider firm team meetings.

Administration and practice management

• Maintaining electronic time sheets of all work done on an ongoing basis in real-time;
• Ensuring electronic files are up to date and matters in files are properly saved within the system, and renamed according to our file naming protocols;
• Monitor the payment of disbursements and manage databases of disbursements paid and outstanding.
• Arrange and facilitate video conferences.

About you

To be considered for this opportunity, you will need:

• A completed Law degree.
• Admission to practice as a solicitor in NSW or near Admission.
• High motivation for a career in Class Action.
• A positive attitude toward dealing with clients, and a motivation to engage with clients diligently and patiently.

To join GMP Lawyers to an emerging team in a long-established results-based litigation firm with a strong emphasis on collaborative work in systems-oriented environment.

We are proud of our authentic, plain speaking, friendly and collaborative firm culture, which, we believe, respects, values and rewards the input and contributions made by all firm members, no matter what their seniority. We actively encourage our lawyers to progress with us as they progress through the own careers. We are proud of the achievement of the lawyers who have chosen this path.

If you believe you should work in a highly professional and team environment which can also focus on your own professional development, whilst being supported both professionally and personally then you will find your professional home at GMP Lawyers.