Graduate Lawyer – Personal Injury (WC, WID, MVA & TPD)

Withstand Lawyers; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Parramatta office with parking

Job summary

Withstand Lawyers invites a Graduate or junior lawyer to join our personal injury practice in Parramatta. From the start, you will learn our systems, advance casework, and build a caseload under guidance. Excellence in drafting is our initial focus as you grow to lead matters and collaborate with a paralegal and legal secretary as required.

The role offers training, ongoing education, CPD, and a clear path for progression in a friendly, no-politics team with a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• Graduate or junior lawyer admitted or due for admission by early 2027.
• Strong drafting skills: clear, precise and well structured.
• Ability to absorb complex information and summarise what matters.
• Positive attitude and commitment to continual self-improvement.
• Ambitious, with a desire to grow into a capable and confident lawyer.
• 12 months' experience in workers compensation is preferred, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Progress clients' claims from intake through evidence, lodgement, negotiation and resolution.
• Draft advice, statements and correspondence with insurers and medical practitioners, supported by established precedents.
• Review and summarise medical, legal and insurer material accurately.
• Communicate with clients clearly, kindly and in plain English.
• Gain experience across four practice areas, then develop a practice in your area of strength.
• Supportive senior lawyers who will guide you in each practice area.

Skills

Drafting

Client communication

Legal research

Attention to detail

Case management

Education

Law degree

Tools

Smokeball

Job description

Graduate Lawyer – Personal Injury (WC, WID, MVA & TPD)

Graduate or junior lawyer (admitted or due for admission by early 2027).

The Opportunity

Withstand Lawyers is welcoming a graduate lawyer to our personal injury practice.

From the start, you'll progress casework and move clients' claims forward, learning our systems and workflows along the way. As your confidence grows, matters will be allocated to you and your caseload will build gradually.

Our first focus in your career is ensuring you're an excellent drafter, because a lawyer who drafts well can confidently review and guide the work of others. Once your practice reaches 50 matters, you'll have your own paralegal and legal secretary. You'll delegate drafting to your team and focus on running your matters, operating your practice, negotiating and settling them effectively.

We're looking for someone ambitious, with a positive attitude and a genuine drive to keep improving. If you care about helping injured people and want to build a long‑term career in personal injury law, you'll feel at home here.

About Withstand Lawyers

Since 2014 we have acted for plaintiffs in workers compensation, work injury damages, motor vehicle accident, TPD and public liability claims. We are based in Parramatta and have recovered more than $60 million for our clients on a No Win No Fee basis.

We're a team that values honesty and trust, owns its work, leaves ego at the door and takes real pride in getting good outcomes for our clients.

The Role

Progress clients' claims from intake through evidence, lodgement, negotiation and resolution.

Draft advice, statements and correspondence with insurers and medical practitioners, supported by established precedents.

Review and summarise medical, legal and insurer material accurately.

Communicate with clients clearly, kindly and in plain English.

Gain experience across all four practice areas, then develop a practice in your area of strength.

Training and Support

Supportive senior lawyers who will guide you in each practice area.

Ongoing legal education, including regular updates on leading cases and legislative change.

CPD covered.

A dedicated paralegal and legal secretary once your practice reaches 50 matters.

Modern systems including Smokeball, automated workflows and AI-assisted drafting and research.

Clear expectations and a defined path for progression, set out in writing.

Regular performance and pay reviews, with your first review at six months on successful completion of probation.

Eligibility for our formula-based bonus as your practice grows.

A friendly, collegiate team, free of office politics.

Monthly team get-togethers.

Hybrid arrangement: three days a week from home.

Parramatta office with in‑building parking, ten minutes from the station.

Basketball, table tennis and putt‑putt on site.

About You

Strong drafting skills: clear, precise and well structured.

The ability to absorb complex information and summarise what matters.

A positive attitude and a genuine commitment to continual self‑improvement.

Ambitious, with a desire to grow into a capable and confident lawyer.

Admitted, or due for admission in 2027.

12 months' experience in workers compensation is preferred, but not essential.