Law Clerk or Solicitor - Abuse Law

Shine Lawyers; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Shine Lawyers in Brisbane CBD is seeking a Law Clerk or Solicitor to join our Abuse Law practice. You will be on the frontline as we seek justice, with ongoing mentoring and development. The role is a permanent full-time opportunity, and we are open to four days per week.

In this position, you’ll assist solicitors with advice and representation to obtain compensation, work across sensitive client matters, and develop strong client relationships while drafting documents with attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws with a current practising certificate or nearing completion.
• Experience in Abuse Law preferred but not essential.
• Strong client management and sensitivity handling.

Responsibilities

• Assist solicitors to provide clients with legal advice and representation to obtain compensation.
• Work across a variety of client matters that require a high level of sensitivity.
• Support our solicitors to provide legal advice to each client's particular matter to suit their level of understanding.
• Develop and maintain strong professional working relationships with clients, including effective and regular communication and managing the client's expectations.
• Draft legal documentation with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Manage and run a file load with a high level of commercial and fiscal awareness.

Skills

Client management

Litigation exposure

Legal drafting

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Empathy for clients

Education

Bachelor of Laws

Practising certificate

Job description

“What keeps me at Shine is the constant support to better yourself in your job. I like the fact it really is a culture of empowering their staff to want to be the best in the industry."

The Opportunity

As a Law Clerk or Solicitor in our Abuse Law practice in Brisbane CBD, you'll be on the frontline as we doggedly seek justice. While experience in Abuse Law is preferred, it is not essential for success in this role. We are open to applications from legal professionals with exposure to litigation, strong client management skills and a genuine passion for helping vulnerable individuals achieve justice. In this role, you'll benefit from ongoing mentoring and development, working alongside an experienced and supportive team committed to your success. This is a permanent full-time opportunity, although we are open to candidates seeking four days per week. With compassion, connection and purpose, you’ll truly champion our clients by:

• Assist solicitors to provide clients with legal advice and representation to obtain compensation
• Work across a variety of client matters that require a high level of sensitivity
• Support our solicitors to provide legal advice to each client's particular matter to suit their level of understanding
• Develop and maintain strong professional working relationships with clients, including effective and regular communication and managing the client's expectations
• Draft legal documentation with a high degree of attention to detail
• Manage and run afile load with a high level of commercial and fiscal awareness

“What keeps me at Shine is the constant support to better yourself in your job. I like the fact it really is a culture of empowering their staff to want to be the best in the industry."

The Opportunity

As a Law Clerk or Solicitor in our Abuse Law practice in Brisbane CBD, you'll be on the frontline as we doggedly seek justice. While experience in Abuse Law is preferred, it is not essential for success in this role. We are open to applications from legal professionals with exposure to litigation, strong client management skills and a genuine passion for helping vulnerable individuals achieve justice. In this role, you'll benefit from ongoing mentoring and development, working alongside an experienced and supportive team committed to your success. This is a permanent full-time opportunity, although we are open to candidates seeking four days per week. With compassion, connection and purpose, you’ll truly champion our clients by:

• Assist solicitors to provide clients with legal advice and representation to obtain compensation
• Work across a variety of client matters that require a high level of sensitivity
• Support our solicitors to provide legal advice to each client's particular matter to suit their level of understanding
• Develop and maintain strong professional working relationships with clients, including effective and regular communication and managing the client's expectations
• Draft legal documentation with a high degree of attention to detail
• Manage and run afile load with a high level of commercial and fiscal awareness

What you’ll bring

To thrive in this role, you’ll have:

• A Bachelor of Laws with a current practising certificate, or be nearing completion of your legal studies.
• A strong understanding of, and ability to interpret the relevant legislation and legal documentation.
• Enjoy working on legally challenging and factually complex matters
• Maturity and confidence to deal with clients who may be experiencing trauma
• A desire to be part of a strong, cohesive team that works together to get great results
• An innate ability to question, challenge the status quo and always stay ahead of the pack.
• A commitment to truly connect with those around you and work together to deliver exceptional results for our clients.
• The passion, motivation and enthusiasm to contribute to our culture and ensure it’s a place where everyone can thrive.

Shine Lawyers: A place for you. It means more here.

At Shine, purpose really matters.

• It’s our clients, who summon the courage to stand up to injustice.
• It’s the communities we are part of and support every day.
• It’s our team, who champion what’s right and make this place what it is.

We’re an ASX-listed organisation, and we've been standing up for the rights of everyday Australians for more than 50 years. We’ve achieved a lot but you’ll find no airs and graces here. We’re humble yet relentless. We don’t pretend to be anything other than ourselves.

And together, we’ve created a place for you to thrive.

Here are some of the things we hope you’ll love about working with us:

• Connect and be you:Get the benefits you need, and work with truly authentic people. And you can enjoy the security of a large, well-established firm that treats you as a person, not a number.
• Challenge and be challenged:We’re not here for “easy”. We want you to take your place at Shine and make a real impact. Question and challenge - that’s how we grow.
• Achieve and grow:Start your Shine journey with our award-winning learning programs, where you’ll find immediate connection and be set up for success. We provide innovative in-house learning programs and real opportunities to step up and grow - within your role and beyond.

Visit https://www.shine.com.au/careers/life-shine to find out more and read the stories of our incredible people.

Excited to join us and stand up to injustice?

As part of The Circle Back Initiative, we want you to feel supported through our recruitment process, which means that you will hear back from our friendly team – no matter the outcome.

We are committed to making Shine Lawyers a place for you by encouraging and supporting our people to bring their authentic selves to the workplace, and as a result, we know you’ll put your best self forward while righting wrong for our clients. We’re passionate about maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment here at Shine that celebrates all of our differences with age, disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, to name a few, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates.

You bring you.