Legal Document Reviewer - Sydney

Empire Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Empire Group is seeking Electronic Document Reviewers to support global law firms from Sydney. You will review legal documents using Relativity or NUIX, perform relevance and privilege coding, and work under supervision. Roles may be remote, in-office, or hybrid and must be based in Australia.

We place reviewers and lawyers on short- to long-term projects across top-tier clients, offering diverse assignments and competitive hourly rates.

Qualifications

• Proven document review experience with Relativity or NUIX or similar.
• Legal graduates with document review background are encouraged to apply.
• Based in Australia with full working rights and availability for full-time hours.

Responsibilities

• As Electronic Document Reviewer, you will perform first/second tier review and QA on matters.
• Review legal documents, code for relevance and privilege under supervision.
• Work with Relativity or NUIX to classify documents and produce accurate outputs.

Skills

Document review experience

Education

LLB or equivalent

Tools

Relativity

NUIX

Job description

• Document review experience using Relativity/NUIX or similar required
• Document Reviewers/Law Graduates with Document Review experience
• Remote and Hybrid in house roles coming up! must be based in Australia

Legal Document Reviewer - Sydney

• Document review experience using Relativity/NUIX or similar required
• Document Reviewers/Law Graduates with Document Review experience
• Remote and Hybrid in house roles coming up! must be based in Australia

At Empire Group we place document reviewers and lawyers around the country in global law firms, top tier, mid tier and small firms as well as consulting and corporate clients. We currently have a number of upcoming projects and we are on the lookout for document reviewers across levels - 1st tier, 2nd tier and QA to assist on upcoming matters with our clients. These roles will run anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 or months and quite possibly longer! They can be remote, working in office or hybrid.

THE ROLE

As an Electronic Document Reviewer, your main duties will include:

• 1st and 2nd tier or QA document review depending on the project
• Reviewing legal documentation on a particular subject
• Legal coding, determining relevance/privilege and
• Reviewing issues in an electronic database (ideally Relativity or NUIX) under supervised instructions

ABOUT YOU

To be considered for this position, you must have the following:

• Proven document review experience using an electronic software such as Relativity, NUIX or similar
• Completed a tertiary law qualification (LLB or equivalent) - open to Australian admitted, Australian practising and Foreign qualified.
• Currently based in Australia with full working rights and able ideally to work full-time hours.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Be part of large global law firm that partners with top-tier clients and be involved in interesting and large-scale matters
• Opportunities for future assignments
• Competitive hourly rate + super

At Empire Group, we value diversity and are committed to equitable recruitment. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disability, and other underrepresented groups to apply. Our focus is on creating fair, accessible, and culturally safe recruitment processes that genuinely reflect and respect the communities we serve.