Personal Injury Lawyer

Lawyers On Demand; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawyers On Demand (LOD) is seeking a Personal Injury Lawyer to join the Intake & New Enquiries team on a 12-month contract. You will assess and triage new enquiries, provide preliminary legal assessments, and help determine the viability of potential claims while delivering an exceptional client experience.

This role would suit an experienced plaintiff lawyer who values stability and predictable hours, with the option to work on-site or remotely and collaborate with internal teams globally.

Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years' post-admission experience in plaintiff personal injury law.
• Strong experience assessing personal injury matters and identifying legal issues.
• Excellent communication and client relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and triage incoming personal injury enquiries.
• Conduct initial legal assessments and identify potentially viable claims.
• Speak with prospective clients and gather relevant information regarding their circumstances.

Skills

Legal communication

Client relationship management

Job description

LOD (Lawyers On Demand) is one of the largest and fastest growing global legal services businesses, and as a ‘new law’ pioneer, we continue to lead the market we created.

We're a global business with offices around the world that focus on providing end-to-end solutions for our clients' legal needs, by connecting them with our team of exceptional legal professionals. We provide secondment opportunities, legal advisory services, and legal operations & tech solutions. Together, we find new ways to supercharge the value that legal professionals and in-house legal teams deliver.

With LOD, you get all the best bits of being a lawyer - interesting work with some of the world's most exciting organisations, plus the flexibility and freedom to live your life how you want.

Who we're looking for?

We are seeking a Personal Injury Lawyer to join the Intake & New Enquiries team of a leading national plaintiff law firm on a 12-month contract basis.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced plaintiff lawyer who enjoys the legal assessment and client-facing aspects of personal injury law but is looking to step away from the pressures of file management and running litigation matters.

Working as part of a dedicated intake team, you will assess and triage new enquiries, provide preliminary legal assessments, and help determine the viability of potential claims. You will be the first point of contact for prospective clients, playing an important role in delivering an exceptional client experience while identifying matters that meet the firm's criteria.

This role would suit a lawyer seeking stability, predictable hours, and a genuine work-life balance, while remaining engaged in meaningful legal work.

About the Role:

You will:

• Assess and triage incoming personal injury enquiries.
• Conduct initial legal assessments and identify potentially viable claims.
• Speak with prospective clients and gather relevant information regarding their circumstances.
• Provide empathetic and practical guidance throughout the intake process.
• Liaise with internal legal teams regarding suitable matters for progression.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation of client enquiries.
• Contribute to a positive and professional client experience from first contact.

About you:

• 4 to 8 years' post-admission experience in plaintiff personal injury law.
• Strong experience assessing personal injury matters and identifying legal issues.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Workers' Compensation
• Public Liability
• Total and Permanent Disability (TPD)
• Institutional Abuse
• Excellent communication and client relationship management skills.
• Strong judgement and an ability to make sound assessments of potential claims.
• A compassionate and client-focused approach.
• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a broader team.

What sets us apart?

People join us for a range of reasons - the life of an LOD lawyer is like no other.

We’re an Employer of Choice:

for the fifth year in a row, we’ve been recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer. We’re even prouder that we’ve received an employee NPS score across Australia of 81 which is recognised as “ground-breaking”.

CV-enhancing work with global brands:

We provide our people with varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with world-class global brands, allowing them to take control of their career and diversify their experience across a range of industries.

No limits:

We’ve helped open doors, break glass ceilings, facilitate the transition from private practice to in-house, and develop career pathways to become a GC. Whatever direction you want to take your career, we can help you get there.

You call the shots:

We take work-life balance pretty seriously. You can work on-site with our clients or remotely, undertake full-time or part-time assignments, or assignments that are for set months of a year – it's your choice!

You’re never on your own:

Throughout your LOD career, you’ll become part of a community. You’ll be supported by your LOD colleagues and our HQ team, have access to mentoring programs and high quality know-how, LOD social events, and receive regular training to assist in your ongoing growth and development.

Our Ways Of Working help shape who we are and what we do: we deliver, we are creative, we are inclusive, we care & collaborate, and we are trusted.

We’re global

LOD can provide you with local, interstate and international working opportunities. In late 2023, LOD joined forces with Consilio, the global leader in legal consulting and enterprise legal services. Together, LOD & Consilio have a team of approximately 10,000 lawyers, legal engineers, legal operations consultants, paralegals, and risk & compliance professionals spanning North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.

LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.