Aboriginal Targeted - Solicitor Advocate Family V

Legal Aid NSW

Sydney, NSW, Australia
Base: $154,403- 157,430 py; bonus/equity: not spec...
On-site
Family law and care and protection matters
Courtroom advocacy skills
Ethical, high-quality practice
The role offers meaningful, hands-on courtroom experience within a supportive and experienced advocacy team

Job Summary

  • The role offers meaningful, hands-on courtroom experience within a supportive and experienced advocacy team.
  • This is a unique career pathway at Legal Aid NSW and the Grade V Advocate role is ideal for solicitors seeking to further develop their courtroom and advocacy skills.
  • We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us.

Matching Summary

The role offers meaningful, hands-on courtroom experience within a supportive and experienced advocacy team.

Salary

Base: $154,403- 157,430 pa; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: plus superannuation and annual leave loading

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • family law and care and protection matters
  • courtroom advocacy skills
  • ethical, high-quality practice
  • appear in family law and care and protection matters
  • manage less complex proceedings and shorter hearings

Nice-to-have

  • build confidence and craft
  • supportive and experienced advocacy team
  • develop your voice as an advocate
  • culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation

Key Requirements

  • Admitted or eligible for admission as a legal practitioner in NSW
  • Hold or be eligible for an unrestricted NSW Practising Certificate
  • Willing to do a Criminal Record Check and Working with Children Check
  • Registered practitioner of the High Court of Australia
  • Capacity and willingness to travel as required

Work Rights

Not specified

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