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Family Law Solicitor (mid-tier)

Full-time

$85,545 – $113,940 per year

About the role

Women’s Legal Centre is looking for a lawyer to provide family law and family violence advice and casework as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary, trauma informed team.

Tasks & responsibilities

  • Deliver high quality legal advice and casework to clients in family law matters, including representation in ACT Courts and Tribunals.
  • Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team to provide responsive, trauma-informed services.
  • Build relationships with staff at partner organisations, including by delivering community legal education.

Qualifications & experience

  • Eligible to practice in the ACT, with at least 2 years post admission experience in family law.

Please see full position description here.

Benefits 

  • Competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
  • Additional paid end of year leave.
  • Health and Wellbeing allowance

About the Centre

WLC is a community legal centre specialising in family law, migration, employment, discrimination and sexual harassment and sexual violence. WLC provides legal services within a multi-disciplinary, trauma informed practice model that incorporates cultural support and collaborative services to provide wraparound support to women.

How to apply

Provide a CV and 1 page cover letter addressing selection criteria in the position description to recruitment@wlc.org.au

Contact for more information:

Rosa Grahame –  rgrahame@wlc.org.au, (02) 6257 4377

Note: being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification under s34 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT).