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).