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About The Position
The Department of Justice encourages applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people. The Department supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. The workplace is diverse and inclusive and understands the importance of flexible working arrangements. This position involves providing legal advice and information to clients, acting as solicitor and counsel at various courts and tribunals, assisting and advising other practitioners, guiding less experienced staff, participating in stakeholder meetings, preparing reports, undertaking legal research for policy and law reform, and engaging in service development and community legal education.
Requirements
- Admitted or eligible for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the relevant Federal courts.
- A Current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People.
Nice To Haves
- A Legal Practitioner with more than 2 years’ relevant post-admission experience.
- Current Motor Vehicle Driver’s Licence.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice and information to clients regarding the law, rights and legal processes.
- Obtain expert reports and make detailed referrals to appropriate internal and external services, as required.
- Act as solicitor and counsel at Tribunals, the Magistrates Court and Supreme Court.
- Assist and advise Tasmania Legal Aid practitioners in relation to legal proceedings and support the management of relevant legal matters.
- Provide guidance to less experienced staff including legal practitioners.
- Assist more senior Legal Practitioners with research, preparation, drafting and other appropriate tasks as directed.
- Participate in stakeholder meetings and working groups as requested.
- Prepare reports as required by Tasmania Legal Aid or under funding agreements.
- Undertake legal research to assist in the development of program policy and legislation to support law reform and complex legal matters relating to the civil jurisdiction.
- Engage in service development, outreach and other community legal education activities.
- Perform such other professional legal work within the Tasmanian Legal Aid as required.
Benefits
- flexible working arrangements
- reasonable adjustment requests
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
