About our firm:

O’Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors is a Sydney-based law firm with a strong focus on social justice, individual freedoms and liberties. The firm practices in criminal, civil and defamation law. Our civil practice is primarily focused on intentional tort litigation including assault, battery and false imprisonment claims, historical abuse matters and fair trading licensing issues. Our firm is recognised for the work that we do on police accountability.

As a firm, we are dedicated to providing quality legal advice and representation enforcing our clients’ rights and dignity as well as focussing on the promotion of social change. We see the potential of civil litigation as a mechanism to hold those in power to account, and to champion the rights of our clients.

About the role

As Civil Solicitor with O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors you will be working in a small but busy and tight knit team. You will assist Senior Solicitors and have carriage of a number of your own matters.

You will be responsible for:

• Client management
• Drafting court documents
• Drafting correspondence
• Attending Court
• Liaising with Counsel
• File management
• Ensuring deadlines are met
• Working closely with senior solicitors, associate solicitors and paralegals
• Maintaining an accurate and up to date record of costs and fees.

About you:

It is crucial that you have a passion for civil law and its application in day to day life. Please consider the following criteria carefully, and demonstrate how you address all of these qualities in your cover letter:

• 1-2 or more years of practice in civil law (desired, but not essential);
• Experience working with groups who experience disadvantage;
• The ability and inclination to take initiative;
• Be resilient (as you will be dealing with sensitive and confronting material);
• Have superior written and verbal communication skills;
• Be able to work independently and in a team;
• Have an eye for details and strategic thinking;
• Willingness to learn;
• Ability to dissect complex legal issues and apply them to real life scenarios; and
• Be respectful, non-judgmental and exhibit a trauma informed approach to client management.

Please note the deadline to apply for this job is 5 January 2022.

If you have any queries about the position, please contact Sarah Walsh on (02) 9261 4281 or at [email protected], using the subject line: Civil Solicitor enquiry via EthicalJobs. We look forward to hearing from you.

Contract length: 24 months

Job Types: Full-time, Contract