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Principal Lawyer

Wallumatta Legal

Wallumatta Legal is a new, low fee, not for profit law firm, supported by DLA Piper and Macquarie University. It is a social justice project which aims to offer affordable legal services to disadvantaged Australians who do not qualify for Government funded legal services such as Legal Aid and who cannot readily afford usual private practice fees.

If you have extensive experience as a senior lawyer in family law, with a demonstrable passion for access to justice issues, this will be your opportunity to become a key member of the team designing and building an innovative legal practice.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Wallumatta Legal will focus on advising clients in NSW with family law issues, using legal technology to provide unbundled, fixed-fee, affordable legal services.

The Principal Lawyer will be responsible for:

  • Managing the family law practice
  • Providing advice and representation to clients
  • Building referral pathways to and from the practice
  • Supervising other lawyers
  • Reporting to the CEO and Board
  • Promoting and representing Wallumatta Legal to stakeholders such as project partners, referral partners, regulators and government.

ABOUT YOU

You will have:

  • 6+ years post admission experience, with extensive experience in family law
  • Completed the Practice Management Course
  • A desire to deliver affordable services to an underserved market.
  • Skills in building and managing collaborative and high performing teams.
  • An appetite for applying technology to improve the delivery of and accessibility to legal services
  • A goal to make a positive impact where it really matters.

We will consider requests for agile working arrangements.

If you would like to know more about the role or Wallumatta Legal please contact the CEO, Cameron Thomson on 0497 646 068.

Recruitment for this role is being managed by our partner organisation DLA Piper and information received will be held in line with DLA Piper’s privacy rules.

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