Legal Opportunities

Last updated 21/11/2025

Intake and Triage Paralegal - Women’s Legal Service NSW

The Intake and Triage Team Paralegal position is designed for final-year law students, and students approaching their final year, who want meaningful, hands-on legal experience in a best-practice feminist legal environment.

These part-time roles (minimum 3 x 4 hour shifts a week) are structured to fit around your study commitments and allow you to apply the legal reasoning, issue-spotting, interviewing skills and ethical judgment you have developed through your law degree.

In this role, you will be the first point of contact for women seeking legal assistance in matters relating to domestic, family violence, sexual violence, family law, employment, and discrimination. You will work closely with our legal team to ensure every woman is connected to the right support, at the right time, in the right way. This is real legal work, done with care, skill, and purpose.

We offer a supportive and flexible workplace, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to use your legal skills for meaningful social change.

This role is also a potential pathway to your Practical Legal Training (PLT) placement and into our NextGen Graduate Solicitor Program. We grow our own solicitors- feminist, thoughtful, and skilled in trauma-informed client work.

You already bring:

  • Legal knowledge and analytical skills

  • The ability to identify issues and ask well-judged questions

  • Strong communication and active listening skills with the ability to manage sensitive conversations with care, clarity and respect

  • A genuine commitment to women’s safety, economic security and equity.

  • You will learn how to translate your knowledge and skills into practice to work with women who may be navigating trauma, crisis, or uncertainty.

Essential criteria

  • Commitment to Social Justice and Gender Equity.

  • Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to, social justice issues for women, particularly First Nations women, and women experiencing deep and persistent disadvantage (social, economic and cultural) and lack of access to legal services.

  • Qualifications: Paralegal qualification or significant progress toward a law or relevant degree and/or demonstrated paralegal experience in a legal environment.

  • Legal Ethics and Risk Management: Understanding of legal practice obligations under the Legal Profession Uniform Law.

  • Client-Centred and Trauma-Informed Legal Practice: Ability to work with clients facing disadvantage, trauma and legal complexity across diverse client groups.

  • Trauma-Informed and Ethical Client Engagement: Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive client information professionally and with empathy.

  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal, collaboration and written and verbal communication skills.

  • Organisational, Time Management and Analytical Skills: Strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Technical Systems Proficiency: Competent in using Microsoft Office and able e to learn to use our case management system.

Additional criteria

  • Pre-Employment Screening: Satisfactory Police Check and Working with Children Check (as applicable).

  • Willingness to Travel: Ability to travel in line with work commitments. Professional Development.

  • Commitment to undergoing organisational relevant training and education in line with role responsibilities.

Ideal start date: 1 December 2025

Rate of pay: $76,070.23 *Part time pro rata

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

How to apply: Email ProjectManagement@wlsnsw.org.au following application process set out in Ethical Job ad: https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/WomensLegalNSW/intake-triage-paralegal

Junior Solicitor — Fair Go Law - Family Lawyers

An opportunity has arisen for a Family Lawyer to join our firm. G & D Lawyers, trading as Fair Go Law, is an established boutique family law firm located in Surry Hills. The firm has a strong social justice focus. It aims to offer quality family law representation at an affordable and realistic price. The firm tries to represent clients from beginning to end. You will be working primarily on family law parenting and property matters. The firm offers a competitive salary, autonomy over your own files and work hours, very reasonable billing targets, and interesting, people-focussed matters. The principal solicitor will help you build your court skills. You should be capable enough to be ready to take on the challenge of managing your own cases, with support and supervision. You will get experience with the whole range of family law issues, including a good percentage of parenting matters. The vast majority of the matters are in court. You will regularly appear in court without counsel.

Additional information can be found here.

Criteria: You should have a minimum of one year's experience as paralegal in a law firm. You will have an interest in social justice and be keen to undertake some legal aid and the occasional pro bono matter. Our clients come from a range of different backgrounds and you will be a people person. The firm is open to graduates with limited family law experience if you have solid litigation experience in other areas, and are looking for a change. You are comfortable working with limited administrative support.

Ideal start date: 28 November 2025

Rate of pay: Commensurate with experience

How to apply: Email your cover letter, CV and academic transcript to graeme@fairgolaw.com.au

Junior Paralegal (Legal Intern) — Recurrent Energy (Australia)

This position will suit a second or third-year law student seeking practical experience. More information can be found here.

Rate of pay: Minimum pay + 25% casual loading

Employment type: Casual

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

How to apply: If you are interested in applying for this position, please send the following to aulegal@recurrentenergy.com:

  • Current CV or Resume

  • Academic Transcript

  • Cover Letter with answers to the three questions in 200 words or less below:

    • Tell us about yourself.

    • Why are you interested in this role?

    • Why do you think you would be a good fit?

Legal Personal Assistant — Morgan + English Commercial Lawyers

Morgan + English is a boutique commercial law firm with offices in Balmain East and the Upper Hunter Valley. We’re seeking a confident, detail-oriented Legal Personal Assistant to support one of our Directors, who leads our Workplace Law team.

This part-time role blends elements of paralegal and executive assistant work — ideal for someone with strong legal support experience who thrives in a fast-paced, high-performing environment. You'll play a key role in managing diaries, liaising with clients, coordinating workflow, and keeping legal matters and day-to-day operations running smoothly.

We’re ideally looking for 20–25 hours per week across five days (e.g. 8 am–1 pm), but we’re open to different arrangements for the right person.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a collaborative and respected legal team — with the flexibility to suit your lifestyle.

Key qualities we’re seeking:

  • Solid experience in legal administration, personal assistant, or paralegal work

  • Strong organisational and communication skills

  • Ability to prioritise, multitask, and work with discretion

  • A proactive mindset with a focus on client service

Ideal start date: 2 February 2026

Rate of pay: Above award

Employment type: Permanent part-time

Application deadline: 5 December 2025

How to apply: Via email apply@morganenglish.com.au

More details: https://morganenglishlawyers.com.au/were-hiring-legal-personal-assistant-position/

Casual Paralegal — Norton White

Norton White is seeking paralegals to work in our aviation team. This is an excellent opportunity for students in the early stages of their degree to gain experience working in a commercial law firm. Paralegals will be engaged in legal research, drafting and will have frequent opportunities to work with senior practitioners. Further information can be found here.

Criteria: We are looking for students with strong academic results, currently enrolled in LLB2/3 or JD1/2 to work as a casual paralegal in our aviation team. Experience is not necessary, as we are more interested in aptitude, ability and motivation

Ideal start date: 3 November 2025

Rate of pay: $30.50/ hour

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

How to apply: Please email your CV, academic transcript (an unverified version is acceptable) and a brief letter of introduction to tyarne.parker@nortonwhite.com.

Legal Research Associate — Supreme Court of Western Australia

Applications are invited for the position of Research Associate to the Honourable Anthony Derrick. Further information can be found here.

Application deadline: 28 November 2025, 5 pm

Associate to her Honour Judge Turner — District Court of NSW

Her Honour Turner is seeking expressions of interest to fill the role of Associate in 2026 and 2027. Her Honour presides in the criminal jurisdiction of the District Court of New South Wales, the largest trial court in Australia. The role will commence in mid-March 2026 and the position will be for one year.

The Associate’s role is to provide high-level legal and administrative support. The Associate is responsible for managing her Honour’s Chambers and is the first point of contact for all members of the public and the profession. The role encompasses assisting her Honour with complex legal research, drafting, in-court duties, and general day-to-day administrative tasks.

Her Honour primarily sits in the Sydney Downing Centre but will, on occasion, travel to courts in regional New South Wales for short circuits.

Further information can be found here.

Candidates who apply for the position should be able to demonstrate the following skills and requirements:

• completion of a law degree (by March 2026);

• an interest in criminal law, evidence law and advocacy;

• the ability to maintain absolute confidentiality and discretion;

• excellent attention to detail;

• good interpersonal skills;

• outstanding organisational skills and an ability to cope under pressure;

• superior written and oral communication skills; and

• basic mathematical and technological skills.

The general position description is available at: https://www.districtcourt.nsw.gov.au/district-court/about-us/careers.html.

Ideal start date: 16 March 2026

Rate of pay: Clerk Grade 5/6

Duration: 1 year, full-time

Application deadline: 8 December 2025

How to apply: The deadline for applications is 8 December 2025. All applications should be forwarded to her Honour’s current Associate, Annabelle Creer, at Annabelle.Creer@courts.nsw.gov.au, enclosing a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and an up-to-date academic transcript.

Tipstaff — Supreme Court of NSW

The Honourable Justice McNaughton is currently accepting applications for the position of Tipstaff at the Supreme Court of New South Wales. A Tipstaff’s duties include legal research, proof reading and assisting with the preparation of judgments and generally assisting the Judge in the discharge of her Honour’s duties both in and out of Court. There are two positions available: one commencing January 2027, and the other in October 2027. Applications close in December 2025. Further details can be found here.