Positions vacant

Full time

$125,344 - $134,527

Location: Canberra ACT 2600 AU

This position may be exposed to sensitive and/or traumatic situations and material.

The ACT Courts and Tribunal (ACTCT) supports the proper administration of justice by providing high quality support to judicial officers and tribunal members and high-quality services to those using the courts and tribunal. It provides the Supreme Court, Magistrates Court and ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) with registry, court support, forensic, corporate and strategic services. 

The Registrar’s Office (Magistrates Court) provides support to the Magistrates Court and the judiciary including exercising statutory powers of a registrar of the court and providing legal, policy and procedural advice. The Magistrates Court registry provides high level administrative support to the judiciary in the performance of their roles, and to the parties and legal representatives who appear in the courts.

Conferencing Officers / Deputy Registrars in the Family Violence and Protection Unit (FPVU) are responsible for conducting a shuttle-based conference known as preliminary conferences in family violence, personal violence and workplace order matters.

The object of the conference is to facilitate settlement of proceedings by consent of the parties or alternatively to ensure that the application for a final protection order is ready for hearing as soon as practicable. Conferencing officers manage a busy daily list of conferences by working cooperatively as a team, together with administrative staff from the FPVU and Directors and Senior Directors of the FPVU. Parties in conferences are frequently unrepresented and may be experiencing violence and conflict. There may be related complexities of family law, child welfare or criminal matters. 

Eligibility/Other Requirements: Accreditation under the National Mediation Accreditation System or ability to obtain accreditation is highly desirable.

Experience conducting and facilitating of conferencing, case management or alternative dispute resolution processes is highly desirable.

Notes: This position will be offered on a casual basis and is available from 15 September 2025. The full-time salary noted above will be paid pro-rata.

How to Apply: Applicants should submit a two-page written response to the "What You Require" criteria and a current curriculum vitae identifying two referees via the Apply Now Button below.

Closing date: 02/09/2025

For further information can be found here

Location: Canberra ACT 2600 AU

Part Time

$146,705 - $164,506

Important: This position may be exposed to sensitive and/or traumatic situations and material.  

The ACT Courts and Tribunal (ACTCT) supports the proper administration of justice by providing high quality support to judicial officers and tribunal members and high-quality services to those using the courts and tribunal. It provides the Supreme Court, Magistrates Court and ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) with registry, court support, forensic, corporate and strategic services. 

The Registrar’s Office (Magistrates Court) provides support to the Magistrates Court and the judiciary including exercising statutory powers of a registrar of the court and providing legal, policy and procedural advice. The Magistrates Court registry provides high level administrative support to the judiciary in the performance of their roles, and to the parties and legal representatives who appear in the courts.

Conferencing Officers / Deputy Registrars in the Family Violence and Protection Unit (FPVU) are responsible for conducting a shuttle-based conference known as preliminary conferences in family violence, personal violence and workplace order matters.

The Senior Conferencing Officer will manage the engagement and wellbeing of the Conferencing Officers and provide strong communication, ensure effective management of workloads of the team and continue to build positive, respectful and motivating culture.

The object of the conference is to facilitate settlement of proceedings by consent of the parties or alternatively to ensure that the application for a final protection order is ready for hearing as soon as practicable. Conferencing officers manage a busy daily list of conferences by working cooperatively as a team, together with administrative staff from the FPVU and Directors and Senior Directors of the FPVU. Parties in conferences are frequently unrepresented and may be experiencing violence and conflict. There may be related complexities of family law, child welfare or criminal matters. 

Eligibility/other requirements:

• Accreditation under the National Mediation Accreditation System or ability to obtain accreditation is highly desirable.
• Experience conducting and facilitating of conferencing, case management or alternative dispute resolution processes is highly desirable.

Note: This position is part-time at (26:00) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.  

Further informationcan be found here

Closing date: 09/09/2025

• Supervising solicitor
• Permanent full-time
• SCHADS Award Level 7.3-8.1 ($124,000-$129,200)
• Paid Christmas shutdown period leave
• Salary sacrificing available
• Above award personal leave entitlement of 18 days per year

The Consumer Law is a program of Care. We are a community legal centre accredited by and a member of the peak body for state and community legal centres in Australia, Community Legal Centres Australia (CLCA).

The Centre provides free legal advice and assistance to people in the ACT in relation to consumer credit and debt, insurance, Australian consumer law, general fair trading and consumer protection laws, contracts, debt recovery and bankruptcy and financial abuse.

Position description

Working closely with and reporting to the Care Consumer Law’s Principal Solicitor, the Supervising Solicitor will join the Centre’s legal team providing high quality legal assistance and representation in the Centre’s core areas:

• Consumer credit law
• Australian consumer law
• Insurance
• Consumer contracts, debt recovery and bankruptcy
• Financial abuse

The Supervising Solicitor will mainly be responsible for managing the Centre’s legal clinics including induction, training and supervising Centre’s solicitors, volunteer solicitors and paralegals.

More information about the position can be found here

Application closing date: 29 August 2025

Comcare is recruiting a Legal Adviser (APS 6) to provide in-house client-focused specialist legal and strategic advice and support to Comcare’s function in making workers’ compensation claims determinations accurately and quickly. Experience providing legal and strategic advice in a workers’ compensation or statutory benefits scheme environment will be highly regarded. The advertised full-time ongoing role is available in Canberra or Melbourne.

More information on the role can be found here
Applications close: 7 September 2025

Government Lawyers

Where your legal career goes further

• Flexible working options – permanent and contract opportunities
• Excellent remuneration
• Career pathways and advancement

Government Lawyers 5+years PQE

Proximity, an SPA Australia company, is seeking Government Lawyers to join its Legal Group. Our legal secondment model provides opportunities to foster your career growth, work in a variety of legal roles across the Commonwealth and accelerate your legal expertise. As a member of Proximity’s Legal Group, we offer you the opportunity to engage in fascinating public sector work, all while receiving support, development, and care.

The Proximity Legal Group is a go-to for Commonwealth legal teams requiring expertise and support on complex matters specialising in administrative law, commercial law, information law, and litigation.

As a Proximity team member, your role is that of a trusted sidekick – helping our clients’ teams succeed by embracing the complexity and sensitivity of Commonwealth legal issues and knowing how to be helpful in the context of the APS environment. We infuse passion and purpose into everything we do and have fun while doing it, without sacrificing our commitment to clients, integrity, and pro-bono work.

You will bring:

• Minimum 5 years’ public law, commercial law, information law or litigation experience working within or for the Commonwealth
• Restricted (minimum) Australian legal practising certificate
• An AGSVA security clearance (preferred).

Culture matters

• We’re looking for someone who fits and lives our values – someone who is:
• Tenacious. A can-do attitude, results-driven and dedicated to delivery.
• Client focused. Relationships matter. Listen, anticipate client needs.
• A team player. Collegiate, shares knowledge and builds confidence in others.
• Adaptable. Works through ambiguity or uncertainty.
• Solution oriented. Thinks beyond the immediate questions and challenges and develops comprehensive solutions.

More information on the role, as well as working at Proximity, can be found here, or alternatively please contact Loretta Pabian - careers@proximity.com.au.

WMG Legal is looking to employ a solicitor with any level of ACT litigation experience, preferably Commercial Litigation. This would be an opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their litigation career with a growing and dynamic firm.

WMG Legal is also open to acquiring an existing litigation practice and this may suit you, if you are tired of working by yourself, running your own firm and would like the support of a larger office or if you are looking to retire.

Interested parties should contact chris@wmglegal.com.au or wayne@wmglegal.com.au for more information.  All discussions are confidential.

Glass Goodwin is looking for a solicitor with an interest in working in wills and estates law. This would be an opportunity for someone looking to deepen their specialisation in wills and estates law or considering moving to wills and estates from a different practice area. Prior experience in wills and estates is not essential, though experience as a solicitor will be preferred. 

Glass Goodwin is open to discussing acquiring existing estates practices. 

Interested applicants should contact Timothy Morton via tmorton@glassgoodwin.com.au. All discussions will be treated as strictly confidential.
 

The 2026 John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship, which provides support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal students in their last or second-last year of study, is now reviewing applications for next year. As well as financial assistance, the scholarship provides mentorship opportunities to support the academic and professional development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students of law across Australia. More information can be found here. Applications close Friday, 8 August 2025.

The RSPCA Australia Sybil Emslie Animal Law Scholarship 2025 is now accepting applications from undergraduate or postgraduate animal law students or animal law practitioners. Applications close on Friday 5 September 2025. More information is available here.

The 2026 UNIDROIT Scholarship, Internship and Research Programme is now open. In 2026, the programme will grant a limited number of scholarships to conduct two months of research in the Unidroit Library. Applications close on 7 September 2025. More information is available here.