Positions vacant

• 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

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.

Working in close collaboration with the executive team to develop and deliver on strategy, you will lead and drive the Sexual Violence Legal Service (SVLS) and manage a multidisciplinary team to deliver groundbreaking legal advice and representation to people subjected to sexual violence.

Applications can be submitted using this link

As there is no formal closing date for this role, interested applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible.

 

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.