Aboriginal Social Justice Graduate Program

• Opportunity for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander law graduate
• Work with respected legal teams at forefront of social justice
• Transition into solicitor role with professional mentoring

The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre (The Shopfront) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) have partnered to provide this unique opportunity to lay the foundations for your legal career.

The Shopfront provides free legal advice and assistance for homeless and disadvantaged young people aged 25 years and younger. It is a pro bono project of Herbert Smith Freehills, in partnership with Mission Australia and The Salvation Army.

PIAC is a community legal centre that works for social justice by driving changes to laws, policies and practices that cause or entrench disadvantage, through strategic legal casework and systemic policy advocacy.

• Structured 2-year program for law graduates
• Financial support and paid Practical Legal Training
• Sydney, CBD location, with remote work supported
• Identified position for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

In your first 12 months you will be supported to achieve admission as a lawyer in NSW, while working part time in a paralegal role at The Shopfront and PIAC. Over the following 12 months you will be employed full time as a solicitor, providing individual casework assistance to clients of The Shopfront, while working at PIAC on strategic responses to issues arising in that casework.

You can demonstrate your commitment to social justice and have completed LLB or JD law degree in Australia, with capacity to:

• Manage competing demands and deliver high-quality results on time
• Undertake detailed legal research with meticulous writing skills
• Achieve outcomes individually and within a team
• Engage in a way that promotes fairness and equity

This position is intended as a special measure for the purposes of s 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and the subject of an exemption granted under s 126 of the Anti- Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

If you’d like to gain hands on legal experience, professional mentoring and training to provide the foundations for a successful career in the law, please send your resume along with a covering letter and responses to the selection criteria included in the position description that can be downloaded at https://piac.asn.au/about-us/careers/

Details

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How to Apply

Inquiries should be directed to jobs@piac.asn.au

Please send your application to jobs@piac.asn.au, including Aboriginal Social Justice Graduate Program in the subject field.  Please note the application close date is Friday 26 March 2021.

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

PIAC is a community legal centre that works for social justice by driving changes to laws, policies and practices that cause or entrench disadvantage, through strategic legal casework and systemic policy advocacy.