BlackBay Lawyers is a rapidly growing, award-winning litigation firm based in Sydney, recognised recently as the Boutique Law Firm of the Year. We specialise in commercial litigation, employment law, and defamation, and we take pride in empowering some of Australia’s brightest legal talent to thrive and excel.

We are currently accepting applications for a paid 4-week summer clerkship in our Legal team in Australia. This is an exciting opportunity to get hands-on experience within a fast-paced, results focused, global organization that values diversity.

The roles will be in one of the Branch's teams that reflect the Departments' responsibilities and focuses on:

• Elections, inquiries and constitutional law
• Information and privacy law
• Integrity, accountability and parliamentary matters
• Commercial, contracts and intellectual property law

As a Legal Officer, you will contribute to your team and the Branch by analysing diverse and complex legal and policy problems. Your day-to-day work could include:

Peer Leaders (Level 3) are senior law students that provide assistance to first-year students by meeting in groups during the term. The Peer Leaders facilitate the development of junior law students understanding of legal concepts and skills needed to study Law. Peer Leaders are not required to complete preparation for the sessions. This role will: 

· Facilitate study sessions for students by encouraging group discussions. 

· Utilise pre-prepared materials provided on Teams site. 

We are looking to fill multiple positions in both our Melbourne and Sydney offices. Specifically, we invite applications for law graduates seeking admission to practice as well as admitted lawyers at the solicitor, associate or senior associate level.

The roles will support our work advising charities, not-for-profits, social enterprises, philanthropic organisations, and government entities including:

Paralegals in our team support our Solicitors to provide exceptional client experience, legal representation and insight to our clients. Your role is to assist with day-to-day legal and advocacy functions. There will be a component of basic administrative tasks as well - be prepared to roll up your sleeves.

To summarise what success looks like:

Our Legal Regulation department is looking for a part time Paralegal for 2 days per week.

Please note this is not a short-term paralegal position and will require commitment for a minimum of 2 years.

About the role

You will provide legal support to the Legal Officers of the Investigations, Litigation and External Intervention teams within the Legal Regulation Department in a timely, efficient, and professional manner.

What you'll be doing

This role will support partners and lawyers across our Employment team.

You will be responsible for:

As a Junior Paralegal at Recurrent Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd, you will provide essential support to the in-house legal team, contributing to the delivery of timely and commercially focused legal services across the business. 

We are seeking a motivated and well-presented Reception & Legal Administrative Assistant to join our Sydney team. This role is ideal for a second-year law student—particularly one who has completed or is currently studying the Family Law elective and has a genuine passion for the area.