Mr Tao is seeking a research assistant to succeed his outgoing researcher. The opportunity would suit a student in their 2nd or 3rd year of a combined law degree or 2nd year of a JD. The researcher typically remains in the role for about three years until they complete their legal studies. The new role will commence in around late July to coincide with the graduation of the outgoing researcher.

 

Are you interested in working on civil litigation matters, learning about dispute resolution, or advising on legal issues that affect the community?

Working in the NSW Government Graduate Program Legal stream offers you experience in areas such as litigation, providing legal advice and developing policy. You could be working across customer service, climate change and the environment, or central government agencies.

In the legal stream, you will study towards a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, so you can be admitted as a solicitor in NSW.

We are looking for law students who are in their third year of their law degree or higher with a keen interest in property law to join our team.

We are a close-knit, social team based in the CBD. We offer an opportunity to be part of a high performing team and the chance to obtain extensive and hands on experience in property law. From early on the successful candidate will have a high level of responsibility and exposure to a wide range of property matters.

The Department of Home Affairs invites enthusiastic law students to apply for our Summer Clerkship Program. Our program is a compelling opportunity to engage with a large and vibrant in-house government legal practice over the 2025-26 summer break. The program runs for 12 weeks, from mid-to-late November 2025 through early February 2026, and will welcome up to 20 talented law students eager to gain invaluable experience working in a large and dynamic in-house government legal practice.

The District Court of New South Wales is seeking expressions of interest to fill the role of Associate in 2025 and 2026. The role(s) support District Court Judges presiding predominantly in the criminal jurisdiction of the District Court of New South Wales, the largest trial court in Australia. Successful applicants will initially be appointed for 12 months and will be used to fill short-term vacancies and unplanned absences. 

The paralegal will be responsible for providing timely and effective paralegal support to solicitors in carrying out work for clients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Greeting and attending to clients
• Booking meetings for new and existing clients
• Bookkeeping including Office Account and Trust Account
• Assisting two lawyers
• Preparing letters and other documents
• Answering and screening phone calls
• Other general office duties

This position includes both administrative and legal tasks. Administrative tasks include file management, preparing itemised bills, providing full support for our legal team and taking phone calls. 

Legal tasks include drafting correspondence, collating briefs, preparing pleadings and legal research.

The role is for a part-time (3 days a week) junior commercial lawyer or paralegal, initially for a 36-month contract period.

Working closely with our Principal Lawyer, the role will involve:

Tipstaves and researchers provide a high level of legal research and administrative support to judges. The positions involve a substantial amount of court work, and also involve research, proofreading of judgments, summarising and preparing files for hearing, liaising with the Court registry and the profession, and performance of a variety of other tasks to facilitate the smooth running of chambers.

If you are interested in seeking a position as a tipstaff to a Judge of the Land and Environment Court in 2026, the Judges of the Court are taking applications now.

An opportunity has arisen for a permanent part time law student (working a minimum of three (3) days per week) currently in their third or later year of study.

The candidate must have a keen interest in business transactional law in Australia, and when businesses venture offshore to operate in the emerging markets in the Pacific, and the South-East Asian region.

Candidates who are currently undertaking an accounting or tax focused commerce degree with their law degree will have a distinct advantage.