Experienced Family Law Legal Assistant
Are you a law student, interested in family law and looking to get real world experience to progress your career? This unique opportunity is for you!
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Law Clerks & Paralegals
Company: Barton Family Lawyers
Location: Brisbane
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-7-4213-4335
Fax: +61-8-6808-8076
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Detail information about job Experienced Family Law Legal Assistant. Terms and conditions vacancy
Experienced Legal Assistant - Family Law
Barton Family Lawyers
Barton Family Lawyers seeks an experienced legal assistant for our boutique Northern Suburbs Family Law firm, working for the Principal, Courtney Barton.
This is a unique opportunity for someone who will have the opportunity to be mentored by our Principal.
Barton Family Lawyers offers a friendly and supportive working environment with an emphasis on providing superior customer service to our clients.
The successful applicant must possess the following skills:-
- Previous experience in a legal assistant/secretarial role
- Excellent communication skills and telephone manner;
- ability to build relationships with clients and deliver client focused outcomes;
- Works well under pressure;
- Good organisation skills;
- Has a talent for juggling multiple tasks and prioritising;
- Fast and accurate typing skills
- Understanding of Microsoft Office
- Good organisational skills and attention to detail;
- Proactive and task focused;
- Can work independently as well as in a team;
- Positive attitude;
- Willing to go over and above for our clients to provide them with superior quality service.
- Is willing to learn new things;
- Motivated and Energetic;
- Respectful, kind and considerate.
The successful applicant will be caring and compassionate about our client's needs. The successful applicant will have a desire to help people and to make a difference to the lives of our clients.
This is a one woman firm at the present time, so ability to gel with the Principal and work together as a team is a MUST.
Experience with LEAP is preferred but not compulsory.
Duties include:-
- Assisting the Principal Solicitor;
- Answering telephones, meeting and greeting clients;
- Administration tasks;
- Data entry;
- Transcription of dictated documents and correspondence;
- Mail duties;
- Diary management;
- Preparing briefs to Counsel and report writers;
- Court filing and other town duties;
- General administration tasks;
- kitchen duties;
- Drafting of documents;
- legal research tasks.
Salary is negotiable dependent on experience.
To apply please forward your covering letter and resume to [email protected]
For more information about our unique boutique family law firm please visit our website at
www.bartonfamilylaw.com.au