Are you an experienced Legal Assistant looking for an opportunity to take advantage of new ways of working? Meet Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell - a dynamic, innovative, multi-award-winning law firm

We are seeking a Senior Legal Assistant to join our rapidly growing firm as an integral member of our team. The role would suit a candidate looking to work on interesting and diverse litigation matters, in a law firm that cares about you as a person.

About us

Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell was co-founded in October 2020 by industry leading litigators, Danielle Snell and Robert McGirr. Our practice focuses on commercial and insurance litigation, media law, wills and estates, family law and employment law. We represent a broad range of clients and are known for acting in multi-party proceedings.

We are proud to have a supportive, friendly and close-knit team who all embrace the firm’s commitment to diverse working practices. Our firm is passionate about Diversity, Inclusion and Equality in the legal sector and challenging the traditional law firm model to provide a more authentic and transparent legal service to our clients. We are proud of our firm culture which involves:

• regular team meetings, events and outings;
• wellness initiatives;
• pro-bono and charity work as a team;
• a focus on leveraging responsible technology processes (including AI);
• modern and agile ways of providing legal services.

About you

The role of a Legal Assistant is crucial to the successful delivery of legal services. The successful candidate will be:

• An experienced legal assistant (experience as a paralegal not essential) who is passionate about working in an environment of a NewLaw firm which is progressive in its model;
• Proactive and able to show initiative to set strategy and achieve successful delivery of tasks to completion;
• Organised, efficient and self-sufficient;
• A collaborative and supportive team member in our small close-knit team environment, who can liaise with our senior leading litigators based in Melbourne and Queensland;
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic practice;
• Keen to develop a long-term, mutually beneficial working relationship with the firm.

Your responsibilities:

• Communicating with clients, taking instructions from our lawyers including via Teams, phone and email;
• Opening and closing files, drafting correspondence and sending to relevant parties;
• Use of the firm’s practice management system including saving correspondence and documents to relevant matters;
• Assisting with preparation of Court documents, filing of Court documents electronically, responding to document requests and discovery applications;
• Calendar management for legal staff including sending calendar invitations for meetings and booking conference facilities when necessary for our CBD offices;
• Preparations and assistance at trial, including preparing briefs to Counsel;
• Responding to the growing needs of the firm from an administrative perspective, assisting with the implementation of new processes where necessary and delegating tasks to other administrative staff where necessary; and
• Monitoring and recording of our lawyers' CPD points in our system.

What will support your success:

• A minimum of 6 years' legal experience, ideally in a Litigation and /or Family Law practice;
• Thorough knowledge of Court and litigation processes;
• Experience working with well-known law firm practice management software;
• Strong active listening, research and writing skills;
• Excellent organisational and time management skills;
• High attention to detail;
• A positive attitude;
• Ability to work autonomously and work collaboratively with a small team; and
• Self-motivated and reliable with a strong work ethic.

Benefits and perks

• Attractive remuneration;
• Career development support;
• Collaborative and friendly team environment;
• Streamlined and innovative litigation infrastructure to make your job more enjoyable (and easier!);
• A warm “open door” work culture;
• Appropriate hybrid work supported;
• Regular team building functions and events; and
• An immediate start.

Please note, we can accomodate .8 FTE (4 days per week) if this is preferred.

How to apply

If you would like to learn more about this exciting opportunity to join a firm with an impressive growth trajectory, contact [email protected] for a confidential discussion.

Please apply via Seek or email us directly including both a cover letter addressing your experience and resume with referee contact details.

You can find out more about our firm on our website elitlaw.com.au