About the Role

We are seeking an experienced lawyer with 2+ years of experience in Family Law, Estates Law (both planning and administration) OR Personal Injury to join our Salisbury office.

We will consider graduates or those in their penultimate year of study.

Whatever your specialty is, you will be given a workload of between 60% to 70% that as your core area of practice.

The balance will be made up of other areas, depending on your background.

You will have sound legal knowledge and will be experienced in managing your own file load in your core area and a willingness to learn the others with a demonstrated decision making ability and analytical skills.

You need to have excellent communication skills either with staff or clients.

If you have had experience training and supervising a team member, then that will add to the competitiveness of your application.

The Successful Applicant

Minimum 2+ years experience in either Family Law, Estates, or Personal Injury

Implement a high level of attention to detail with clients and pride yourself on the quality of service

Strong inter-personal skills with clients and staff (ideally both)

Excellent ability to draft legal documents and correspondents in clear and concise language

Have Courtroom experience (Family Court, SAET, Magistrates Court, AAT, or Probate)

Is comfortable presenting in court and eager to grow their skills as an advocate

Be an experienced litigator looking to take your career to the next level

Ability to work independently or in a team environment

About Doconade Lawyers

The law firm currently known as Doconade Lawyers was founded in 2009 and is currently based in the northern suburbs of Adelaide in Salisbury.

We will relocate shortly to Paralowie across the train tracks.

Our service offering is informed by a long-term, relational, and knowledge-based approach. We deliver professional client experiences based on communication, cooperation, responsiveness, adaptability, and organisation. We consider the firm to be a function of the needs of our clients.

Our firm is a diverse workplace enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age and family arrangements.

You can learn more about our company through our website at www.doconade.com.au

We also offer employee benefits, some of which include:

Ongoing career development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements (home or office)

Base salary or with salary incentives

Fuel paid membership card

Cost relating to work (mobile, travel…)

If you can help us to provide legal support in South Australia, face challenges, and service our clients more effectively, we would like to invite you to apply for this position.