The role

As a result of our growing client base, we are searching for a graduate or newly admitted lawyer to work as part of our growing workplace team. The role will provide exposure to a wide range of workplace and industrial law matters, such as employment due diligence, employment termination litigation, restraint of trade, independent contracting arrangements, enterprise bargaining and award interpretation.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• conducting legal research and preparing clear, practical summaries of your findings;
• drafting letters of advice, correspondence, employment contracts, workplace policies and settlement documents;
• assisting with workplace investigations, disciplinary processes, terminations and employment disputes;
• preparing court and tribunal documents, evidence and chronologies;
• assisting with Fair Work Commission and court proceedings;
• reviewing awards, enterprise agreements and employment arrangements;
• communicating with clients and assisting with the day-to-day management of matters;
• monitoring developments in workplace law and contributing to case notes, articles and client updates; and
• progressively taking greater responsibility for matters as your skills and experience develop.

Our workplace team is well known for their capacity to advise on complex and niche problems, particularly where workplace law intersects with other areas of legal advice disputation, such as corporate law, commercial and IP.

Requirements

We are looking for a graduate or newly admitted lawyer with up to 12 months of post admission experience. Specifically, we are looking for a lawyer possessing the following attributes:

• genuine interest in employment and workplace law
• strong legal research, analytical and writing skills
• intellectual and legal curiosity
• strong interpersonal skills
• independent thinker, and
• a positive and hard-working nature.

You will also have a willingness to work as part of a small team of experienced lawyers who enjoy challenging the status quo in terms of how workplace law is practised.

Prior experience in employment and workplace law is welcome but not essential.

For this role, we will only be considering applications from those who have completed their law degree and are eligible to work in Australia.

If you have this kind of background and are looking to take the next step in your legal career, we’d be very keen to hear from you.

Why us?

We are a true boutique law firm.

You will work as part of a small, close knit and supportive workplace team and receive structured training, supervision and regular feedback.

You will have direct early exposure to interesting and quality work for a great portfolio of clients that energise us and are enjoyable to work with. The work will include advisory, transactional and contencsious matters.

Acknowledging that a career in law can at times be demanding, in addition to a competitive remuneration package, we offer all our staff reasonable additional annual leave above the statutory four weeks to pursue interests outside of law.

We also offer a flexible working environment where we come together in the office for learning and collaboration, not mere presentism.

Applications

If you are interested in joining the Walter Baden team, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your application by emailing a short cover letter explaining your interest in workplace law and Walter Baden, together with your CV and academic transcript, to careers@walterbaden.law.

Agencies, please note we will not be accepting applications received via recruitment agencies for this role.