We are on the lookout for a remarkable Legal Assistant to join our awesome team at Dentons in Melbourne.
Growing your career as a Full Time Legal Assistant is an awesome opportunity to develop relevant skills.
If you are strong in cooperation, presentation and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Legal Assistant at Dentons today!

About Dentons

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm. We are the lightbulb moments. The bold ideas. We’re 20,000+ people globally across 80+ countries. We are a global polycentric firm. Moving with innovation. Making the decisions that will take us from largest to leading. From now to next. The opportunity is huge.

Dentons continues to improve its standings and now consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.

The Role

We have several exciting and rare opportunities for law students to join our Melbourne and Perth offices providing general legal administration support across a variety of practice groups.

These roles would be particularly suited to individuals who are interested in gaining exposure to working in a law firm whilst providing administration support across multiple areas of our practice. These are causal roles designed to provide the flexibility of 2-3 days per week to work around study or other commitments.

Your key duties will include (but not limited to):

- Providing general legal secretarial support as needed
- Assisting with administration tasks such as scanning, filing, printing and photocopying
- File openings and closings
- Saving and profiling documents to our document management system
- Collating legal documents and creating hyperlinked file indexes
- Editing and drafting legal documents (from precedent templates)
- InfoTrack searching
- Managing incoming and outgoing mail
- Assistance with Time entry, billing enquiries and general finance support.

About You





Desired skills that will see your success in this role are:

- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Organised and efficient
- Proactive and flexible approach
- Excellent computer literacy
- Knowledge of Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel an advantage

Why Dentons

Dentons Australia offers a wide range of incentives aimed at embracing your authenticity, providing purpose, and strengthening your ongoing development.

We offer:

• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Opportunities for international secondment
• Generous health and wellbeing programs
• Agile and flexible working for all
• Additional leave options
• Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
• Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
• Salary sacrificing and novated leases
• Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
• Exclusive retailer discounts
• Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Embedded in our people is a passion to help others through the delivery of justice. It is through this that our commitment to inclusion, equity, and reconciliation has evolved. We are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture, this means the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities of our people come together globally under one purpose to create an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive.

Please apply online with your CV, Cover Letter, and academic transcripts. If you have questions beforehand, please email our recruitment team at View email address on careers.dentons.com. Enquiries only please, applications will not be accepted by email.

Benefits of working as a Legal Assistant in Melbourne:

● Excellent benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Market-competitive salary

📌 Legal Assistant - Urgent Position (Melbourne)
🏢 Recognized
📍 Melbourne