Job Description
Private-client family law. You sit in a pod and work the file as a team. Real support. Explicit progression. Paid well. Yearly retreats.
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National powerhouse with a thriving family law practice
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High-end private client base
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Fantastic culture; realistic targets; close-knit team
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The files are private clients. The work is not done alone.
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This is a family law practice built around people, not a corridor of closed doors.
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You will act for private clients on the matters that follow a relationship breakdown: parenting, property, financial agreements, divorce, and the court work when settlement will not hold.
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You will not be left to invent the practice by yourself.
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Lawyers here sit in pods. Files are discussed. Drafts are tested. Strategy is shared.
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The support — legal assistants, seniors, systems — is built so you can practise law instead of hunting for a stapler and a second opinion.
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What you will do?
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Run private-client family files from first conference through resolution
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Advise on parenting and property with a plan the client can follow
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Draft applications, affidavits, consent orders and financial agreements that survive scrutiny
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Appear at FDR, conferences,



mentions and hearings when the matter requires it
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Work the file inside a pod: ask, brief, review, and take the next step together
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Build a practice with a visible path from lawyer to senior lawyer and beyond
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Who this is for?
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You have 2 to 10 years' post-qualification experience in family law. You can take a frightened or angry client and turn the facts into options. You write clearly. You know the difference between a matter that should settle and a matter that must be run.
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Two years is enough if the work is already in your hands. Ten years is welcome if you still want a team around you.
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What you get?
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Paid well for this market
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Fantastic operational and legal support, so the file is not only yours after 6pm
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A pod culture: you sit with the people who are on the matter, not three floors away
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Clear progression — title, responsibility and pay that move when the work does
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Yearly retreats, plus the ordinary firm calendar of team events that actually happen
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Professional development that is funded, not theoretical
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Flexibility that treats family lawyers as people with families of their own
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📌 Family Lawyer | 2-10 Years Pqe (Victoria)
🏢 Burgess Paluch Legal Recruitment
📍 Victoria