Legal Services Commission
Job reference:
req457
Location:
LSC - Adelaide Office - 159 Gawler Place, Adelaide, SA **** AUS
Job status:
Unpaid placement
Eligibility:
Open to everyone
Applications close:
30/09/2026 at 11:59 PM
The Organisation
Legal Services is passionate about ensuring justice is available and accessible for all South Australians. As the largest legal assistance service in SA, we ensure that South Australians have access to a trusted lawyer when they need help to be heard, easy ways to learn about their rights and responsibilities, and service to answer any legal questions.
Each year 140,000 South Australians benefit from the services we deliver.
The Opportunity
Legal Services will host up to
six students undertaking their Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP) per
placement block.
Our next PLT Placement block
will run from Monday 9 November to Friday 27 November.
PLT students will be placed in
one of the following divisions for the entirety of their placement, in
accordance with capacity and availability of supervisors to provide a quality
placement experience:
Criminal
Law
Family
Law
Civil
Law
Legal
Information and Advice
Legal Services' PLT Placement
blocks run for three weeks, full time (15 days). We cannot accommodate requests




for part-time placements.
If students have a preference
as to the Division in which they undertake their placement, this should be
indicated in their cover letter. All effort will be made to match the student
with their preferred area of law, however, this cannot be guaranteed.
Most PLT placements will be
based from our Adelaide city office.
Students selected to undertake
a PLT Placement with Legal Services will be responsible for ensuring all
necessary documentation from their GDLP provider is received and completed in
order to commence and finalise their placement.
Term of Employment
PLT will take place from 9 November ********* November ****.
Only students enrolled in a current GDLP course will be
considered for a PLT Placement.
PLT Placements with Legal Services are unpaid.
Next Steps
To apply for this role, you will need to click on the Apply now button. Have your resume, preferably in a PDF version ready to be attached along with a cover letter and a copy of your Academic Transcript outlining your course completion.
All applications are to be submitted by 30/09/2026 at 11:59 PM.
Should you require any further information please direct your query to Hannah Millard on **************

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