Family Law - Part-time Legal Assistant

About the role:

- Seeking an experienced administrative assistant to join our family law team in our Melbourne office.

- Supportive and approachable team.

- Part-time role.

- Interesting and varied work.

About the firm:

Smith Family Law is a boutique law firm in Melbourne specialising in family law.

Our lawyers provide sensible, honest and pragmatic advice to clients and are dedicated to ensuring our clients feel supported and empowered every step of the way. We keep our clients at the centre of everything we do.

Each staff member at Smith Family Law has the opportunity to contribute and play an important part in achieving the firm’s goals. We are a down-to-earth and progressive law firm that values flexibility.

Providing a high legal of service, understanding and expert representation for our clients is at the core of what we do.

Key responsibilities of the role:

You will support a Principal, Senior Associate and Lawyers, including an Accredited Family law Specialist, working across a busy family law practice.

You will assist the team by delivering comprehensive administration and support services in the area of Family Law, including the following:

- Telephone and reception inquiries including taking new client inquiries.

- Opening and closing files.

- Diary and task management.

- Liaising with clients, counsel and other professionals.

- Maintaining calendars and appointments.

- Preparing court documents, briefs and general correspondence.

- Filing court documents.

- Invoicing.

- Ensuring the smooth day to day running of the practice.

- Drafting Wills and Powers of Attorney.

Experience in an administrative assistant role is essential and ideally,



you will have 1 years' experience as a legal assistant.

This role is a great opportunity for a law student looking to gain experience in a busy family law practice with hands on mentoring within a positive team environment. You will have an engaging and varied workload where your contribution is genuinely valued.

Requirements for the role:

- Sound and advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.

- Exceptional phone manner.

- Fast and accurate typing.

- Courteous and professional demeanour.

- Strong technical, written and communication skills.

- Excellent time management and organisational skills in a role that follows well-defined processes.

- Strong attention to detail, proof-reading and sub-editing skills.

- A passion for providing a high level of customer service.

- Ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion.

- Proactive and positive approach.

- Ability to use initiative and critical thinking.

- Great at contributing to a team environment but also able to work autonomously and under pressure when needed.

- Must be able to manage competing priorities and balance a number of different modes of communication including email, tasks lists and Smokeball messages within a faced paced legal environment.

Experience with eBrief, Docusign and legal software will be highly regarded.

How to apply:

For your application to be considered it must include:

- Your resume; and
- A cover letter which clearly sets out why you are interested and suited to the roll.

Applications that do not include a covering letter setting out why you are suited to the roll will not be considered. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

📌 Family Law Legal Assistant (Melbourne)
🏢 Smith Family Law
📍 Melbourne