Solicitor or Associate - Personal Injury and Abuse Law

You bring you. Together, we can right wrong.

The Opportunity

As a Solicitor or Associate in our expanding Personal Injury and Abuse Law practice in Coffs Harbour, you’ll be on the frontline as we doggedly seek justice, across a variety of personal injury and institutional abuse law matters.

This is a permanent opportunity for someone who is looking to take their career to the next level. While full-time, we are open to candidates seeking flexible work options if that’s also important to you.

With compassion, connection and purpose, you’ll truly champion our clients by:

- Provide clients with legal advice and representation to obtain compensation.
- Work across a variety of client matters that require a high level of sensitivity.
- Provide legal advice to each client's particular matter to suit their level of understanding.
- Develop and maintain strong professional working relationships with clients, including effective and regular communication and managing the client's expectations.
- Draft legal documentation with a high degree of attention to detail.
- Manage and run a file load with a high level of commercial and fiscal awareness.
- Take an active role in working with and mentoring junior members of the team.

The Opportunity

As a Solicitor or Associate in our expanding Personal Injury and Abuse Law practice in Coffs Harbour, you’ll be on the frontline as we doggedly seek justice, across a variety of personal injury and institutional abuse law matters.

This is a permanent chance for someone who is looking to take their career to the next level. While full-time, we are open to candidates seeking flexible work options if that’s also important to you.





With compassion, connection and purpose, you’ll truly champion our clients by:

- Provide clients with legal advice and representation to obtain compensation.
- Work across a variety of client matters that require a high level of sensitivity.
- Provide legal advice to each client's particular matter to suit their level of understanding.
- Develop and maintain strong professional working relationships with clients, including effective and regular communication and managing the client's expectations.
- Draft legal documentation with a high degree of attention to detail.
- Manage and run a file load with a high level of commercial and fiscal awareness.
- Take an active role in working with and mentoring junior members of the team.

What you’ll bring

To thrive in this role, you’ll have:

- A Bachelor of Laws with a current practising certificate.
- A strong understanding of, and ability to interpret the relevant legislation and legal documentation.
- Enjoy working on legally challenging and factually complex matters.
- Maturity and confidence to deal with clients who may be experiencing trauma.
- A desire to be part of a strong, cohesive team that works together to get great results.
- An innate ability to question, challenge the status quo and always stay ahead of the pack.




- A commitment to truly connect with those around you and work together to deliver exceptional results for our clients.
- The passion, motivation and enthusiasm to contribute to our culture and ensure it’s a place where everyone can thrive.

Shine Lawyers: A place for you. It means more here.

At Shine, purpose really matters.

- It’s our clients, who summon the courage to stand up to injustice.
- It’s the communities we are part of and support every day.
- It’s our team, who champion what’s right and make this place what it is.

We’re an ASX-listed organisation, and we've been standing up for the rights of everyday Australians for more than 50 years. We’ve achieved a lot but you’ll find no airs and graces here. We’re humble yet relentless. We don’t pretend to be anything other than ourselves. And together, we’ve created a place for you to thrive.

Here are some of the things we hope you’ll love about working with us:

- Connect and be you: Get the benefits you need, and work with truly authentic people. And you can enjoy the security of a large, well-established firm that treats you as a person, not a number.
- Challenge and be challenged: We’re not here for “easy”. We want you to take your place at Shine and make a real impact. Question and challenge - that’s how we grow.
- Achieve and grow: Start your Shine journey with our award-winning learning programs, where you’ll find immediate connection and be set up for success. We provide innovative in-house learning programs and real opportunities to step up and grow - within your role and beyond.

Visit https://www.shine.com.au/careers/life-shine to find out

📌 Solicitor or Associate (Coffs Harbour)
🏢 Shine Lawyers
📍 Coffs Harbour