LEGAL ASSISTANT - FAMILY LAW

About Us

Founded in 1873, Williams Winter is one of Melbourne’s oldest and most established law firms, located in the heart of the CBD legal precinct.

We are proud of our strong reputation, long-standing client relationships and genuinely collegiate culture. Our people work closely together, support one another and are valued for their contribution.

Our Family Law practice is continuing to grow, and we are looking for a Legal Assistant to join our team.

The Opportunity

This is a part time Junior Assistant support role for someone who enjoys taking ownership, bringing structure to a busy team and making sure things keep moving.

Working closely with the Director, 2 Lawyers and a Law Graduate and under the supervision of a Senior Legal Assistant, you will play an important role in coordinating the day-to-day running of the team. You will be responsible for answering phones, recording messages, file management, together with assisting with keeping diaries and deadlines under control, following up outstanding tasks, anticipating what needs to happen next and ensuring the lawyers have the support they need to progress their matters.

We are looking for someone who can confidently work within established systems, has strong outlook and word processing skills, a strong ability to quickly learn new systems and processes, while also bringing their own ideas about how we can work more effectively as the team continues to grow.

The majority of the practice involves parenting and property matters, with some intervention order, child support and spousal support work.

The Role

This is a junior support role. Part-time two days or three days, this role potentially suited to a Part-Time professional seeking flexibility or a law student.

Key Duties

- Communicating professionally with clients, courts, barristers and external parties
- Preparing filing using established protocols




- Assisting with proactively managing multiple diaries, court dates and client appointments
- Assisting with monitoring deadlines and proactively following up outstanding tasks
- Preparing and maintaining electronic (and some physical files)
- Digital Dictation and drafting, formatting and proofreading correspondence and court documents
- Assisting with Monthly billing using ActionStep
- Assisting with preparing and maintaining briefs using eBrief
- Collating Affidavits, financial disclosure and discovery documentation
- Providing general administrative support to the Family Law team as a whole whilst developing your legal and administrative skills

About You To be suited for the role you will be confident working in a busy environment and take pride in being organised, reliable and always one step ahead. Ideally you will have:

- Excellent written communication and attention to detail
- An understanding of the Law and the function of a Law office
- A calm and empathetic approach when dealing with clients
- The confidence to work autonomously and take ownership of your responsibilities
- The ability to anticipate what needs to happen next rather than waiting for direction
- The confidence to follow up lawyers and colleagues when required
- A professional, calm and composed approach when dealing with clients and external parties

You will be someone who naturally keeps track of what is happening across a team and contributes to making sure nothing falls through the cracks.

You will be confident in communicating with your team members.

You will notice an upcoming deadline and make sure the necessary steps are underway.

You will follow up an outstanding task rather than assume someone else is dealing with it.

You will be comfortable working independently, but equally comfortable working as part of a close team.

We value reliability, consistency, initiative and attention to detail, and these will be key measures of success in the role.

📌 Family Law Legal Assistant (Melbourne)
🏢 Williams Winter
📍 Melbourne