Graduate Lawyer – Personal Injury

GMP Lawyers is a well-established litigation focused law firm with many offices throughout Australia including Sydney and Parramatta. GMP Lawyers which, for 30 years, has had an unrivalled reputation for providing high standard legal representation and advice in personal injuries and personal injury litigation. 

About the Role

This is an excellent chance for a Graduate Solicitor to join our Personal Injury team at entry-level. Ideally, you will be a recent law graduate, about to be admitted, or recently admitted to legal practice. We appreciate you may not have a background or experience in Personal Injury; what matters most is your genuine passion and your eagerness to build a career.

When applying please share your resume, cover letter & academic transcript.

Key duties and responsibilities

Provision of legal advice and matter management

• Within the requirements of our client’s engagement;
• Accept, comprehend and carry out promptly tasks and instructions from team members in accordance with our Work Plans;
• Understand and follow team reporting and follow-up procedures to ensure your allocated Work Plan tasks are carried out and followed up until completion;
• Show initiative in providing feedback on ongoing development of Work Plans and our Review procedures;
• Participate in and contribute to conferences and meetings with plaintiffs, expert witnesses and Counsel;

Professional Development

• Participating in relevant internal or external continuing professional programs and workshops;
• Attending and participating in team meetings and wider firm team meetings. 

Administration and practice management

• Maintaining electronic time sheets of all work done on an ongoing basis in real-time;
• Ensuring electronic files are up to date and matters in files are properly saved within the system, and renamed according to our file naming protocols;
• Monitor the payment of disbursements and manage databases of disbursements paid and outstanding.
• Arrange and facilitate video conferences.

About you

To be considered for this opportunity, you will need:

• A completed Law degree.
• Admission to practice as a solicitor in NSW or near Admission.
• High motivation for a career in Personal Injury.
• A positive attitude toward dealing with clients, and a motivation to engage with clients diligently and patiently.

Why join us?

To join GMP Lawyers to an emerging team in a long-established results-based litigation firm with a strong emphasis on collaborative work in systems-oriented environment. 

We are proud of our authentic, plain speaking, friendly and collaborative firm culture, which, we believe, respects, values and rewards the input and contributions made by all firm members, no matter what their seniority. We actively encourage our lawyers to progress with us as they progress through the own careers. We are proud of the achievement of the lawyers who have chosen this path.

If you believe you should work in a highly professional and team environment which can also focus on your own professional development, whilst being supported both professionally and personally then you will find your professional home at GMP Lawyers.