Under the supervision of the TEWLS Principal Lawyer and the Senior Migration Lawyer, you will provide high-quality, culturally-appropriate and holistic legal assistance, including legal advice, casework and representation (litigation) and legal information and referral to women and persons identifying as women across the Northern Territory who are on temporary visas or no visas escaping violent relationships, including the provision of face-to-face advice, preparation of written documents and correspondence, and liaison with Temporary Visa Holders Project partners. The Migration Lawyer will work within TEWLS’ Temporary Visa Holders Project practice under the supervision and guidance of the Senior Migration Lawyer and will be expected to apply (and if required, acquire) a high level of expertise to provide legal services across a range of matters, with particular focus on migration law and intersecting areas of domestic, family and sexual violence, including family law.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to apply for the position, please email Rachael Hillier, Office Manager, at rhillier@tewls.org.au, using the subject line: Migration Lawyer.
