Solicitor, Generalist – Cairns Community Legal Centre – QLD

Are you a solicitor looking to make a real difference in the community? Join a community-based non-profit in this rewarding, full-time role (38 hours per week) on a twelve-month contract. Solicitors with minimum two years PAE are encouraged to apply.

Cairns Community Legal Centre extends its services across a range of areas of law including guardianship, domestic violence, peace and good behaviour matters, consumer law, credit, debt, motor vehicle property damage, discrimination and human rights, family law, child protection, elder law, criminal and traffic matters.

Do you:

  • have demonstrated experience in practice areas relevant to the areas of law offered by the centre, including but not limited to domestic and family violence, mental health, family and elder law?
  • have (or are you eligible for) admission as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and a practising certificate which entitles you to practice as a solicitor in Queensland?
  • hold (or are you eligible to apply for) a full Queensland driver’s licence?

How to apply

Further information about the role can be obtained by following the Apply link to the Seek advert. To submit your application for this challenging and rewarding role, submit your CV, essential criteria and covering letter of no more than one page in length outlining why you consider yourself suited to working at the centre in this role.