Graduate Lawyer / Junior Lawyer

Graduate Lawyer / Junior Lawyer Statutory Insurance NSW/ACT | Canberra Full-time position to join our Canberra office as a Junior Lawyer, or as a law graduate on a 12 month graduate program Exposure to real work on real files for great clients Learning and career development program including on the job training and our Elevate program designed specifically for our graduates Opportunities to participate in Pro Bono, Industry group and Smarter Law initiatives Free daily breakfast, office drinks and social events Genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion across the Firm More information about our HW benefits can be viewed here: About the role and team We have a new and exciting opportunity for a law graduate or Junior Lawyer to join our thriving Statutory Insurance - Workers' Compensation practice in the ACT, working with two highly regarded partners and their team. Our Statutory Insurance NSW/ACT - Workers' Compensation section has approximately 7 team members based in our Canberra office and forms part of our broader Statutory Insurance practice with around 117 people across NSW and the ACT. The successful candidate will: be based in our Canberra office; join in either a non-rotating graduate, or Junior Lawyer, position; and learn and gain experience in the defence of personal injury claims, in the context of Workers' Compensation in the ACT and Commonwealth (Comcare) jurisdictions. We encourage applications from Junior Lawyers who have experience in commercial litigation and/or insurance litigation (particularly Workers’ Compensation), however this is not essential. You must have a keen interest in developing a career in defendant insurance law.   Key responsibilities You will be involved in a variety of matters, under appropriate supervision, including: defending state statutory class and common law claims arising in the ACT jurisdiction; advising licensees under the Commonwealth workers compensation (Comcare) scheme; advising national insurers, self-insurers and boutique insurers on issues concerning the ACT scheme and with the ACT regulator; running claims and litigation in a variety of Courts, including the ACT Magistrates’ Court, ACT Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Australia; and acting on workers’ compensation recoveries in construction site matters, involving employers, head contractors and multiple subcontractors. About our Graduate Program Our graduate program is a priority for us because we recognise that today’s law graduates are tomorrow’s leaders of the firm. Over the years our graduate program has proven to be highly successful - many of our current partners completed their graduate year with us! Our graduate program was included as one of the Fast Movers in GradAustralia's Top 100 Graduate Employers of 2021 and we were identified in the GradConnection Top100 category lists as one of the Most Popular Law Graduate Employers across Australia. About us Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent…
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