ABOUT US

Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.

DO YOU NEED HELP TO APPLY?

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact Anna Dawson on (02) 9219 5173 or email: anna.dawson@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
• The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate.
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSWClosing Date: Thursday 4th September 2025 at 11.59pm

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a rare and exciting ongoing opportunity for a driven and experienced Senior Solicitor to join our team to lead and manage the Dubbo CCLS practice.
Based in our Dubbo office on beautiful Wiradjuri country, you will deliver high quality civil law advice and representation services across a range of civil law issues to children and young people experiencing structural disadvantage. A particular focus of the role will be to work with young people who are participants in the Youth Koori Court. You will play a vital role in maintaining and developing relationships with local stakeholders to contribute to meaningful positives outcomes for our clients.
The role will involve opportunities to contribute to advocacy and law reform work to bring about change to policies, practices and laws that have a direct impact on children and young people. It may involve supervision responsibilities including of solicitors, case workers and/or paralegals. Some occasional travel to Sydney for in-person training will be required.

THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE

You must:

• have qualifications to act as an Australian legal pracitioner
• be able to provide an NSW Practising certificate (unrestricted, or capacity to obtain) before you start work with us
• be willing to do a Criminal Record Check
• have a current NSW Working with Children Check
• hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary vacancies)
• hold a valid NSW Drivers’ License

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact Anna Dawson on (02) 9219 5173 or email: anna.dawson@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
• The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate.
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSWClosing Date: Thursday 4th September 2025 at 11.59p