The Firm
Barry Nilsson is an award-winning national law firm with a 60-year history and more than 440 staff. We are known for our insurance & health and family law expertise, and for offering the highest standards of industry knowledge to provide our clients with service they can trust.
BN has been listed as an Employer of Choice in the Australasian Lawyer Employer of Choice awards for the past five years. Our people describe our culture as friendly, professional, flexible, and down-to-earth. In our most recent staff engagement survey, 93% of respondents said that their manager is approachable, accessible, and responsive, and our people felt that their manager genuinely cares about their wellbeing.
The Role
We're looking for a mid-level Lawyer or Senior Associate in Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne to join our Impact team. Reporting to the Head of Bono and Responsible Business, this is an exciting opportunity to manage our pro bono practice including:
relationships with our referral and community legal centre partnersassessing pro bono matter requests and managing our legal clinics and graduate pro bono placement programidentifying impactful pro bono projects and opportunitiessupporting our lawyers with pro bonosupporting our pro bono culture and engagement across the firmassisting with pro bono reporting to our board and clientsPart-time applicants will be considered for this role. There is also the opportunity to undertake a part-time secondment working with our community legal centre partners and to support our other areas of responsible business.
The Team
Our Pro Bono and Responsible Business practice is dedicated to providing free legal services to vulnerable and disadvantaged people, supporting charitable and community causes, advancing equality for First Nations peoples, and driving sustainability and ESG initiatives across the firm.
BN's dedicated pro bono practice seeks to address systemic legal problems and improve access to justice. We do this by providing free legal assistance to disadvantaged, marginalised, and vulnerable people, and the charities and not-for-profit organisations that support them.
Last year we achieved 115% of the National Pro Bono Target with 40 pro bono hours per lawyer across the firm. Our pro bono practice has also been recognised through awards for Pro Bono Partner of the Year and as finalists for Pro Bono Practice of the Year and Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year.
The Successful Candidate:
The successful candidate will need to be a self-starter with the experience and confidence to drive our pro bono practice. We are seeking someone with:
a passion for social justicestrong communication and relationship skillspractice management skills including high levels of organisation, attention to detail, and efficiencyexperience in a similar role (highly regarded but not mandatory)current Australian Practising Certificate.The Benefits
We offer a broad range of benefits to our people including:
a firm laptop to support our agile working model;flexible working arrangements including a 9.5-day fortnight, working from home, purchase of leave options, and public holiday swap policy;annual performance bonus scheme designed to recognise and reward strong performance;well-developed and structured mentoring, as well as internal and external training to assist with development;casual office environment with our dress for your day policy;access to our Health & Wellbeing program, BNWell, which supports the overall wellbeing of our people including a yearly health & wellbeing allowance and health & wellbeing day;a shared care parental policy with equal leave for mums and dads.How to Apply
To make a confidential application, please click 'Apply Now' or contact Lulu Schneiders, People & Culture Adviser.
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