Family Lawyers

Forte Family Lawyers

Melbourne, VIC

Family Law (Legal)

Full time

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Family Lawyers - Opportunity to Join Our Growing Family Law Team

Do you want to be the best family lawyer you can be? Do you want to be mentored and learn from highly regarded partners? Do you want to work on interesting and complex client files?

Forte Family Lawyers are currently recruiting mid-level and senior lawyers to join our expanding family law practice.

You will be either

2-4 years' PAE with Family Law experience

5 + years’ PAE with Family Law experience

You will be looking for: 

Mentoring and training to take your legal and professional skills to the next level

Opportunities to operate files under expert guidance and supervision

Support to undertake specialist accreditation in family law, if not already obtained

Development of your leadership and mentoring skills through supervising junior lawyers

Regular training on a broad range of topics

A friendly and collaborative team environment

About Forte Family Lawyers

We are a team of 20 family lawyers, including 5 partners, all of whom are highly regarded accredited family law specialists. We act for private clients in a range of family law areas, including in the specialties of bankruptcy, receivership and insolvency, superannuation, financial (including pre-nuptial) agreements, disputes involving third parties and complex financial structures, high-risk parenting cases, and surrogacy. Our clients are local, interstate, and international.

We encourage and support significant continuing legal and professional development of our lawyers, as well as opportunities for career progression.

We have a friendly, flexible, and collaborative work environment. We work as a team and support one another to get the best outcomes for our clients.

About you

You will

Demonstrate a strong interest in working in family law with a focus on financial and property matters.

Have well-developed writing, drafting, legal research, communication skills, and attention to detail.

Have the ability to develop and maintain excellent relationships with clients.

Have strong organizational skills and a capacity to work within a team environment.

Be an accredited specialist or aspire to become an accredited specialist in the future.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications from recruitment agencies not briefed for this position will not be considered.

All applications will be considered in strict confidence.

NOTE: Never make payment to any employer, person, company, contractor or agency to get hired for a Job.

You can also contact Trudi Galbraith, People and Development Manager via tgalbraith@fortefamilylawyers.com.au or 0392485841 for a confidential discussion.