Senior Solicitor or Associate - Personal Injury

Senior Solicitor or Associate - Personal Injury

• Work with authentic, supportive people who are truly invested in you
• Grow your legal skills in personal injury matters with big firm support
• Be a true champion of our clients - it's your calling to right wrong

The Opportunity

At Shine Lawyers, we're proud to work tirelessly in pursuit of justice for people within our community. As a full time, permanent Senior Solicitor or Associate in our Logan based Personal Injury team, that commitment begins with you. You'll have the opportunity to make a real difference for those who have been wronged while building meaningful relationships with clients during some of the most challenging periods of their lives.

We are looking for applicants who are eager to further their career within the personal injury field. This is a great opportunity to build your technical expertise while working alongside and learning from an experienced Practice Manager, with the support of experienced legal support who will help you succeed in the role.

With compassion, connection and purpose, you'll be a true champion of our clients by:

• Providing clients with legal advice and representation to obtain compensation
• Work across a variety of client matters that require a high level of sensitivity
• Provide legal advice to each client's particular matter to suit their level of understanding
• Develop and maintain strong professional working relationships with clients, including effective and regular communication and managing the client's expectations
• Draft legal documentation with a high degree of attention to detail
• Manage and run afile load with a high level of commercial and fiscal awareness

What you'll bring

To thrive in this role, you'll:

• A Bachelor of Laws with a current practising certificate.
• Pre or post-admission experience in personal injury law (e.g. workers' compensation and/or transport accident matters, or similar).
• Have a passion for social justice and a thirst for knowledge in the plaintiff law space.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Be dedicated to delivering exceptional client service, with an emphasis on helping people when they need it most.
• Be able to effectively manage multiple competing deadlines, within a fast-paced environment.

Shine Lawyers: A place for you. It means more here.

At Shine, purpose really matters.

• It's our clients, who summon the courage to stand up to injustice.
• It's the communities we are part of and support every day.
• It's our team, who champion what's right and make this place what it is.

We're an ASX-listed organisation, and we've been standing up for the rights of everyday Australians for more than 50 years. We've achieved a lot, but you'll find no airs and graces here. We're humble yet relentless. We don't pretend to be anything other than ourselves. And together, we've created a place for you to thrive.

Here are some of the things we hope you'll love about working with us:

• Connect and be you:Get the flexibility and benefits you need, and work alongside truly authentic people who care so much - about the clients, Shine and you.
• Challenge and be challenged:We're not here for "easy". We want you to take your place at Shine and make a real impact. Question and challenge - that's how we grow.
• Achieve and grow:Start your Shine journey with our in-house learning programs, where you'll find immediate connection and be set up for success. You will be provided real opportunities to step up and grow - within your role and beyond.

We are committed to making Shine Lawyers a place for you by encouraging and supporting our people to bring their authentic selves to the workplace, and as a result, we know you'll put your best self forward while righting wrong for our clients. We're passionate about maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment here at Shine that celebrates all of our differences with age, disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, to name a few, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates. You bring you.