DLA Piper Australia
Legal Delivery Specialist (Paralegal/Practice Group Support) (Start ASAP)
Sydney
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 70,000 - 80,000 / Year
- 1-5 vacancies
- Apply by 28 Feb 2024
- Start date ASAP
About the job
Our platform, your impact.
We don’t follow trends. We start them. We drive change and deliver more to make a tangible difference for our clients and communities.
We have a unique opportunity for a Legal Delivery Specialist to join our high performing Legal Delivery Centre, based in Sydney.
The Legal Delivery Centre (LDC) is at the front edge of the firms drive to use innovative delivery techniques and the latest software to provide clients with new solutions and servicing options.
Our Legal Delivery Specialists work collaboratively using streamlined processes, legal technical know-how, and cutting-edge technology to design and deliver routine or document-heavy legal services efficiently.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be involved in interesting, challenging premium quality work on a local and international basis in a range of areas including Contentious, Corporate Transactional or Real Estate activity.
Your high level of attention to detail, exceptional client service skills and forward-thinking approach will support in your success at the firm, and you will benefit from exceptional learning and development opportunities.
If you are looking to take the next step in your career, working in a team of forward thinking and collaborative team members, apply now and be part of our future.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Our team is cross-skilled to ensure the LDC has the flexibility to adjust to variations in demand. Responsibilities will depend on the assignment and may involve work connected to one or more of the following:
- Disclosure reviews
- Contract drafting and negotiation
- Corporate deal support
- Real Estate activity and support
ABOUT YOU
- Tertiary qualification in law or a related field or demonstrated relevant experience in a professional or legal service environment
- High level attention to detail and computer literacy with an interest in developing your AI assisted skills to apply in the legal environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Agile and collaborative approach with flexibility to adapt to different activities and priorities
OUR VALUES
In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:
- Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
- Be Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
- Be Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
- Be Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.
Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.
HYBRID WORKING
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.
PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING
In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Day to day responsibilities are varied but include matter administration, conducting legal research, completing document review and assisting with ad-hoc tasks - Day-to-day responsibilities are impacted due to the lack of juniors in teams and the absence of paralegals across the country, resulting in graduates at times being asked to work long days and complete tasks that might not be completed by a graduate at a law firm with a team of paralegals etc.
I do not have a lot of autonomy/responsibility, but I don't mind at this stage of my career.
The matters are interesting, but the firm does not have the resources, does not adequately train its juniors and does not have efficient and effective enough processes to run those matters well. Despite having a resource management team, resourcing juniors onto matters isn't methodical and doesn't always take into account capacity, skill-set or interest. My day-to-day responsibilities include filing (electronic documents and court filing), admin tasks, proof reading, research, creating basic court documents and reviewing documents. There seems to be a higher proportion of doc review that juniors are expected to do here when compared to other firms. Although technology does assist, the doc review tasks have been so large that juniors from overseas and from non-litigious teams have had to be resourced onto them.
About the employer
DLA Piper Australia
3.8
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Law
Share our vision. Shape your future. Develop your legal expertise. Sharpen your commercial focus. Become a trusted adviser to clients around the globe
Pros and cons of working at DLA Piper Australia
Pros
The people in this company are probably its greatest asset. People are generally very welcoming and have been very kind to me.
It is able to leverage a global network for its matters and at times can attract very interesting international matters.
Very understanding when it comes to hours, personal health, and very flexible with supporting graduates with study leave.
The offices are very modern, elegant and well-designed. They are new as of 2023.
The firm takes its pro bono commitments seriously and does so at community level and at global level.
Cons
Compared to my friends who are graduates at other firms, it does appear my hours tend to be on the longer side.
There is a lack of juniors in many teams across many offices, resulting in unstable and irregular work-flow patterns.
Internal processes and policies can be bureaucratic and out of line with best practice.
There is no associate level at the firm, and senior associate promotions only happen at 5 years PAE.
Salary was only very recently brought in line with the market rate in my city.