We are currently looking for volunteer lawyers to join our Pro Bono Property Legal Clinic.

If you would like to enquire about volunteering for the clinic, please contact us at info@wlswa.org.au.

 

Unfortunately, our office is currently at capacity for other volunteers. Please check back later for more opportunities.

 

By volunteering with us you have the opportunity to make a huge difference to our work.

Volunteers enable us to provide legal services to more women and increase our capacity to contribute and drive policy and law reform for issues affecting women. Volunteers also ensure the quality of our services is kept up to date and relevant.

By volunteering with us, students and those completing their practical legal placement, are given one on one training and mentoring by our senior lawyers and importantly gain relevant “on the ground” practical experience.

Our volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and are at a range of stages in their careers, such as law students, law graduates undertaking their Practical Legal Training, restricted practitioners, retired lawyers and professionals from non-legal backgrounds.

Work of Legal Volunteers

The nature of our work is varied, so the work volunteers do depends on specific projects that occur. The type of work our volunteers may undertake includes:

• legal research on client matters;
• assisting on client files – this may include meeting clients with a lawyer and assisting to prepare court documents and work on files;
• attending court with a lawyer in a non-legal support capacity and assisting with follow up tasks;
• assisting with research and drafting of law reform submissions;
• drafting and formatting legal information materials for our website or for use in community legal education sessions;
• providing administrative support to our volunteer solicitors during the Family Law (Property) Legal Clinic; and
• assisting with administrative and operational tasks (non-legal). This may include data entry, scanning and uploading documents to our client database, filing and typing.

Non-Legal Volunteers

For those with a non-legal background wishing to volunteer, we offer volunteer roles in the following areas:

• administrative assistance;
• policy development;
• research;
• marketing; and
• social media.

If you are interested in volunteering with us, please check what current volunteer opportunities we have available or email us with your resume or general query.

You can also fill out and submit the form below.

Our Principal Legal Officer will then be in touch to discuss any potential opportunities.