- Grow your legal skills on matters at the heart of Australia's public interest
- Structured career pathway to becoming an Associate
- Get the flex you need, with work from home and flexible options
A place for you. It means more here. We bring true purpose, authentic people and a proven path. You bring you.
The Team
We are proud to have a strong
Class Actions presence nationally, working to secure justice for our clients in some of the nation's most prominent class actions, including the QSuper and Colonial First State insurance class actions, the Stolen Wages and Stolen Generations class actions, and the Ruby Princess class action. The team is led by an experienced and highly regarded senior practice leader and special counsel team who are deeply invested in coaching their lawyers, providing hands‑on guidance and exposure to complex, high‑profile matters.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a
Solicitor to join our Class Actions team on a full-time, permanent basis in either our Sydney CBD or Brisbane CBD team, working on a diverse portfolio of class actions, including emerging areas in technology, consumer and competition law claims.
Whether you’ve come from defendant or plaintiff law practice, you will manage discrete segments of work involving litigation processes including preparing evidence, preparing complex court documents, undertaking discovery review and analysis, preparing tender bundles and analysis of documents.
Reporting to an experienced special counsel, you’ll truly champion our clients by:
- Supporting the conduct of multiple class actions, effectively delegating to law clerks and paralegals to deliver on discrete tasks towards these class actions.
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and class action group members, providing regular and effective communication whilst managing expectations.
- Following Shine's key case management processes to help deliver tasks in full and on time, and support more junior team members to do the same.
- Drafting high-quality legal documents in a timely manner.
What you’ll bring
To thrive in this role, you will have:
- A current practising certificate.
- 0 to 3 years’ PAE experience.
- Experience in class actions, either pre-admission or post-admission, is desirable but not essential.
- Experience in commercial litigation, either pre-admission or post-admission, is essential.
- Experience with e-discovery is desirable.
- A strong ability to build rapport with our group members and take evidence from lay witnesses.
- Strong legal analytical skills, research skills, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work with and manage large volumes of complex documents and reports.
- A commitment to truly connect with those around you and work together to deliver exceptional results for our clients.
- The passion, motivation and enthusiasm to contribute to our culture and ensure it’s a place where everyone can thrive.
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.
Visit https://www.shine.com.au/careers/life-shine to find out more and read the stories of our incredible people.
Excited to join us and stand up to injustice? Apply now and make Shine Justice a place for you.
As part of The Circle Back Initiative, we want you to feel supported through our recruitment process, which means that you will hear back from our friendly team – no matter the outcome.
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.