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Kristy took a vital interest in my business, provided personalised service and understood the needs of my group. She was committed to identifying and providing the right candidates... Kristy approached the tasks with dedication & professionalism & immediately gained my confidence through her professional style, her strong work ethics and her calm and honest approach.
I. Russell, National Manager - Legal Technology Solutions - CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH
The legal technology (otherwise known as litigation support) industry in Australia has been growing for some time. Growing in the number of professionals permanently engaged in this work, growing in the number of third-party providers in the marketplace and finally growing in the range of services offered to lawyers and clients.
Many of our clients in most centres throughout Australia regularly seek bright and talented legal technology staff to boost their growing teams. Quality roles are often available for experienced people right across the spectrum - from legal assistant and paralegal roles to team leaders, project coordinators, project managers, technical and senior level roles. Many of our positions are rarely advertised and our strong client network means we often know about vacancies before they arise in the market. We are always interested in speaking to candidates who have that unique legal technology experience with large discovery and due diligence matters and advanced database skills and computer literacy. To access a list of our current vacancies, please click here.
There are many opportunities in the legal technology industry to progress your career once involved which usually depends on available projects in the market and/or the level of growth within the firm. Most industry training is currently provided "on-the-job" and experience in the industry is imperative in order to progress. A job sizing framework does exist for the industry to use as a career planning guide. A summary of this career framework is outlined below. It is important to note that roles within each firm or bureau will differ and not all groups will have every level of position. As such, this is meant as a guide only for career planning purposes. For those interested in entering the industry without relevant experience entry level positions often exist at either the paralegal level (for those with a law background), or at a technical level (for those with a relevant technology discipline).
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National Manager / Director Broad scope for overall national group success. |
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State Manager Implementation of strategies & management of business plans. |
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Project Manager Accountability & management of major projects for group. |
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Technical Manager / DBA Develops projects as part of larger business plan or works as specialist on project basis. |
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Technical Analyst Works on projects as part of larger business plan or works as technologist on project basis. |
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Project Coordinator Works on small projects, short-term with specified timeframes & ongoing regular tasks. |
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Paralegal Technical Works on ongoing regular tasks or routine day-to-day activities. |
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Paralegal Works on ongoing regular tasks & routine activities. Striving towards or has completed law degree. |
The information contained in the Job Sizing Framework was compiled by Michelle Mahoney (Mallesons Stephen Jaques) and Kristy Porter (LS Management Services) with further development with and final approval of the framework from ALSM members. Any feedback or enquiries should be directed to the original designers, Michelle Mahoney and Kristy Porter.
Our Managing Director, Kristy Porter, has extensive experience in recruiting for and advising the legal technology industry. She spent several years in Melbourne and Sydney gaining valuable experience and worked on many large projects with clients including the Metropolitan Ambulance Service Royal Commission (Victoria) and the HIH Royal Commission (New South Wales). She was responsible for the recruitment and placement of over hundreds of discovery paralegals during her time, and numerous project coordinators and senior project managers for top tier law firms and leading bureau providers. She now enjoys many close relationships with project managers and national heads of legal technology groups with top tier law firms and continues to service them today; both from a recruitment perspective and even more so at an advisory level. Porter Consulting Group's sister company, LS Management Services Australia, specifically caters to the legal technology industry and strives to set and improve benchmarks for the industry as a whole.
If you are interested in pursuing a career in the legal technology industry and want to find out more information, please contact one of our specialist consultants by clicking here. If you are a law firm or bureau and would like to receive a full copy of the industry job sizing framework, please contact Kristy Porter on +61 8 9226 0100 or click here to send an email.
