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National industry awards program run by Lawyers Weekly, with categories across firms, in-house teams and individual practitioners.

Career stage: Senior

Type of source

Industry awards program

Typical cycle

Annual

LegalCareers.com.au — an Australian legal sector job board.

Career stage: Senior

Type of source

Legal sector job board

Typical cycle

Continuous — roles posted as they arise

LegalJobs.com.au — an Australian legal sector job board.

Career stage: Senior

Type of source

Legal sector job board

Typical cycle

Continuous — roles posted as they arise

Legal recruiter with Sydney and Melbourne offices, focused on senior appointments including partner, general counsel and company secretary roles. Publishes the annual Mahlab Report on salaries and the legal market.

Career stage: Senior

Discipline

Legal recruitment — senior appointments, Partner, general counsel, company secretary

States serviced

NSW, VIC

International legal directory with Australian law firm and lawyer listings.

Career stage: Senior

Type of source

Directory or ranking — methodology not established

The body responsible for the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS), the national standard for mediator accreditation.

Career stage: Senior

Type of body

Standards and accreditation body

Legal recruiter operating since 1999, based in Sydney and recruiting across NSW, Victoria and Queensland in private practice, in-house and legal support roles.

Career stage: Senior

Discipline

Legal recruitment — private practice, In house, legal support

States serviced

NSW, VIC, QLD

Peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services, representing the member services that deliver culturally safe legal assistance.

Career stage: Senior

Type of body

Peak body — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services

National judicial education body. Publishes programs and material on judicial practice, some of it free.

Career stage: Senior

Type of body

Judicial education body

The state peak body for community legal centres in QLD.

Career stage: Senior

Type of body

State peak body — community legal centres

Resolution Institute is a membership and professional development body for dispute resolution practitioners in Australia and New Zealand. It offers mediation and other dispute resolution training, accreditation pathways, continuing professional development and practitioner directories.

Career stage: Senior

Type of body

Professional association

Peer-nominated directory of outstanding Australian lawyers and their firms.

Career stage: Senior

Type of source

Directory or ranking — methodology not established

Global legal recruiter with an Australian practice, part of The SR Group. Recruits across private practice, in-house legal, and risk and compliance.

Career stage: Senior

Discipline

Legal recruitment — private practice, In house, risk and compliance

Submission-based rankings drawing on firm data submissions, partner interviews and confidential client feedback, benchmarked by practice area, industry and jurisdiction.

Career stage: Senior

Type of source

Rankings directory — submission based

Typical cycle

Annual

Professional body for tax practitioners, awarding the Chartered Tax Adviser designation.

Career stage: Senior

Type of body

Professional association

Awards Churchill Fellowships funding overseas research and study projects, open across fields including law.

Career stage: Senior

Type of source

Fellowship program

Typical cycle

Annual