Lawyer, Pro Bono - Technology and Innovation

About Gilbert + Tobin 

Gilbert + Tobin is built on enduring values of excellence, trust, respect, integrity and good corporate citizenship. These values have underscored our growth, enabling us to become a leading firm of over 500 lawyers, trusted by our clients to navigate today’s increasingly complex world.

We are purpose built for our clients’ most complex and critical work - across transactions, disputes and regulation. Our partners are plain-speaking leaders in their fields, delivering the highest quality of legal advice and providing an exceptional edge for our clients. We are innovators in the use of technology, redefining value and service in the legal industry.

Our open, merit-based culture attracts and inspires the best legal talent. Founded in 1988, Gilbert + Tobin’s journey has been one of relentless ambition and rapid progress, achieving extraordinary success in just over three decades.

We remain as determined as ever to be the best it’s possible to be.

About Pro Bono

Our pro bono practice was the first of its kind in Australia. We use the law to help people realise their fundamental rights and freedoms, access opportunities and challenge systems that affect their lives. We also support not-for-profit organisations working with people facing disadvantage.

We are particularly known for our work with First Nations peoples and communities, together with refugees and asylum seekers, people with disabilities and in human rights matters. Our pro bono team includes an experienced team of eight lawyers, one special counsel and two partners dedicated entirely to pro bono work. The team acts in its own matters and also supports lawyers across all the firm's practice groups to contribute through pro bono.

We work closely with the access to justice sector, our clients and their communities across Australia. These relationships shape and inform the work we do.

About the role

This is a 12-month full-time contract within our pro bono team. It is a new role at the intersection of technology, artificial intelligence and access to justice.

You will work with our pro bono team and the community legal sector to harness AI and other technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of pro bono legal services. You will also help develop tools that expand access to justice for clients and communities.

In the role, you will:

• Work with the pro bono team to identify and implement AI and technology solutions that improve legal work
• Support the coordination and delivery of pro bono matters across the firm using technology
• Develop and maintain AI-enabled resources, templates and guides for lawyers
• Help design tools and services that deliver legal assistance directly to clients and communities
• Collaborate with community legal centres and access to justice organisations to support their use of technology
• Contribute to the responsible and ethical use of AI, including privacy, confidentiality and bias considerations
• Stay up to date with developments in AI and legal technology and identify practical applications
• Design and deliver training to support capability across the team and community partners
• Contribute to thought leadership and sector engagement on technology and access to justice

About you

You are a junior to mid-level lawyer with a strong interest in social justice and a curiosity about how technology can transform legal service delivery.

You bring practical experience in applying technology in a legal context and are motivated to use these skills to expand access to justice. You focus on improving how work is done and can translate complex ideas into practical solutions.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Two to five years’ post-qualification experience
• Fluency in AI concepts
• Experience applying AI or other technologies in legal work
• A strong understanding of developments in AI, including generative AI
• The ability to apply technology in a practical and user-focused way
• A practical understanding of process change and continuous improvement
• An understanding of change management principles and how to support people in adopting new ways of working
• Awareness of the ethical considerations arising from the use of AI in legal services, including data privacy, confidentiality and the responsible use of AI with vulnerable clients
• Strong analytical, communication and drafting skills
• A commitment to social justice and pro bono work
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• The ability to explain complex concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
• Comfort working in a changing environment and trying new approaches

What we will offer you 

This role will see you working in one of Australia's leading pro bono teams, with the opportunity to apply cutting-edge technology to high-impact access to justice work.

G+T will offer you a friendly, flexible and professional working environment. In addition to top of market remuneration, we provide our people with benefits a subsidised cafe, subsidised gym membership, end of trip facilities, exclusive retail discounts, social events and much more which you can review here http://bit.ly/GTFLYER.

Please submit your interest via our careers website with a resume by 22nd June. Should you have any questions about the role, or require an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, please contact [email protected]

Please submit your interest via our career’s website with a resume.

We are committed to providing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment and a culture where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.