Lawyer or Associate | Public Law team

Location: Perth

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australias largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years we are known for our excellence and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence diversity of thought curiosity and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison were leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools weve built and other external AI tools to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how when and where you work and offer a wide range of social financial and health benefits (see Team

MinterEllisons Public Law Team provides legal services to a range of clients in Canberra Sydney Melbourne Brisbane and Perth. We are looking to expand our Perth team and the successful candidate will be working primarily with Sophie Lloyd and Tom Galvin Partners and Elle Tattersall Special Counsel along with other members of our collaborative national team.

MinterEllison has a market leading government practice and was recently awarded a Band 1 ranking for Government in the 2026 Chambers rankings. As part of this broader government practice MinterEllison has a strong public law practice including acting for Commonwealth clients in the federal courts and the Administrative Review Tribunal and providing legal and strategic advice on a range of administrative law issues including good decision making statutory interpretation litigation and freedom of information.

The Role

In this role you will have responsibility for a range of administrative litigation matters. You will manage a large litigation caseload of merits review (before the Administrative Review Tribunal) and judicial review matters (before the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia). This role involves a significant amount of solicitor advocacy at interlocutory processes final hearings and appeals (as well as instructing counsel in more complicated matters).

About You

You will be a motivated focused and enthusiastic Lawyer or Associate (1-4 years PQE) who is seeking a challenging and fast paced role within an outstanding national team.

We are looking for candidates who have public and administrative law knowledge and experience in conducting litigation for government. Candidates with litigation experience working for the Department of Home Affairs or other Commonwealth agencies will be highly regarded.

We welcome applications from candidates with:

• excellent technical and drafting skills;
• interest / experience in advocacy;
• great attention to detail;
• financial acumen;
• strong organisational skills time management and the ability to work independently;
• ability to meet tight deadlines;
• client focus and demonstrated ability to form enduring relationships with peers clients and industry experts;
• ability to provide pragmatic advice and solutions to clients;
• strong digital literacy and interest in emerging legal technologies; and
• resilience and a commitment to providing exceptional levels of service to our clients

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages abilities cultural backgrounds genders (including trans or gender diverse) LGBTQ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly so please submit your CV by clicking on the Apply button. We encourage all applications including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee please apply through the internal careers page.

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