Job Details

Job Record No: 9BBF8078
Company Name: Robert John Nixon
WWW-Address:
Nature of Job: Voluntary Work/Work Experience Program
Disciplines: Volunteer Court Assistant
Academic Status: Undergraduate or postgraduate
Job Title: VOLUNTEER COURT ASSISTANTS SOUGHT: DOWNING CENTRE LOCAL COURT COMPLEX
Job Specification: Want Volunteer work experience with a Solicitor?
Can one read & speak english with excellent fluency under pressure?
Can one comprehend written & spoken english accurately under pressure?
Is one extremely extravert being always most comfortable talking with total strangers at all times?
Does one have access to a land line phone somewhere on a regular basis?

If one ansers yes to the above five questions one has met the essential requirements for a volunteer work experience opportunity with a Solicitor assisting him to provide a low cost legal service to qualifying clients modelled on the Pro Bono Reduce Fee model, in Downing Centre Local Court Complex Liverpool Street Sydney between the hours of 8 a.m. & 4 p.m. on the following Fridays:

The First Friday of each month;
Whenever there is a fifth Friday in any month.

This Volunteer work experience opportunity is open to all students meeting the specified selection criteria appearing in this add from first year to final year who are studying anything.

No prior knowledge nor experience of any kind is required.

Successful applicants shall undertake the below listed duties in a group of four to six students selected from a roster of such students on each day under the direct personal supervision and direction of Robert Nixon, The sole practising Solicitor providing this volunteer opportunity in Downing Centre Local Court complex Liverpool Street Sydney:

Interview in detail potential clients taking detailed notes on all that one discovers in such interviews;

Explain in detail to each potential client the nature of the service being offered to each of them;

Liase with court staff,the police prosecutor & the RTA representative;

Take detailed notes while Robert Nixon, the solicitor providing this opportunity, interviews each actual client in detail;

Assist Robert Nixon, the Solicitor providing this service, to present each client's case to the magistrate by passing documents to Robert Nixon, the Solicitor providing this service, that Robert Nixon, the Solicitor providing this opportunity nominates for this purpose;

Assist Robert Nixon, the solicitor providing this service, to prepare any matter for hearing if and when a plea of not guilty is entered on behalf of such client by undertaking detailed legal research and other nominated tasks;

If & when an adjournment is granted for any reason, assist Robert Nixon, the solicitor providing this service, to fully prepare the matter for the next time it is due to be presented in court on a plea

or

mention basis or any other basis or reason by undertaking detailed legal research and other nominated tasks.
Essential Skills:
Desirable Skills:
Additional Info:
Add. Requirement: - Australian Resident - - Eligible to work in Australia - - Student Visa -
Work Arrangements: - Community Work -
Closing Date: 13 Nov 2009
Date of Commencement: ASAP
How to apply: For further information and to apply please phone Robert Nixon, the Solicitor providing this Volunteer work experience opportunity on (02) 98725766 during the following time periods:

6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday

or

9 a.m. to 4p.m. on weekends & public holidays.

If one's call is taken by a voice mail system please leave one's name,a land line phone number on which to return one's call with a time range during which one will be on that land line number available to take such call.

Please do not leave mobile phone numbers for return calls unless one does not have access to a land line phone number anywhere.

One's call to the specified land line number will be returned during the specified time period.
Advertised on: 25 February 2009