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What this job is
A legal practice manager runs the business side of a law firm or legal practice, so the lawyers can focus on legal work. They organise and control the practice's administrative systems, staff, finances and office resources. The role often covers recruiting and supervising support staff, managing billing and budgets, overseeing trust account records, and helping the practice meet the rules set by its state or territory legal regulator.
Pay
A$1,655 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Act discreetlycore
- Apply information security policiescore
- Company policiescore
- Information confidentialitycore
- Manage budgetscore
- Manage staffcore
- Recruit employeescore
- Risk managementcore
- Train employeescore
- Analyse staff capacity
- Create solutions to problems
- Forecast workload
- Manage contracts
- Perform data analysis
- Present reports