Initiatives
Law Graduates’ and Junior Legal Practitioners’ Pay and Working Conditions
The YLC’s Know Your Rights is an informative guide for law students, law graduates and junior lawyers to increase their awareness of applicable workplace rights and entitlements, to help empower them to take action if they are not being treated fairly in the workplace.
Since early 2020, the YLC has been working on projects aimed at improving working conditions and employment practices in the legal profession. Unfortunately, the legal profession has not been immune from instances of underpayment and unfair employment practices, and sexual harassment remains a significant concern.
Of course, it is ultimately the employer’s responsibility to provide a safe and fair workplace. This is why the YLC is also developing guidelines for law firms – watch this space!
Keep an eye on YLC social media pages where we will be promoting the guide with an information campaign. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.
Read the Guide below or click to download.
Guidelines for the Employment of Law Clerks, Graduates and Lawyers
The Law Society of Western Australia, through its Young Lawyers Committee, has drafted these Guidelines with the aim of promoting fair access to employment in the legal profession and to support the health and wellbeing of legal practitioners and other employees engaged in the legal profession.
All legal workplaces are encouraged to strive to meet the standards recommended in these Guidelines. Doing so is to the benefit of both legal employers and their employees, and the legal profession as a whole.
Read the Guide below or click to download.