NSW Crown Solicitor's Office About
The CSO is the largest provider of legal services to state government agencies in NSW. The CSO has expertise in: - Government Law
- Constitutional & Administrative Law - Child Protection
Graduate Opportunities
- Community Law
complete six-monthly rotations across four practice
- Commercial Law
CSO run a two-year graduate program. Graduates
- Property & Native Title
groups.
- Regulatory & Environment
Graduates may be involved in assisting with litigation,
- Inquiries
The purpose of the program is to train participants as
- Public Safety & Justice
- Employment Law & Industrial Relations
providing advice to clients and attending mediation.
- Torts Law (Justice/Law Enforcement Agencies)
government solicitors.
- Torts (Service/Regulatory Agencies)
What kind of work?
You can find more information here:
https://www.cso.nsw.gov.au/Pages/cso_workingwithus/
Type of work varies depending on the practice group that cso_workingwithus.aspx employees work within, but includes:
- Advising on and drafting of intergovernmental Fun Fact / Recent Project Inquiries agreements - Providing advice on a range of legislation
The CSO is responsible for representing NSW government
- Education seminars and training
agencies in inquiries. The Royal Commission into
- Advising on major agency procurements and reforms
schools, sports organisations and community and
- Providing legal advice and assistance for major Institutional Responses to Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse investugated how institutions such as churches, government policy and legislative initiatives - Ensuring regulatory compliance
government agencies have responded to allegations of
of inquiry and standing commissions
the following:
Location
and RG Dance)
- Representation in inquisitorial proceedings, including child sexual abuse. The Crown Solicitor was engaged to coronial inquests, royal commissions, special commissions represent the State of NSW, including hearings relating to - Centres for Performing Arts (Australian Institute of Music
Sydney
- Catholic and Anglican church authorities
Student Opportunities
an institutional context (including consideration of the
then go on to participate in the Graduate Program.
Institute of Sport)
- criminal justice issues relating to child sexual abuse in
The CSO offer approximately 50 paralegal positions to admissibility of tendency and coincidence evidence) students still completing their degree. Many students - sporting clubs and organisations (including the NSW Positions are available for high achieiving law students who have completed at least two years of their law degree.
Paralegals are assigned to a practice group and are
responsible for providing legal and administrative support to solicitors and other team members. You can find more information here:
https://www.cso.nsw.gov.au/Pages/cso_workingwithus/ cso_workingwithus.aspx
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