NSW Crown Solicitor's Office

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 - Commercial Law CSO run a two-year graduate program. Graduates - Community Law complete six-monthly rotations across four practice - Property & Native Title groups. - Public Safety & Justice - Regulatory & Environment Graduates may be involved in assisting with litigation, - Employment Law & Industrial Relations providing advice to clients and attending mediation. - Inquiries The purpose of the program is to train participants as - Torts Law (Justice/Law Enforcement Agencies) government solicitors. - Torts (Service/Regulatory Agencies) What kind of work? 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: 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: - Advising on and drafting of intergovernmental Fun Fact / Recent Project agreements Inquiries - 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 - Providing legal advice and assistance for major Institutional Responses to Allegations of Child Sexual government policy and legislative initiatives Abuse investugated how institutions such as churches, - Advising on major agency procurements and reforms schools, sports organisations and community and - Ensuring regulatory compliance government agencies have responded to allegations of - 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 of inquiry and standing commissions the following: - Centres for Performing Arts (Australian Institute of Music Location and RG Dance)

Sydney - Catholic and Anglican church authorities Student Opportunities an institutional context (including consideration of the

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 then go on to participate in the Graduate Program. Institute of Sport)

- criminal justice issues relating to child sexual abuse in