Careers with Chidiac Legal
Build a career with purpose in South West Sydney.
At Chidiac Legal, we help people navigate life’s most important moments—buying and selling property, growing businesses, protecting families, and resolving disputes with dignity. If you’re looking for meaningful work in a supportive, community‑minded practice, you’ve found your place.
Why join us
Real impact, real clients: Work directly with local families and businesses across Sydney and NSW.
Values‑led practice: Empathy, excellence and integrity guide everything we do.
Mentoring & growth: Hands‑on supervision, structured learning, and clear progression pathways.
Balance & wellbeing: Flexible arrangements where possible, sensible workloads, and a team that has your back.
Modern, efficient systems: Practical tech that supports high‑quality legal work without the admin drag.
Our values
Empathy – We listen first and act with care.
Excellence – We set high standards and pursue continuous improvement.
Clarity – We communicate simply and honestly.
Community – We’re proud to serve South West Sydney and give back where we can.
Courage – We advocate fearlessly and ethically.
Current vacancy
Are you a family lawyer who believes in advocacy with heart? At Chidiac Legal, we’re expanding our team and seeking an experienced Family Lawyer committed to advocating for clients.
This is more than a legal role—it’s a chance to make a lasting impact in the lives of families, working within a firm that values empathy, excellence, and purpose-driven practice.
- Location: Sydney, NSW
- Position: Family Lawyer 5+ PQE
We’re looking for someone who brings both legal acumen and emotional intelligence to the table—someone who can navigate complex family dynamics with clarity, compassion, and conviction.
To apply, send your CV to [email protected].
Let’s shape a better future together.
Are you an autonomous and capable Criminal Lawyer (5+ years PQE)?
This is a genuine opportunity to take ownership of your practice and build a team within a respected and established firm. Chidiac Legal has built a strong reputation in criminal law through trust, results, and long-standing client relationships. They benefit from a significant referral network, repeat clientele, and a loyal client base.
The Opportunity
This autonomous role is suited to a lawyer confident in managing matters independently. You will:
- Run your own criminal law files end-to-end
- Meet with clients directly
- Appear in hearings
- Brief and work with Counsel
- Be supported to build your own team over time
- Develop and grow your own referral network and relationships
This is an office-based role with standard hours of 9:00am – 5:30pm. Due to the nature of criminal law, you will need to be available to support clients when required.
About Chidiac Legal
- Strong and established referral streams
- High level of repeat business
- Independent and employee-friendly culture
- Incentivised structure designed to encourage long-term retention
- Opportunity to build something meaningful within an established brand
About You
- Minimum 5+ years PQE in criminal law
- Confident appearing in court and running hearings independently
- Self-sufficient and commercially aware
- Loyal, relationship-driven and motivated to grow
- Seeking long-term stability
This is an excellent opportunity for a criminal lawyer looking to step into a trusted practice with autonomy, strong referral support, and genuine growth potential.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please submit your resume to [email protected].
At Chidiac Legal, we help our clients navigate life’s most important moments—buying and selling property, growing businesses, protecting families, and resolving disputes with dignity. We undertake meaningful work in a supportive, community‑minded practice.
We are now seeking a Junior Solicitor to work across our practice areas of Property, Wills & Probate, Family Law and Migration.
Based in our office in the heart of Bankstown, the Junior Solicitor will:
- provide high-quality legal advice to a range of individual and corporate clients,
- manage client files end-to-end, efficiently, with focus on positive client outcomes and with all due diligence, care and attention, and
- contribute to business growth through development of long-term productive relationships with clients and stakeholders.
Tasks will include:
- consulting with clients to take instructions, provide advice and create a strategic forward plan
- draft property-related documents such as contracts, leases, easements
- draft court documents including applications, affidavits, and briefs for counsel
- draft wills and co-ordinate compliant execution
- liaise with clients, barristers and representatives of other parties, courts and other stakeholders to achieve favourable client outcomes
- attend courts for directions, compliance and readiness hearings, dispute resolution conferences, mentions, interim and final hearings
- undertake research on legislation and policy
The successful candidate will have:
- Bachelor degree in Law
- Current NSW practicing certificate
- Working with Children Check – or eligibility to obtain
- Minimum 12 months’ post-admission experience across at least three areas of property law, family law, local court (civil and criminal) and migration law matters
- demonstrated experience managing matters end-to-end
- experience identifying risks and preparing comprehensive written legal advice outlining risks, options and potential outcomes
- experience using electronic conveyancing platforms (e.g. PEXA) and digital legal practice management systems (e.g. Smokeball, Leap, Migration Manager)
- understanding of relevant legislation and regulatory frameworks across at least three areas of property, family, probate and migration jurisdictions
- outstanding communication skills (written and verbal)
- strong attention to detail.
For this full-time role, we are offering a base salary of $80 000 + super.
Apply with detailed resume, evidence of Australian citizenship / permanent residency status to [email protected].
Applications close 16 June 2026.