Precedents Lawyer (Part-Time)

About the role

Harwood Andrews is seeking an experienced lawyer to take dedicated responsibility for maintaining and improving the legal precedents used across the firm. This part-time role, working two to four days per week, suits someone with excellent drafting skills, broad legal experience and an interest in knowledge management and legal technology. It is based in Geelong or Melbourne.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, review and update precedents, clauses, checklists, practice notes and supporting guidance.
• Keep precedents current with legislative, regulatory and legal practice developments.
• Maintain a central precedents register, including ownership, review dates, approval status and version history.
• Coordinate review, approval, publication and archiving processes, and apply consistent naming, version control and quality standards.
• Prioritise updates by legal risk, frequency of use, client impact and business need, and report progress regularly.
• Work with lawyers and business services teams to identify opportunities for document automation and test automated documents for accuracy and usability.

Required profile

• Admitted Australian lawyer eligible to hold a current practising certificate.
• Demonstrated post-admission legal experience and a broad legal background.
• Ability to work across practice areas and assess legal risk and competing priorities.
• Experience in knowledge management, precedent development, document automation or legal operations is highly regarded.

Required skills

• Excellent drafting, proofreading and document review skills.
• Confidence using Microsoft 365 and legal document management systems.
• Interest in legal technology and document automation.