Careers at Arts Law
We advertise opportunities to join the Arts Law team here when they are available.
Indigenous identified junior lawyer – mid-level lawyer 4+ years
- Post Admission Experience (Full Time or Part Time considered for the right applicant)
- Are you First Nations and passionate about ICIP, arts and culture?
- Do you want to join a respected, innovative community legal centre with purpose? The Arts Law Centre of Australia is seeking a new Solicitor – and you might be the perfect fit!
About Us
The Arts Law Centre of Australia exists to strengthen arts and culture to make a better world. As the national community legal centre for the arts, we provide specialised legal services to Australian creatives and their communities, including free or low-cost legal advice, education and resources. One of Arts Law’s crucial programs is Artists in the Black, which delivers free legal advice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and organisations.
Our work includes:
- Legal advice on the broad range of legal issues affecting Australia’s artists and arts organisations
- Drafting resources for artists and creative businesses including contracts, information sheets, articles
- Law and policy reform work to ensure legal protection of artists’ rights and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
- Educational and learning opportunities about the intersection between the arts and law, and professional development workshops for Australia’s creators
- Legal outreach services to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts communities
About the role
This is a great opportunity to join our small team of lawyers who are energised by their love of the arts and dedicated to helping Australian creators protect their rights and grow their arts practice.
We welcome applications from enthusiastic and dynamic lawyers with a strong knowledge of art law issues, who will benefit from the direct artist contact this job provides as well as the engagement with the wide range of areas of law on which we advise, including copyright, Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP), contracts, defamation and business structures to name a few.
About you
Do you have a strong knowledge of arts law issues, and demonstrated interest in the legal issues affecting Australian artists and arts organisations? We are seeking a lawyer who has:
- A current unrestricted practising certificate in NSW (or eligible for)
- Ideally 4 years+ post qualification experience
- Experience in intellectual property law, including copyright and contracts/commercial law
- Strong legal drafting skills (experience in drafting contracts for creatives is highly desirable)
- Great verbal, written and presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively both autonomously as well as in a small team
- Ability to communicate effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Availability to travel interstate from time to time, for the purposes of connecting with clients and providing them with legal advice and education.
Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay. We know that skills and experience come in many forms, and we value diverse perspectives. If you believe you could contribute meaningfully to our team, we’d love to hear from you.
In your application, please include your resume and a cover letter addressing the above selection criteria and send to [email protected].
This is exclusively a First Nations identified position. Applications close 1 November 2025.
Volunteer Opportunities
Pro bono lawyers provide advice to clients, accompany Arts Law staff on outreach trips, help draft submissions to government and write plain English resources for artists. This works magnifies our capacity and greatly increases the number of artists we are able to reach.
As a non-for-profit, our resources are finite and the value of pro bono support is above and beyond what we could afford. Without the ongoing support of our pro bono partners we would not be able to continue to do our vital work, it’s that simple.
Thank you to all our wonderful volunteer lawyers, pro bono partner firms, secondees, and interns. Your contribution is invaluable.
We also have opportunities available for university students.
You can find out more about volunteering with Arts Law.
