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Brisbane, Qld, Au

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

In this role, I was responsible for:• Developing and maintaining precedents.• Drafting, reviewing and advising on a broad suite of trust, company and SMSF documents including trust deeds, constitutions and amendments to same.• Researching to ensure the currency of the above mentioned suite of documents.• Developing, mentoring and supporting the Legal and Client Services teams.• Providing technical support across the business.• Building and maintaining relationships, as well as delivering projects with other business units – Sales/Relationship Management, Marketing/Communications and IT.• Supporting business clients, being accountants, external lawyers and financial planners, via phone and email.

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

I practiced across all facets of Succession Law, being Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Estate Litigation. I also successfully ran the firm’s Family Law matters.

Brisbane, Australia

I practiced in the firms’ Family Law team and fostered and developed my skills in the area of Succession Law.

University Of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

I assisted the Student Concierge Team in assessing and triaging students with emergency physical and mental health issues ensuring their welfare, dealing with student enquiries in person, over the phone and via email; booking counselling/disability advisor/international advisor and learning advisor appointments for students using the University of Queensland's StudentHub system (formerly using the SmartBook database), and assisting students book these appointments themselves through the self-service option in StudentHub; directing students to other university services as required; managing appointment room bookings through StudentHub (formerly using Microsoft Office Access); and with general administrative duties, all of which required me to exercise empathy and emotional intelligence.

Building 41, University Of Queensland

My duties within the Student Relations Network (SRN) included:- Supervising Crew Members making phone calls to new students. - Advising Crew Members of SRN program changes or appropriate university advice as necessary. - Assisting in Training of new Crew Members. - Utilising the Client Response Management System (CRM) to allocate Crew Members new UQ students to call as necessary. I also have experience doing a similar task in Microsoft Office Access. - Prioritising important tasks. - Formulating informative emails to send to new UQ students as requested. - Phoning new UQ students and providing them with useful information to assist with their preparations for university and to check on their progress. - Conducting review of Crew Member Case Notes to ensure clarity and performing data analysis where relevant.

University Of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

In this position, I liaised with students of all backgrounds, providing them with information on study habits and university life; referred students (as required) to Student Services and maintained the Zone tent supplies for student enjoyment.

Bulimba, Queensland, Australia

I was promoted to the position of Solicitor at Martinez Lawyers upon obtaining my Practicing Certificate. As a dedicated member of the Martinez Lawyers team for 9 years, I was always client focused and results driven, and proved myself to be loyal, ambitious and fully committed to the needs of the clients. I worked primarily on the firm’s Family Law matters, with exposure to Succession Law matters. Throughout my time at Martinez Lawyers, I became highly skilled in drafting various legal documents, including briefs for Barristers, Family Law Court Applications, Consent Orders, Binding Financial Agreements, Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Applications for Probate. I also provided support within the firms’ conveyancing practice and gained experience with file management and preparing documents through the LEAP Office Management System. I was always empathetic to client needs and fostered a strong passion for achieving cost-effective, expedient and collaborative resolutions for them, consistently exercising strong emotional intelligence. I settled numerous contentious Family Law matters and ensured a favourable outcome was achieved for my clients.

Bulimba, Queensland

I was promoted to the position of Law Clerk upon my Graduation from the University of Queensland and during my studies in my Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at the College of Law. In this role, I gained comprehensive experience managing Family Law, Succession Law and Litigation matters, under close supervision of the firm's Principal. This allowed me to further develop my excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence as I was liaising directly with clients as the file owner.

Bulimba, Queensland

I began my legal career at Martinez Lawyers, working as a Receptionist to gain valuable insight into the inner workings of a law firm. As a Legal Assistant I was responsible for firm administration, including archiving of files, management of the firm's safe custody, opening files, booking client appointments and responding to general enquiries via telephone, email and in person, and assisted with drafting and preparing various legal documents.

Brisbane, Australia

I assisted the student in developing her English skills in four key aspects - speaking, listening, reading and writing, and assigned homework for the student to complete.

Brisbane, Australia

In this role, my duties included:- Liaison with associate Doctors and Patients, bookings of appointments. - Computer processing and Dictaphone typing. - Telephone switchboard (two line), dealing with enquiries.- Invoicing and receipting of appointments and operations. - Faxing, filing and photocopying as required.

Master Of Laws (Applied Law), Law

I have successfully completed a Master of Laws (Applied Law). I studied three Succession Law subjects and three Family Law subjects.

Graduate Diploma In Legal Practice, Law

I completed the Practical Legal Training Program full-time at The College of Law to attain my Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Bachelor Of Laws (Honours) / Bachelor Of Arts (Japanese And Criminology), Law; Japanese; Criminology

Activities and Societies: University of Queensland Student Services Student Leader (Volunteer); University of Queensland Student Services.

Op2, Queensland Certificate Of Education, College Subject Medal In Legal Studies And Maths A; International Language Award For Japanese

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