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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd
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Over 300 staff in 25 offices located throughout Queensland

Salary packaging, flexible work arrangements,

structured professional development, above award conditions &...

study leave for approved work related courses.

Student Applications

ATSILS advises that with significant expansion efforts and new funding, we will be unable to accept Student Placements at this time. We will review this position in 2025. Please write to careers@atsils.org.au with your resume, should you be looking to apply for any Practical Legal Training 12-week placements with us in 2025. Thereafter a formal online application process will apply.

For any concerns, please write to careers@atsils.org.au and we will endeavour to reply within a month of your message being sent.

Student Placements

The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Limited was established nearly 50 years ago to provide culturally sensitive legal services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and their families.   This is primarily in the jurisdictions of Criminal Law, Family Law & Child Protection, and Civil Law (which includes Human Rights Law, Coronial Enquiries, and other legal services).

We welcome students to our workplaces across Queensland, usually within one of our Brisbane or some Regional offices. Students studying Law, Justice, Indigenous Studies, Advocacy, or a combination relevant to our Vision and Mission are encouraged to apply.

While ATSILS does not generally offer internship fees to students we can provide a strong introduction to cultural competence and other invaluable learning experiences. We provide a diverse range of activity and opportunity in all our workplaces. In your application, please be specific about your requirements and submit the required supporting documents.

Student Placements – Online Application Instructions

ATSILS regrets we are unable to currently accept Student Placement Applications.

We anticipate a review on applications to our student portal in 2025.

News and Events

  • Our CLE Team in NQ participate in the ‘Everyday Legal Training for Frontline Workers’ event
    Our CLE Team in NQ participate in the ‘Everyday Legal Training for Frontline Workers’ eventJune 13, 2025 - 4:20 pm

    Our Community Legal Education staff in North Queensland participated in the ‘Everyday Legal Training for Frontline Workers’ CLE event in May, coordinated by LawRight and hosted by James Cook University in Cairns. This full-day event saw presentations from LawRight, ATSILS, North Queensland Women’s Legal Service, Cairns Community Legal Centre and Basic Rights Qld. Kimberly Thornley […]

  • ATSILS and QATSICPP partner to deliver Community Legal Education (CLE) Webinar Series
    ATSILS and QATSICPP partner to deliver Community Legal Education (CLE) Webinar SeriesJune 9, 2025 - 6:16 pm

    ATSILS and QATSICPP are collaborating to deliver a Community Legal Education (CLE) webinar series to empower community-based staff supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families facing the Queensland youth justice system. ATSILS’ Pree Sharma, Legal Practitioner, Law Reform and Community Legal Education and Rod Morgan, Legal Practitioner, Criminal Law (Youth Crime Specialist) recently delivered a […]

  • Mabo Day 2025
    Mabo Day 2025June 3, 2025 - 12:43 pm

    #MaboDay Today, June 3, 2025, marks the 33rd anniversary of the landmark Mabo v Queensland (No 2) decision by the High Court of Australia. On this day in 1992, the High Court, in favour of Meriam man Eddie Mabo and his co-plaintiffs, overturned the legal fiction of ‘terra nullius’ – the idea that Australia was […]

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