DSA Law is a Melbourne boutique firm where junior lawyers run files, not photocopiers. Where business professionals are valued for what they bring, not just what they bill. And where the people who do the work are the same people the client actually speaks to.
If you want real responsibility from day one, a team that backs you, and a firm that is growing because it does things differently, we should talk.
Work across criminal defence, commercial litigation, employment, family law, and insolvency. Our lawyers handle complex matters in the Magistrates’ Court, County Court, Supreme Court, Federal Court, and specialist tribunals. You will be trusted with real files and real clients from the start.
DSA Law values the people who keep a firm running. We hire business development professionals, client services specialists, marketing coordinators, paralegals, and office managers who want to be part of a growing firm, not just filling a seat. You do not need a legal background to make a real contribution here.
Our graduate and PLT placement program gives you direct access to client files, court appearances, and the practitioners who lead each matter. You will not spend your first year buried in discovery. You will sit in conferences, draft correspondence, and learn by doing. We take a small cohort each year because we invest properly in every person we bring on.
At DSA Law, you will not spend your early years watching from the sideline. Our lawyers appear in court. They sit in client conferences. They draft pleadings, negotiate settlements, and run matters with direct oversight from our principals.
We practise across criminal defence, commercial litigation, employment law, family law, wills and estates, and insolvency. That breadth means you will develop a skillset that most lawyers at larger firms simply do not get exposure to until years into their career.
Our business and operations team members are equally embedded. They are in the room when strategy is discussed, not brought in after the decisions have been made
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We are not going to pretend law is easy. It is demanding work and we hold a high standard. But we also know that burning people out is not a business model. It is a failure of leadership.
At DSA Law, you will be treated like a professional. That means autonomy over how you manage your work. It means flexibility when life requires it. It means being assessed on the quality of your thinking and the outcomes you deliver, not on how many hours you managed to log on a timesheet.
We have offices in Melbourne CBD and on the Mornington Peninsula. Some of our team work across both. We trust people to be where they need to be.
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DSA Law is not a firm where your career path depends on someone above you leaving. We are actively growing. We are building new practice areas, pursuing new markets, and investing in the people and systems that will get us there.
That means there is room. Room to develop your own client relationships. Room to shape how a practice area operates. Room to step into leadership earlier than you expected.
We are looking for people who want to be part of something they helped build, not people who just want a title at a firm that already has everything figured out.
book free consultationWe take on complex matters and we expect every member of the team to contribute meaningfully, regardless of seniority. You will be asked for your view. You will be expected to think critically. You will work closely with founding principal Joseph Alesci and our other partners, and alongside experienced practitioners who genuinely want to see you develop.
We know that challenge without support is just stress. You will have structured mentoring, clear feedback, and access to ongoing professional development. We invest in people because keeping good people is the smartest thing a firm can do.
In any given week, our lawyers might appear in the Magistrates’ Court on a criminal matter, advise on an employment dispute, and attend a mediation on a commercial claim. Our business team operates across marketing, client services, operations, and business development. If you wanted predictable and narrow, you would have stayed at a top tier firm.
DSA Law is not a firm that peaked five years ago. We are in a growth phase, actively building new service lines and entering new markets. The people who join now will shape what this firm becomes.
If you are looking for a firm where you will be trusted, challenged, and given room to grow, send us your CV and a short note about why DSA Law interests you. We read every application personally.
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