InBrief

The Hon Bob Debus MP, Attorney General, is seeking expressions of interest from qualified persons for appointment as the senior public defender under the Public Defenders Act 1995 for a period of up to seven years. Public defenders are barristers who appear throughout NSW in trials and appeals for legally aided persons charged with serious criminal offences. The senior public defender is responsible to the attorney general for the administration of the public defenders, including their deployment, allocation of duties and assignment of particular cases. The senior public defender is also required to personally undertake some of the more difficult or complex trials and appeals.

$248,670 per annum plus conveyance allowance of $15,840 per annum.

Selection criteria: minimum seven years standing as a legal practitioner; extensive experience as an advocate in appeals (including appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal and the High Court) and in a wide range of criminal trials (particularly murder trials); managerial experience.

Inquiries: Mr Laurie Glanfield, Director General, Attorney General’s Department of NSW, (02) 9228 7313.

Expressions of interest must be in writing, accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae and the names of at least two referees, and forwarded to the statutory appointments officer, Attorney General’s Department of NSW, GPO Box 6, Sydney NSW 2001, or by e-mail to agrecruitment@agd.nsw.gov.au by 16 February 2007.