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Acknowledgements The QUT Law Society would like to thank the following firms for sponsoring the 2021 Springboard Careers Guide: Allens Ashurst Baker McKenzie Barry.Nilsson. Clayton Utz Corrs Chambers Westgarth DLA Piper Gadens Gilbert + Tobin Hall & Wilcox Herbert Smith Freehills

HopgoodGanim King & Wood Mallesons K&L Gates Johnson Winter & Slattery Jones Day McCullough Robertson McInnes Wilson Lawyers Minter Ellison Norton Rose Fulbright Piper Alderman QUT PLT

Acknowledgement must also go to the following people for the creation of the Guide: Education Portfolio Bella Busby, Director of Education Carlos Cheng, Education Officer Courtney Howarth, Education Officer Media and Communications Portfolio Alexandra White, Director of Media and Communications Ashton Darracott, Publications Officer Ciaran Greig, Publications Officer Ben Steele, Design Officer Kristina Vang, Design Officer

ABOUT SPRINGBOARD Welcome to the 2021 edition of the QUTLS Springboard Careers Guide. If you are reading this page, you are likely starting to think about the shape and direction of your future career. Studying law does not necessarily mean you must become a lawyer. There are endless opportunities that come with legal education. With this in mind, the Springboard Careers Guide is a roadmap that is designed to help you find your path to success. Part 1 of this guide will take you through the practical toolkit that you will need to have when you are building your professional identity. Part 2 will take you through the myriad of legal practice areas and their clerkship and graduate programs available. Part 3 will explore what exactly a clerkship is, how you get one, when you should apply, what dates you need to know for applications, and what (hopefully) happens after you complete your clerkship. Part 4 will touch on how to get started on your career while you are still at university. There are many ways to volunteer and get involved in extracurricular activities that build the unique skill set that your graduate and professional self will need. Part 5 is a firm directory, broken down into private sector, government, community, and non-law related business firms for you to use on your job search. The sections throughout utilise interactive elements to take you beyond these pages. Links follow to websites such as Prosple, Gradaustralia, and a variety of different podcasts and other resources led by industry thought leaders. These places are of invaluable use to law students. Please take the time to explore these platforms as they will serve you greatly in both the development of your career and maintenance throughout your practice. This guide is here to help you but not to constrict you. We live in an age where innovation abounds and opportunities that have never existed before are constantly arising. We recommend that once you find an opportunity that ignites your interests that you undertake further research into the area or role. Springboard is intended as a guide, prepared by students for students, based on what we think is the most important information you should know when looking to the future. QUT Law Society wishes you all the best in your future endeavours and successes – remember, anything is possible!

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Foreword Trying to figure out your next steps after university can be an incredibly daunting experience, even for the most organised and ambitious among us. And it is understandable why. We are constantly bombarded with advertisements for job openings that we feel we ought to apply for, or we feel pressured to try our hand at competitions like mooting or negotiation because it’s ‘just what people do’ to become more employable graduates. And that’s not even considering the stress of trying to figure out what kind of lawyer you want to be, or if you even want to practice in law. This is where Springboard comes in. Our aim is that this publication helps you learn about a diverse range of legal careers so that you can make an informed decision about which path best suits your individual strengths and goals. No two students are alike in their aptitude, interests, values or goals, so it makes sense that your career path, and personal brands are going to be different too. We hope that when reading this guide you get some clarity about what you want out of a career, and how to start on the path to obtaining that role. As someone who is also about to engage in the stressful process of clerkship and graduate applications, the one piece of advice I have is to focus on your own skills and goals and to try and block out the noise around you. It can be easy to feel intimidated and overwhelmed by the many LinkedIn bylines that you may encounter that tout paralegal and legal assistant positions. It can feel as if you are not doing enough. Remember that you might be building your personal brand by pursuing opportunities like volunteering at a legal clinic, or joining the law society. You may also realise that other activities such as working to support yourself or making time to focus on your mental and physical health are key for sustaining you, even if these do not always feel directly related to succeeding in your law degree. At the end of the day, a law degree is a marathon and not a sprint so while it is great to increase your chances of securing graduate employment, remember to stay true to your own passions and goals and to do things that bring you fulfilment along the way. I would finally like to acknowledge the people who worked incredibly hard to make Springboard 2021 one of the most comprehensive, and empowering publications I have seen during my time at QUT, the Media and Communications team: Alex White, Ashton Darracott, Ciaran Greig, Kristina Vang and Ben Steele. Without you, our vision for Springboard would not have been possible.

Bella Busby

Director of Education

Contents

Part 1: Toolkit Build your application and interview arsenal to land the job.

Part 2: Graduate Roles Explore different Practice Areas and their associated graduate opportunities.

Part 3: Clerkship Basics Explore the clerkship process to get your foot in the door of renowned commercial firms

Part 4: Undergrad Career Building Your career starts here: make the most of your time at university by gaining undergraduate experience.

Part 5: Firm Directory Your one-stop shop to graduate and clerkship opportunities with law firms, government agencies, community legal centres and career paths that utilise a law degree.

Part 1: Toolkit Build your application and interview arsenal to land the job.

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Resume/CV Skills

Places that have excellent resume writing resources: By now, you are likely aware that you should • Gradaustralia have a document called your CV, that you tailor • CareerOne to suit the different kinds of jobs that you apply • Seek for. The wording of the resume you used to apply • LinkedIn for a casual bartending job to put you through • University websites (not just QUT’s!) university will not be appropriate for when you go to apply for a position as a barrister’s assistant. The transferable skills will be there, but will need to be communicated in a different way.

Example Law Student Resume

Interview Skills

Some preliminary notes: • Recruiters do not spend a lot of time reading resumes. Make sure yours is clear and concise • Research what the employer wants out of an employee. Make sure your work experience communicates that you have the skills that the employer is looking for.

If your resume and cover letter catches the eye of a recruiter, you will likely be contacted for an interview. This is where you’ll get the chance to meet the employer and the team that you may be working with, see the physical location of the workplace if necessary, and ask any questions that you have.

Hot Tip: Microsoft Word now has a Resume Assistant tool available to Office 365 subscribers. This tool allows you to select a role in an industry of your choice and provides work experience suggestions, top skills recruiters desire, job openings in the selected industry. The suggested work experience is especially useful as it can guide how you write about your experiences in employment that you have had. Check out QUT’s sample resume GradAustralia for an idea of how you could set resume writing tips out your resume.

No two workplaces look the same, and recruiters conduct their interview process accordingly. Some interviews will take a question and answer structure, others will have an added component for psychometric testing (such as personality quizzes, intelligence tests, etc). This part will give you an overview of what to expect if you’re invited for an interview. Step 1: Pre-interview preparation Research the firm. Use their website and LinkedIn. Know your own CV inside out, and your cover letter if you submitted one. 9

PART 1: Toolkit Step 2: Day of the the interview Be on time, or slightly early Dress appropriately for the role you are applying for.

Group Interviewing

Step 3: Post-interview You might be asked to attend a group interview Send a thank-you email, expressing your gratitude when applying for a clerkship or job in the legal for the employer taking the time to invite you in. industry. They might sound scary, but using the following tips will give you the best chance to What about the questions? impress your interviewer. A common way to interview is to sit down in a more conversational, question and answer What is a group interview and why style scenario. So how should you answer your do firms use them? interviewer’s questions in a way that demonstrates This involves one or more interviewers interviewing your attractiveness as a future employee? The several candidates at once. This might involve a STAR approach is a common reflective structure group discussion and/or a group activity where that will be of assistance to you. candidates work together towards a common THE S.T.A.R. Method Situation: What the overall context of the situation was. Think who, what, when, where. Set the scene. This should not take you very long, and try to not spend too much time labouring over those details.

goal. They are often used when hiring for positions where teamwork skills are critical.

Group interviews offer firms a chance to see their potential employees (you!) interacting with others. It’s hard to communicate strong interpersonal skills on paper, so a group interview is a great opportunity to show that you can not only build Task: The task is the specific aspect of the situa- rapport well effectively with your interviewer but tion that needed to be addressed. Similarly to the also with a wider group. situation, keep this point to a minimum. It is also a time- and cost-effective for firms to Action: How did you handle the task? Write from interview several candidates at once, especially the ‘I’ perspective. Remain as succinct as possible. early in the hiring process. Often group interviews will be used to decide which candidates will be Result: What was the outcome? Try to establish invited to a one-on-one interview. the causal link between what you did and what occurred at the end. Don’t be afraid to comment on How can I ace a group interview? results that were negative! Sometimes reflecting Of course, usual interview practices apply: on things not going to plan demonstrates greater • be punctual, dress the part, and do your insight and analysis, which will be more valuable research on the firm. to a recruiter. • Make sure you have organised a short spiel about yourself as you may be asked to introduce yourself to the group. • Be aware of your body language. Make sure you look attentive when others are speaking and look open to conversation (i.e. uncrossed arms, eye contact, using gestures when talking). • Practise active listening. This means that you should be thinking deeply about what the other people in the group are saying, rather than just focusing on what you’re going to say next. This helps you contribute meaningfully to the conversation.

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• Strike a balance between answering questions and letting other candidates speak. If you dominate the conversation, you’ll certainly grab the interviewer’s attention, but it might make them think that you’re not a team player. • Don’t be thrown off by thinking of the other candidates as your competition (they could well become your colleagues if you are both offered positions!). Focus on being in the moment, demonstrating what makes you a great candidate, and contributing to the conversation.

Psychometric Testing If you haven’t encountered the term ‘psychometric testing’ before, it might sound like a wacky science experiment. Psychometric testing is actually just a method that employers use to assess their candidate’s personality, motivation, reasoning skills, or emotional intelligence. They can also be used to assess a candidate’s aptitude for literacy and numeracy. Firms often use psychometric testing early in the application process to determine quickly which candidates would be well-suited to a role. These tests can be conducted in person or online.

How do I give myself the best chance in a psychometric test? • Practice! Psychometric tests aren’t something you can study for, but you can certainly practise the process to make you feel more comfortable. There are plenty of free practice tests on the internet that may mimic the actual test delivered by the firm. Try to find out what type of psychometric test you will be taking as this will make your practice more valuable. • Prep your body as well as your mind. Before you walk into an exam, you probably make sure that you are well-rested, fed, and hydrated in order to feel your best and optimise your performance. The same principle applies to psychometric testing, even if you are doing the assessment online. • Be authentic! Often, psychometric tests are designed to assess what you think in response to the questions, not what you think the firm wants you to think. Keep it simple and answer the questions honestly. • Stay calm! Just like any other form of assessment, it is important to stay as calm as possible to give your brain its best chance to perform well.

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TAKe a moment to think about your future Use this page to plan out some careers goals and aspirations that you have. Think about what you value, enjoy, and are good at when devising your plan. What are your career goals? What do you want to be? Short term (present - 2 years): __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mid term (2 - 5 years): __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Long term (5 - 10+ years): ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What are your personal goals? Who do you want to be? Short term (present - 2 years): __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mid term (2 - 5 years): __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Long term (5 - 10+ years): ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s your action plan? What’s going to get you there? Short term (present - 2 years): __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mid term (2 - 5 years): __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Long term (5 - 10+ years): ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13

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Networking Tips

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Planning

Create a LinkedIn profile. Know yourself - know your professional brand, and your personal career ambitions

Preparing

Research the guests attending an event to understand their work, practice area or firm, so you can ask insightful questions. Dress to impress - check the dress code on the event, have a professional outfit / wardrobe prepared.

Engaging

If you have a drink, or are holding anything, keep it in your non-dominant hand. Demonstrate active listening - if someone is giving up their time to help with your career, you should show your appreciation by nodding, asking follow up questions, demonstrating good eye contact and avoiding distractions like checking your phone or gazing around the room.

Follow-Up

If you have built a good rapport ith a guest, ask if you can connect with them on LinkedIn. If you feel it is appropriate, you could ask the guest to catch up for coffee, so you can ask further questions about their job / place of work. Reflect on what you learned from the event. Are you happy with your networking skills? What new insight did you gain into a certain practice area, or firm?

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Zoom etiquette for professional events

• Dress the same as you would for an in-person event. This means business attire, and professional hair and makeup styles. • Make sure the lighting in your room is sufficient to see your face clearly, and if you can, avoid being backlit.

During the meeting • Turn off notifications or use a ‘do not disturb’ function. Before the meeting • Mute yourself while other people are speaking. • Check if you need to create an account, or • Demonstrate active listening skills by nodding whether it is advisable to create an account for and altering your facial expressions to respond the relevant videoconferencing platform. This to what other people are saying. is likely to be either Zoom, Microsoft Teams or • If appropriate, use the chat or ‘raise hand’ WebEx. function on the software to avoid verbally • Do a trial run of the software to make sure you interrupting someone who is presenting. have no trouble logging in, or connecting to a meeting. After the meeting • Make sure that your camera angle is appropriate • Reflect on the session. Did anything go wrong (we recommend placing some textbooks under which was in your control? Did something go your laptop to make the angle better). wrong that you could not have anticipated? • Test your microphone to make sure you are How will you improve in the future? audible. Most videoconferencing platforms include a microphone testing function, which Tip: Even when you prepare as best as you can you should utilise. for an online interview or networking event, • Make sure your background is tidy and sometimes things go wrong that you cannot professional. It is fine to leave items like artwork control. If this happens, apologise for whatever or musical instruments in your background as issue has occurred but do not let it rattle you, or long as they are workplace appropriate and tidy. undermine your confidence for the remainder of It can even be a good way for your interviewer the session. These things happen! to learn more about you!

PART 1: TOOLKIT other aspects of your life. It shows employers that you are proactive about your career and skills development. From an interpersonal perspective, competitions will introduce you to fellow students who you will compete with and against, and university academics and industry professionals who judge you and provide you with feedback.

University competitions for building your employable skills and connections What are competitions? Competitions are extracurricular activities that mimic the ways in which lawyers practice in a controlled and competitive environment. Competitions work in elimination rounds, and at the end, one team will emerge as the winner of a competition for that year. Competitions aim to test the different legal skills that lawyers possess, so as to provide students with an opportunity to seamlessly adjust to practice upon graduation. Why should you do competitions? From a skills-building perspective, becoming involved in various competitions increases your written and oral advocacy, interpersonal, time management, research, and legal reasoning and analytical skills. You also develop teamwork skills as most competitions are run in teams of two or three people. From a career progression perspective, being involved in competitions demonstrates your willingness and ability to involve yourself in extracurricular activities while also managing study and 16

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What competitions can you be involved in? The following are the most common competitions that university societies run: Moot: Moots are a simulated appeal from a judgment that comes from a trial court. This is to give participants the chance to focus on and advocate on one specific point or area of law. Teams QUTLS Moot Club compete in groups of two or three. Witness examination: A witness examination simulates an advocate performing evidence-inchief and cross-examination on a witness during a trial. Teams consist of one barrister and one witness each. Negotiation: A negotiation competition requires students to take on an alternative dispute resolution approach to a transactional dispute between two parties. Teams compete in pairs. Client interview: A client interview simulates a lawyer meeting their client for the first time and having to identify the material facts that give rise to the client’s particular legal problem. There is usually one client and one lawyer.

ALSA Competitions

The QUTLS has a large competition offering each year. The Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) also provides law students around Australia to compete against other universities.

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Building your professional brand using LinkedIn

Connecting • We recommend that you make your invitations to connect purposeful. This means keeping LinkedIn focussed on those within your professional sphere, rather than connecting with your family and friends, if they are not working in the same industry as you. • People you should connect with • Colleagues • Mentors • Lecturers or tutors if you have worked closely with them • Professionals you have met at networking events, if you have built a good rapport • People you should not necessarily invite to connect • Family and friends • People you meet at events if you did not have a very long conversation

LinkedIn is the social media website to be on when looking to build a professional portfolio and online presence. LinkedIn allows users to develop a digital resume, connect with other professionals, keep your networks up to date with your developments in your career, showcase any work that you have had published or the output of any projects that you have contributed to. Users can also follow companies and publications that they are interested in, and find a new job on the jobs board. Follow our tips below to get your LinkedIn started, Posting and to continue building it. LinkedIn is a great opportunity to demonstrate your particular areas of interest within the law. The Set-up following are all great ideas for LinkedIn content: • Open an account early in your law degree, even • Work experience/clerkships/internships. as early as first year is a good idea! • Publications such as contributions to legal • Ensure you have a professional headshot to use journals, or the QUTLS publication ‘Torts as your profile picture. Illustrated’. • There are many networking events hosted by • Awards such as scholarships, recognition on the QUTLS and another student societies that the Executive Dean’s Commendation List, offer free opportunities to obtain a headshot. Subject Awards, Guild Executive Awards, and Keep an eye out for ‘Getting your foot in the other certificates and accreditations. door’ in August! • Educational experiences such as semester, or • Add details about your education, work and short-term exchange programmes. volunteer experience. • Volunteer work. • Initiatives you have worked on, or created within your workplace or student society.

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Explore different Practice Areas and their associated graduate opportunities.

PART 2: Graduate Roles year students who have previously completed clerkships at that same firm.

A word on the graduate roles

While completing a clerkship is a great way to ‘get your foot in the door’ before applying for a graduate position, it is not the only way to land a job in the legal industry. Most firms open positions to new applicants through the ‘open market’ process which is open from August to September, following the release of priority offers to seasonal clerks in July.

This section of the guide will explore many of the most common practice areas of law. Most professional legal professionals strongly encourage students and graduates to not pigeonhole themselves in one area of law. Be prepared to find some practice areas that previously bored you to be quite invigorating in practice, and legal topics that you loved at university to be actually mundane and Note that many firms do not offer clerkships or not your cup of tea. Approach the practice areas other internship opportunities. It is important to research the employers you would like to work for below with an open mind. and find out about their application process on a An Introduction to graduate roles firm-by-firm basis. Generally, a graduate role is a form of employment you take on as a law ‘graduate’ after finishing your law degree. A graduate lawyer is a lawyer and is held to the same standard as any other lawyer in the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) (and all other State equivalent legislation). Being a graduate with a firm or government department will mean that you are supported as you are finding your feet and getting a feel for the work that your employer does and the clients that it services. Graduate roles with top-tier commercial firms Often firms make graduate role offers to final

Graduate roles for clerkships timeline for 2021 Graduate offers made to current staff and vacation clerks: Monday 9th August

Applications for graduate positions close (open market): Friday 27th August

Applications for graduate positions open (open market): Monday 16th August Public Service Graduate Careers

Offers made for graduate positions: Thursday 30th September

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Skills Advocacy Is it for you?

You enjoy public speaking activities like mooting, debating or preparing oral presentations. Your inspiration for pursuing law might be that you want to advocate for those who are oppressed, or unable to advocate for themselves.

Potential job avenues:

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Barrister Commercial lawyer (particularly in a disputes team) Litigation lawyer Politician

Interpersonal Relations Is it for you?

You enjoy group work and activities like negotiation, mediation and client interview competitions. Your inspiration for working in law might be to help others resolve their disputes and to work closely with individual clients.

Potential job avenues:

• • • •

Alternative dispute resolution specialist, e.g. mediation, arbitration, conciliation or negotiation Diplomat Commercial lawyer – disputes team Family, succession and elder law solicitor

Research Is it for you?

You enjoy learning about new areas of law and conducting independent investigations of precedent and other legal principles. Your motivation for working in law might be to create broad social change through publishing papers and drafting policy.

Potential job avenues:

• • • •

Academic Government policy adviser Judges’ Associate Magistrate or judge

Drafting Advice Is it for you?

You enjoy interviewing people, and engaging problem-solving skills to draft a memorandum or letter of advice for a client. Your motivation for working in law might be to work closely with individual clients to help them resolve their disputes.

Potential job avenues:

• •

Solicitor in any area of law Consultant

Law Reform Is it for you?

You enjoy critically analysing the law and thinking about ways to improve it. Your motivation for working in law is to create broad social change.

Potential job avenues:

• Government policy adviser • Politician • Lawyer at the Australian Law Reform Commission or the Queensland Law Reform Commission.

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Common Types of Legal Professionals* Judges Usually following a career as a barrister, judges are appointed to sit on the bench of a particular court to adjudicate matters between different parties. There are many different courts in Australia including the Magistrates Courts, District Courts, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals in Queensland, as well as the Federal Court, Family Court, Federal Circuit Court and High Court of Australia.

*Not exhaustive - note that legal professionals (especially solicitors) may choose not to practice law in their everyday working lives but might rather work in different fields and utilise their legal skills in different ways. Additionally, many law graduates often choose not to be admitted as a solicitor and dive straight into work in a different or law-adjacent industry.

Barristers As you might have seen from watching your favourite legal dramas, barristers like Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) or Cleaver Greene (Rake) appear before Courts and Tribunals to act as an advocate for their clients. Barristers are usually independent practitioners, though they often share chambers with a number of other barristers. They can accept instructions directly from their clients, but usually obtain a brief about their client’s case from a solicitor. They can practice in a range of different areas of law, but many choose to specialise in one or two areas. If you want to pursue a career as a barrister, you will need to complete the Bar Exam in addition to being admitted to practice in Queensland. Solicitors Everyone who is admitted to practice as a lawyer can be described as a solicitor. You must undertake an undergraduate degree in law, and complete Practical Legal Training (PLT) before seeking admission from the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board, who will determine whether you are fit to practise as a lawyer in Queensland. Solicitors work in a wide variety of legal areas, and work on a range of tasks such as preparing briefs for barristers, compiling letters and memorandums of advice for clients and assisting with other matters like preparing wills. 23 23

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Let’s Take a Peek at the fields that make Up the legal Industry Academia

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Community Sector

Courts & Tribunals

Lecturer

family mediation & conciliation

Community Legal Centres

Judge’s Associate

Researcher

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Pro Bono Work

Transcribing

LawRight

Industrial & commercial arbitration

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In-house legal counsel

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Professional & regulatory bodies

Startups and Freelance

State Law societies

Commercial Start ups

Mid-Tier Firms

State Bar Associations

Legal Design Hackathons

Boutique Firms & Sole Practitioners

Law Council of Australia

Government

Private Practice

Policy

Top Tier Firms

Governance

Compliance Office of the department of public prosecutions

PART 2: Graduate Roles Herbert Smith Freehils; King & Wood Mallesons; K&L Gates: Allen & Overy LLP; Ashurst; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; DLA Piper; Norton Rose Practice areas in law often overlap, especially in Fulbright; Squire Patton Boggs. commercial contexts. Commercial law does not always mean private practice, as some government Learn more about the agencies deal specifically in commercial disputes road to becoming an and transactions. Below are common practice areas alternative dispute of law and places that you have the opportunity resolution practitioner Becoming a family ADR practitioner to practice these areas of law. Most firms will Banking and finance law have divisions that encompass a number of these practice areas. Researching a firm that you would Work in this sector may include providing advice to like to work at will inform you of all the practice banks and financial institutions about transactions, asset management, risk management, cost areas that a firm works in. reduction and other strategic recommendations.

Practice areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) If you have had the pleasure of listening to James Duffy teach LLB103 Dispute Resolution you will already have an appreciation for the important role of alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediations, conciliations, negotiations, and arbitrations. There are three key areas of ADR, each involving different qualifications and processes:

Some employers in this area: Allens; Ashurst; Gilbert + Tobin; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Norton Rose Fullbright; Dentons; Johnson Winter & Slattery; K&L Gates; DLA Piper; Gadens; Thomson Geer; Hall & Wilcox.

Facilitative: Processes such as mediation, conciliation, facilitation and facilitated negotiation where the ADR practitioner assists the parties to the dispute with identifying the causes of their disagreement and helps them to consider viable alternatives for reconciling some, or all of their dispute. Advisory: Processes where the ADR practitioner appraises the merits of each party’s case in the dispute and sometimes suggests desirable outcomes and pathways for reconciliation. Advisory processes include case appraisal, conciliation (if advice is offered) and neutral evaluation. Determinative: In processes such as arbitration, expert determination and private judging the ADR practitioner will evaluate the dispute, which sometimes involves a formal process of obtaining evidence from the parties, and the ADR practitioner makes a decision about the outcome of the dispute. Some employers in this area: Clifford Chance; 26

Commercial and business law Commercial law focuses on the governance and regulation of commerce, trade, sales, merchandising, and the businesses that engage in these activities. Most commercial firms provide legal services over a range of different areas of law. When applying for graduate and clerkship positions it is a good idea to have some idea about which area of law you would like to work in. But if you are not sure, don’t stress! Many firms provide their graduates with a “rotation” experience to sample What do a range of practice areas before commercial lawyers do? committing to one.

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Some employers in this area: Allens; Gilbert + Tobin; Ashurst; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Norton Rose Fulbright; Hogan Lovells; Dentons; Hall & Wilcox; K&L Gates; Thomson Geer; Piper Alderman; Jones Day; James Keir. Competition and consumer law This area of law is about providing advice to businesses to help them assess new products and safeguard their existing assets. It can also be about helping businesses build and maintain consumer confidence in their brand. Some employers in this area: Allens; Ashurts; Gilbert + Tobin; Herbert Smith Freehills; Kind & Wood Mallesons; Baker McKenzie; Clayton Utz; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Minter Ellison; DLA Piper; Johnson Winter & Slattery; Jones Day; Norton Rose Fulbright; Clifford Chance; Arnold Bloch Leibler; Mills Oakley Lawyers. Insurance law Lawyers in this area work with insurers, brokers and policy holders to provide advice about statutory and regulatory requirements, outsourcing, minimising risk, major acquisitions, professional indemnity, public liability, insolvency, and resolving coverage disputes. Some employers in this area: Clyde & Co LLP; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons; Minter Ellison; Wotton + Kearney; Clayton Utz;

Colin Biggers & Paisley; Norton Rose Fulbright; Lander & Rogers; McCabe Curwood; Allens; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; DLA Piper; Hall & Wilcox; Sparkle Helmore Lawyers; Ashurst; Barry.Nilsson.; McCullough Robertson; Mills Oakley Lawyers; Meridian Lawyers. Criminal law This area of law is concerned with prosecuting and defending those accused of committing criminal offences. There are many different legal professionals who practice in criminal law including judges, barristers and solicitors. Another unique benefit of working in criminal law is the opportunity to choose from a variety of workplaces ranging from criminal law firms, to community legal centres, and other pro bono organisations such as LegalAid. This avenue often suits people who are inspired to work in law to give back to the community. Other employers can include: the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions; Fisher Dore; Gilshenan & Luton; Potts Lawyers; Cridland & Hua; Jasper Fogerty; McGinness Lawyers. Interested in learning more about a day in the life of a criminal lawyer?

A Day in the Life of a Criminal Lawyer

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Employment law This may include assisting businesses with important obligations such as managing risks, providing fair compensation to workers and creating policy to reduce discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Some employers in this area: Ashurst; Herbert Smith Freehils; Minter Ellison; Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Melbourne + Sydney); Clayton Utz; Lander & Rogers; McCullough Robertson; Thomson Geer; Maddocks; Baker McKenzie; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; King & Wood Mallesons; Norton Rose Fulbright; DLA Piper; Johnson Winter & Slattery; Maddocks; Mills Oakley; Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors; Hall & Wilcox, Jones Day; K&L Gates; Shine Lawyers; Legal Aid Queensland; Caxton Legal Centre. Environmental and planning law Lawyers in this area represent clients in disputes about water, clean technology, land rights, and climate change, among other issues. It is also a popular focus of research for many academics. Make sure you have a good understanding of administrative law as much of the relevant legal content in this area comes legislation and regulations made by government agencies. 28

Some employers in this area: Ashurst; Norton Rose Fulbright; Minter Ellison; White & Case; King & Wood Mallesons; Baker McKenzie; Colin Biggers & Paisley; McCullough Robertson; Environmental Defenders Office; government departments like the federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Read about the day in the life of a lawyer at the Environmental Defenders Office

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Family law Family lawyers can represent their clients in a number of forums, including alternative dispute resolution processes or in court. It is a common practice area for barristers, as well as ADR specialists. Family lawyers should have a good understanding of commercial, property and taxation law. They should be able to communicate with their clients with empathy and respect, given that client concerns in family law often involve highly emotional issues. This can include handling the custody of children, or navigating discussions about property and financial entitlements following separation or divorce. Some employers in this area: Barry.Nilsson.; HopgoodGanim; Phillips Family Law; Hirst &

QUTLS CAREERS GUIDE SPRINGBOARD 2021 Co; Mills Oakley; Cooper Grace Ward; Naughton McCarthy; Damien Greer Lawyers; DA Family Lawyers; Feeney Family Law; Page Provan; Daykin Family Law. What is it like to be a family lawyer? Human rights law Family Law Human rights lawyers work for a variety of organisations including Amnesty International, the European Court of Human Rights, or in private companies, chambers and law firms. They advocate for the rights of vulnerable populations such as women, children, Indigenous populations, the LGBTIQ+ community, as well as those living under oppressive regimes or in war-torn countries. To pursue a career as a human rights lawyer you may need to be willing to travel and be comfortable adapting to different laws and procedures in different jurisdictions. Possessing foreign language skills may also be beneficial. Some employers in this area: Crown Law Queensland; Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General; (Federal) AttorneyGeneral’s Department; Human Rights Law Centre; Australian Human Rights Commission; United Nations; Amnesty International; Piper Alderman; Maurice Balckburn; Shine Lawyers; Caxton Legal Centre. A day in the life of a human rights lawyer Human Rights Law

Immigration law Immigration lawyers focus specifically on representing refugees and immigrants with issues like visa applications and representing them in tribunal and court matters. This is another area of law where a thorough understanding of administrative law is helpful, as many tasks involve reviewing ministerial decisions and appearing before either the Migration Review Tribunal or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Some employers in this area: MinterEllison; Fragomen; Mullins Lawyers; Holding Redlich; Tribeth Group; Hally Payne; Catalyst Migration; Welch Law.

Intellectual property law In this area, larger firms may work with larger businesses to help protect their ideas and assets, to formally develop patents and trademarks, and to help manage disputes about potential infringements of intellectual property. While you can also practise in an intellectual property team within a commercial firm, there are also many patent attorneys who practise in smaller firms. Patent attorneys generally help individuals and businesses prepare, file and prosecute disputes about their patent applications. Some employers in this area: Thomson Greer; Griffith Hack; Macpherson Kelley; McCullough Robertson, Minter Ellison; K&L Gates; Clayton Utz; Bennett & Philp; Eaglegate Lawyers. International law Public International Law This area focuses on the rules and norms generally accepted in relations between nations. Lawyers 29

PART 2: Graduate Roles who specialise in international law may work with a broad range of clients (nation states, NGOs, businesses or individuals) on issues like treaty obligations, jurisdictional disputes, and international justice issues. Some employers in this area: Attorney-General’s Department; United Nations; the International Criminal Court, the World Bank; the OECD; the International Monetary Fund; Amnesty International; the Australian Human Rights Commission, Herbert Smith Freehils, Dentons.

Freehills; MinterEllison; Tucker & Cowen; Ashurst; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; HopgoodGanim; McCullough Robertson; Cooper Grace Ward; Gadens; DLA Piper; Johnson Winter & Slattery; Fisher Dore; Gilshenan & Luton; Piper Alderman; Robertson O’Gorman; Howden Saggers; Potts Lawyers.

Personal injury law Personal injuries lawyers mostly deal with claims for compensation, after a client has suffered physical or psychological injuries as a result of negligence. Common matters include car accidents, medical Private International Law malpractice, legal malpractice, wrongful death The area of law focuses on the conflicts between cases, and other types of negligence. different bodies of laws across jurisdictions in international disputes. This can involve delving Some employers in this area: Maurice Blackburn; into international wills and estates, family, civil Travis Schultz & Partners; Murphy Schmidt; Turner or commercial law issues, enforcing foreign Freeman; Bennett & Philp; Gouldson Legal; Hall judgments, serving documents and dealing with Payne; Queensland Compensation Lawyers; Shine evidence issues across borders. Lawyers; Slater & Gordon; Wallace & Wallace. Some employers in this area: Dentons, Allens, Clayton Utz, Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, K&L Gates LLP, MMLC Group, Phillips Family Law. Litigation specialisation Lawyers who specialise in litigation work across the civil and criminal sectors and work on representing and protecting their clients’ interests in court. They can be involved in any part of the litigation process and can represent clients in court, arrange for a barristers to act for their clients or prepare their clients for self-representation. Some employers in this area: Allens; Clayton Utz; Property and real estate law King & Wood Mallesons; K&L Gates; Herbert Smith Lawyers working in property law help their clients manage issues arising in relation to real property, commercial and personal property. This can involve dealing with anything from commercial transactions to conveyancing depending on a lawyer’s specific area of expertise. Some employers in this area: Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons; MinterEllison; Norton Rose Fulbright; Allens; Clayton Utz; HopgoodGanim; Cooper Grace Ward; Gadens; McCullough Robertson; Ashurst; Colin Biggers & Paisley; K&L Gates; Connor O’Meara; Dentons; DLA Piper; Holding Redlich; HWL Ebsworth; Piper Alderman; Mills 30

QUTLS CAREERS GUIDE SPRINGBOARD 2021 Oakley; Sparke Helmore; Thomson Geer; Thynne & Macartney. Some employers in this area: Cornford-Scott Lawyers; Cooper Grace Ward; Murdoch Lawyers; Public and administrative law McInnes Wilson; McCullough Robertson; View Public law broadly refers to the relationship Legal; de Groots; Parsons Law; Thynne & Macartney. between a government and its constituents. In more concrete terms, you may aspire to become a Taxation law Member of Parliament, a policy adviser or a public Lawyers in this group work with clients from a servant. Key skills include good drafting ability, range of sectors on issues like tax disputes, wealth strong advocacy skills, and an understanding of the planning, corporate tax, private equity, investment concerns of different stakeholders in Australian fund, pension and superannuation matters. society. Some employers in this area: Cooper Grace Ward; Working in administrative law includes providing McCullough Roberson; West Garbutt; Clayton Utz; advice to government bodies about a broad range King & Wood Mallesons; MinterEllison; Deloitte of matters such as privacy and data, outsourcing Legal; McInnes Wilson; Holding projects, and ensuring compliance with relevant Redlich; HopgoodGanim; Merthyr statutory and regulatory obligations. Law. Some employers include: Crown Law Queensland, Australian Government Solicitor (AGS); Clayton Utz; Herbert Smith Freehills; Ashurst; Allens; DLA Piper; Sparkle Helmore Lawyers; Holding Redlich Lawyers; Potts Lawyers; Slater and Gordon; Russell Kennedy Lawyers. Read about the graduates who work at AGS

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Technology law This is a quickly growing practice area which involves advising clients on a range of matters such as telecommunications, legislative and regulatory reform, procurement of hardware and software assets, and access agreements.

Some employers in this area: Allens; Ashurt; Succession law Clayton Utz; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Gilber Practising in succession law involves assisting + Tobin; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood clients with estate planning, estate administration Mallesons; Baker McKenzie; MinterEllison; Norton and estate litigation. This may involve drafting Rose Fulbright; K&L Gates; Lander & Rogers; wills, organising powers of attorney and advance McCullough Robertson; DLA Piper; Gadens; health care directives, and making sure estate Johnson Winter & Slattery; Squire Patton Boggs: administration tasks are properly carried out. It Thomson Geer. can also involve providing advice to parties who are seeking advice about or disputing a will. AGS Graduates

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How do I use my law degree? The managing of complex processes, working with multiple stakeholders and effective communications are skills that law graduates should possess. These skills are held in high regard in this sector and Accounting What does an accountant do? Accountants assist could help you get a job. their clients with the preparation and maintenance of financial records and other tasks such as Consulting financial statements, audits, drafting budgets and What does a consultant do? Consultants are the “problem solvers” of the business world. They advising on investments. generally take on the role of an advisor role or an How do I use my law degree? The disciplined and implementation role. These roles could range from creative approach that you develop through law how to maximise profits for a new launch to how school are highly sought out amongst accounting to navigate a complicated merger.

firms now. However, often you will still find that you will still require a Bachelor of Business if you How do I use my law degree? The diversity of this role suits law graduates as they have been trained want to be a practicing accountant. to think about a variety of solutions to solve problems. Getting a role at a top-tier consultancy Banking and financial services What do people in this sector do? Banking and firm can be very competitive so definitely try and finance has a diversity of roles. You can find roles get an internship or work experience to stand out. in retail banks, credit unions, investment banks, insurance companies and in the financial tech sector. Generally the roles involve managing and investing money. How do I use my law degree? The ability to look for patterns in large amounts of information is a highly important skill. Having taken subjects like Taxation Law can help you stand out when applying for jobs in this sector. Construction and property services What do people in this sector do? A career in construction can see you employed by a commercial, industrial or residential organisation. You can specialise in property valuation, construction Engineering What does an engineer do? An engineer’s main oversight and a range of other processes. role involves testing and making things. They draw upon highly technical skills, developed while studying, to help solve practical challenges. Engineering roles are available in workplaces such as mines, manufacturing plants and in the public sector. How can I use my law degree? If you wish to work in the engineering sector, there are multiple legal challenges that can arise in this area. You will deal with issues such as risk management, contract negotiation and property transactions. 32

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IT and communications What does this sector involve? This is an extremely broad field and one that is constantly evolving and changing. Careers in this area are associated with tasks such as planning, researching and installing new IT systems. They often work in the government, the technology sector and the communications sector. How do I use my law degree? As a law graduate, the ability to solve complex problems and also make sense of various precedents is a highly sought after skill in this industry. However, having a dual with an IT degree will definitely increase your chances as you can be familiar with various IT systems. Mining and resources What does this sector involve? Australia is a large exporter of resources such as coal, tin, aluminium, iron and zinc. These industries contribute significantly to our GDP. Most major mining and resource organisations will have in-house roles available. In addition, most top-tier firms will have areas dedicated to providing external advice for resource companies.

How do I use my law degree? In this sector there are multiple jobs that require law graduates such as contract negotiation, project compliance and employment relations. The public sector What does this sector involve? The public sector encompasses those sections of the economy that provide government services, these are mostly publicly funded. The public sector holds an extremely diverse range of roles as it is spread across multiple departments and levels of government. How do I use my law degree? There are many public and government positions that are designed to be filled by legal practitioners, such as the AttorneyGeneral’s Department. Then there are jobs that draw heavily on the skills of law graduates. An example of this is Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for diplomatic and foreign policy positions.

PART 2: Graduate Roles Retail and consumer goods What does this sector involve? While most people think of retail as face-to-face customer service roles however, the retail sector is a lot of behind the scenes work to ensure that retailers stay competitive and compliant.

Read about each of these career paths below: United Nations: Work directly with the UN to conduct research and help hold countries accountable for issues involving human rights, sustainable development, protecting the environment, disaster relief, counter terrorism and How do I use my law degree? There are many roles non-proliferation of weapons. The UN also has an in the retail sector that require legal practitioners. internship program to provide graduates with a These include contract negotiation, brand and IP chance to work directly with their teams by helping protection and legal issues relating to marketing draft organisational policy and participating in and promotions. conferences with UN and state parties. To be eligible for this program you must be enrolled in a Masters or PhD, or be in the final year of a Bachelor’s programme, or have graduated from any of these programmes less than a year prior to applying. Ambassador or High Commissioner: Australia provides representatives to a few international locations, including the Australian embassies in other sovereign states, as well as significant international organisations like the UN or the OECD. Ambassadors and High Commissioners are Australia’s official representatives in each of these forums, and are tasked with building and upholding Transport and logistics positive international relationships with their host What does this involve? People in this sector country or organisation. Ambassadors and High work in various roles such as working for freight Commissioners are generally appointed after companies, managing transportation or helping demonstrating significant periods of public service shifting goods around. This section is very in Australia through forums like the government important in Australia as it makes up 10% of our or DFAT. GDP. DFAT: Work with the department to provide How can I use my law degree? Employers in advice to the government about international this sector hire from very diverse backgrounds. relations issues such as terrorism, climate change, This process tends to favour law graduates as gender equality, cyber affairs, people smuggling employers like the skills acquired during the and other peacekeeping measures. Keep an eye degree. Particularly in transport and logistics which out for DFAT’s graduate program which involves requires managing stakeholders, creative thinking completing four work placements through their and understanding complex processes. Diplomatic Academy, and where you can gain firsthand experience before progressing to a government, diplomacy and graduate position with the department. Most international relations work with DFAT is based in Canberra but there are Diplomacy involves creating and maintaining also opportunities to work overseas at one of 120 relationships with other nations, negotiating DFAT posts in other countries. foreign policy and forging bonds that endure political challenges. Jobs in this area could include Meet some of DFAT’s working for the United Nations, acting as an graduates Ambassador or High Commissioner or working DFAT’s Graduates with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 34

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v maximise your chance of securing a clerkship, your cover letter must be well drafted and must highlight your studies and relevant experience.

What is a clerkship? A clerkship and a general internship or work experience program are not the same. A clerkship is a highly structured program that is offered by most top-tier and many mid-tier law firms that give prepenultimate (second-last year) and penultimate (final year) law students an opportunity to experience working at that firm. Students take on rotations of a number of different practice areas that the firm operates in. Clerkships tend to funnel students into graduate positions at the firm that they clerk at, essentially securing stable and measurable career progression upon graduation. Clerkships typically run for about four weeks, depending on the firm. The Queensland Law Society offers guidelines to firms and students, which also sets out key dates. The frequency of seasonal intakes each year vary from firm to firm.

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Timeline: Applications open: 5 July 2021 Applications close: 13 August 2021 Offers made: 7 October 2021 If you are serious about securing a clerkship at a top or mid-tier firm, you should ensure that you put in time and effort in perfecting your application. Participating firms will receive a significant number of applications for their vacation clerkships. To 36

Knowing your firm One of the first things that you will hear when you start to look into clerkships with top-tier and mid-tier law firms is the buzzword ‘firm culture’. This largely describes the way that your values, personality and work style will interact with the vision, mission and values of the company that you are applying to work for. FOr this reason, researching the firms that you would like to work at is crucial. Some questions you may like to ask of the culture of your firm of choice include: • How flexible are the working hours? • What kinds of people work at the firm? • Does the firm run social events for its employees? • What initiatives does the firm run? • What social causes does the firm align itself with? Charities, community group support, etc. What is the firm’s industry reputation like? Have a browse through reviews that employees provide on their workplaces, such as glassdoor. com. However, some things cannot be found through a Google search. To truly understand a firm’s culture, you will be best off seeking out current and past employees of that company and discussing their experiences with the firm. University staff members can also be a source of knowledge regarding this. LinkedIn is also an excellent resources for researching a firm.

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to submit a resume, cover letter, academic transcript (can be found through eStudent), and possibly answers to firm questions. Application tips: 1. Avoid submitting generic resumes and cover letters as each firm will have different core values. It is vital that you tailor your application to their selection criteria as this demonstrates that you have taken the time to consider whether you will fit in with the firm.

Pre-application • Research the firms; • Attend networking events such as the QUT Law Society’s Clerkship Symposium & Meet the Profession events; • Review and clean up your social media platforms. 2. Thoroughly check your grammar and spelling. The best way to prepare for applying for clerkships If you are re-using a template for multiple is to conduct your own research into the firms applications, make sure to check that you have that you wish to apply to. Start considering the not left the wrong firm name in or addressed possible areas of law or workplaces that you can it incorrectly. This might seem simple, but it is see yourself being in. Attend networking events or a mistake that recruiters often see and could information nights so that you can experience and cause your application to be rejected. learn about the firms that you may possibly intend to apply and work at in the future. 3. We have provided an example resume on the following page. Application • Prepare your application (e.g. resume, cover 4. Make an appointment with Lee Moy (the letter, and academic transcript); Faculty of Law’s Careers and Employment • Review your application documents; Advisor) who can provide you with advice on • Reach out to the firm’s HR department or any how to maximise your chances to impress individuals who can give you insight into the during the application process. Also keep your firm. eye out for Lee Moy’s clerkship and resume • Applications for clerkships will require you sessions throughout the semester.

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QUT SAMPLE RESUME Home Address General business practice is to include a postal/home address, however, some employers have indicated that an email address and contact number is sufficient.

Sample Résumé

Name - use very clear text. A Title is optional e.g. Ms, Mrs, Mr

Please note this is an example only and is not the only way to present your résumé. Do not copy résumé templates - including this one!

Email Address – make sure it is professional! Your QUT email is recommended.

Page 1 Career Objective / Summary (Optional) Some research suggests that a career objective really doesn’t add value to your résumé. If you use one, it MUST be tailored to the specific employer each time you apply for a job. An alternative is a Summary - a short paragraph summarising your key skills and attributes aligned to the target position.

EMILY SMITH 552 Smart Drive CLEVERDALE QLD 4000 emily@qut.edu.au Phone: 0421 123 456

Phone Number Only include the number you want an employer to call you on. Make sure you have a professional sounding voice mail message!

Career Objective (Optional) Key Professional Skills (Optional) EDUCATION AND TRAINING Date - Current

Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resource Management Queensland University of Technology GPA 5.4 on a 7 point scale Special Interest Area – Change Management Expected completion date: Date

Key Professional Skills Optional. These are a good idea if you have a few years of employment experience or you have had professional experience throughout your uni course. Tailor 5-10 key skills that fit with what the employer is asking for.

University Achievements Date QUT Business Student Prize for Outstanding Contributions Relevant Projects and Assignments

Education and Training Start with your most recent study and place the title of your course above the university. Remember to include the scale with your GPA as this varies between universities.

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HR in Action project • Utilised contemporary HR theories and practices • Developed research skills and knowledge across a wide variety of contexts • Presented findings of research in a formal written document

Date

HR Management group project • Managed HR issues such as change and redundancy • Working with a multidisciplinary HR team • Celebrated cultural diversity in the workforce • Applied key HR principles

Date

Business for the Next Generation • Interpreting key business principles such as supply and demand • Negotiated and problem solved business issues • Researched and presented current information in an easy to understand format

University Involvement Date President of Human Resource Club Date Participant of the QUT Career Mentor Scheme Date - current Student Member of Management Australia Memberships Date Date

Member of Australian Institute of Management Inducted as a member of the Golden Key International Student Society Résumé: Emily Smith

Memberships Optional. If you are a member of professional associations, include this information here. Only include relevant memberships that will add value to your application.

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University Skills Developed - Projects and Assignments Particularly useful if you have limited relevant work experience. A great way to present the key skills developed through university project that are relevant to the job you’re applying for. Present the most recent one first and include only 3 to 4 dot points for each.

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University Involvement Optional. This section is an opportunity to display extra-curricular involvement at university. If you have held leadership positions, consider how you may wish to highlight this to potential employers.

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Employment History – paid and unpaid This section may include Vacation/ Internship/ Work Integrated Learning (WIL)/Work Experience as well as casual, fulltime or part-time jobs. In this section there are two parts: career related positions and other. This gives you the chance to break your employment into those positions that are related to the job for which you are applying and those that are not.

 Fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese: Outstanding communication skills from......  Travelled extensively in Asia and Europe: Global understanding of finance issues such as ..........  Lived and worked in Asia and America with ABC volunteer organisation EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Career Related Date current

Human Resource Officer (casual – 10 hours/week) Good Feeling Human Resources

Key Accomplishments:  Assisted to develop new policy on recruitment strategies Alternative  Wrote the company’s ‘New Invitations’ newsletter Headings  Increased staff attendance at optional training sessions on superannuation by Refer to Page 1 Implementing advertising campaign Date from - Human Resource Assistant (vacation internship – 3 months) date to Rather Large Company

Job Title Unless it is obvious to the reader, take the opportunity to briefly outline the role. In this example, we have added two bullet points about the nature of the research.

Accomplishments When listing accomplishments you must be mindful of the duties and context of the role. Verify your statements - for example expand your bullet points to outline the scale of the task such as: “Interviewed 100 inmates, guards and administrative staff”.

Key Accomplishments:  Assisted to run enterprise bargaining workshop  Updated employee database in relation to superannuation issues  Secretary for Strategic Management Meetings Achievements:  Excellent feedback received for my organisation of several staff training days and events Other Date from - Customer Service Consultant (5 hours per week) date to Super Yummy Food

Key Accomplishments:  Undertook recruitment of casual staff  Trained new and junior staff  Prepared food and beverages to meet sales targets and company timeframes

Résumé: Emily Smith

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Résumé Assistance and Support You can get constructive feedback on your résumé, cover letters and application documents by dropping into a Résumé discussion group or accessing the online Résumé Feedback Service: submit your word document on QUT CareerHub - choose Resume Review in the Forms section. You will receive your feedback within 5 working days.

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What is your name and what is your role within the QUT Law School? I’m Lee Moy and I am the Legal Employability Specialist/Careers Advisor at the Faculty of Law at QUT. My background is in legal Human Resources and I’ve worked in the legal industry for over 25 years. What does that role involve? My role at QUT is all about connecting the Faculty of Law and the students with the legal industry. What do employers want to see on your resume and your cover letter? This is a tricky question to answer because all firms are different and look for different things. I think there is certainly universal content to clerkship and general legal application documentation but now that we are dealing with more sophisticated and evolving recruitment processes and intricate selection criteria, there is no one-set-way to impress an employer. I help students to tailor cover letters and construct their Resumes to give the reader what they are looking for. It can be very Firm specific but it is also about being unique and sharing your own story. When describing what Firms are looking for, Firm representatives will use terminology like, ‘wellrounded student’ or ‘we take a holistic approach’. I know this is not the black-letter language that law students like, so I host Workshops on breaking this down so that students are able to recognise the activities, achievements and work they do as being valuable for this process. Do you have any tips for excelling in a job interview? Every interview is different and every interviewer is just trying to get to know more about you. The interview is sometimes a deal maker or a deal breaker. Your Resume is your ‘blind audition’ but the interview is really where you need to perform by articulating your experiences succinctly. Firms want you to talk about your learning and life 40

experiences, genuinely connect with the people in the room. You need to give something more about yourself than just you like playing social touch football with your friends. Firms are about to offer you a CAREER - so I think that it stands to reason that they want to get to know who your REALLY are. So speak professionally and sometimes candidly, listen intently to what is being said (and not said), and engage with every single person in the room. Above everything, be yourself. What is your advice to students who do not get offered a clerkship or a graduate role? Students need to remember that clerkships and internships are a very small pipeline to a graduate role. There are so many Firms that don’t offer these structured pathways so students need to open their hearts and minds when thinking about their careers. Perhaps an important question that I have for students is: Do you have a Career Plan or at least some idea of why you are studying law? If not, why not? Careers don’t just appear before your eyes. In most cases, careers are earned. Students work hard to get the career they want. They take a ‘career architect’ approach very early in their studies and build in flexibility. This is the sign of resilience, grit and in many ways, commerciality.

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Post-application If you are successful in the first part of your application, you might be invited to participate in one or more of the following: • an online questionnaire to test your suitability or your knowledge in area of law; • a group interview; • a panel interview; • a personality interview. If you are successful in the application stage, congratulations! This in itself is a great achievement and means that you are progressing through to the next stage. There are typically three parts to this stage which are explained below. Testing The purpose of testing can vary from firm to firm but they are generally considered an integral part of the clerkship recruitment process. Firms recognised that tests are valuable in measuring skills and qualities that are difficult to demonstrate in an academic transcript such as relationship building, emotional agility, and resilience. These tests usually relate to testing your personal, analytical and psychometric skills. Analytical skills refer to your ability to comprehend text, psychometric skills are your ability to problem solve complex issues and your personality test will help discover your approach to thinking. These tests may not necessarily be used to exclude applicants but rather to assess applicants and shape your interview questions. Interview The all important interview! The purpose of an interview is to show that you would be a good ‘fit’ for the firm. This is your chance to demonstrate that you are the right choice. If you make it to this stage, you can be satisfied that the firm is interested in you on paper, but now you have to show that you belong at the firm. This may be conducted in an individual or group setting and may consist of several rounds. Whatever the case, always keep in mind that this is your chance to sell yourself and leave the interviewers with no doubt that you are the best fit for the role. Feel free to check out our more detailed interview tips on page [INSERT PG

Firm event night If you are invited for an interview, the firm may also host a function at their offices. This is a great opportunity to network with your potential coworkers and find out more about the firm that you may be working at in the future. These events are designed for recruiters to see you in a more relaxed environment and also how you interact with others. Here are some tips for a firm event: • Make sure you arrive on time; • Dress for the occasion (usually be corporate attire); • Try to talk to as many people as possible, particularly firm representatives; • If there is alcohol available, make sure you know your limit; • Remember that the firm has invited you for a reason, be yourself, and have fun! If you are successful in attaining a clerkship – congratulations! You will be part of an organisation that will introduce you to an amazing scope of new ways of thinking and skills. Register for the Clerkship Superfair in July.

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If you don’t secure a clerkship, don’t stress! Success in the legal industry comes in many different shapes and sizes. There are still many other ways to gain experience and find your place within the legal industry. Judge’s Associateship A Judge’s Associate (JA) is a person who works for a judge to support them with the management and coordination of their judicial, ceremonial, court management, administrative and legal research responsibilities. The tenure of a JA for one judge is usually about 12 months. JAs can work at almost all court levels. Magistrates do not usually have an associate.

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Your career starts here: make the most of your time at university by gaining undergraduate experience.

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Undergraduate careers/ opportunities Experience is invaluable as a first real taste of the day-to-day life of a legal professional. It can be crucial to informing the direction of your future career and practice areas. Securing your first legal job is frequently more easily said than done. Here are some things to consider when applying to maximise your chance at nabbing that coveted ‘foot in the door’ job:

3. Experience does not always have to be lawrelated to be relevant and meaningful! Even if a job advertisement is asking for one to two or more years of experience, apply anyway! Reflect on what you know and relate that back to what the employer is looking for. Have you worked in retail? Great! You clearly know how to navigate busy and stressful periods of work. Have you worked in hospitality? Amazing! Leverage those conflict resolution skills you developed with tricky customers. Have you worked in telecommunications? Phenomenal! You likely know all about sales deadlines and client confidentiality.

1. Take the time to format your resume and cover letters well. There are great templates available in both Microsoft Word and Google Docs. If you’re feeling more creative, you could also use Canva. Using a similar theme for your resume and cover letter shows your potential employer that you’ve put time and effort into your application, and while it does take a little longer, it makes your entire application look more cohesive. And yes—it is totally worth 4. Networking events are despised by some your time to write tailored cover letters and students, but nevertheless a necessary part of relate your skills and experience to the ‘ideal the uni life. If the idea of a room full of smallcandidate’ qualities in the job advertisement. talk and canapés makes your skin crawl, maybe try reaching out to solicitors and barristers in your ideal practice areas for coffee and a chat. You could even ask if they would mind if you tagged along to their mediations or trials every once in a while. You could also ask if you could intern with them for a week so you can see their work in practice. Not all lawyers will have the time for this, so if you get a rejection, don’t worry. Thank them for their time, and maybe ask if they know anyone who could be available to help. 2. There is little point in having a resume if 5. This last suggestion isn’t for the faint of heart, you don’t have anything to put on it, right? but considering how coveted part-time entryVolunteering is a great way to build connections level legal jobs are, it might be worth looking and get legal experience, particularly in the at full-time work if you are an organised person early years of your degree. Keep an eye out and are particularly eager to get experience. for volunteering positions at legal fundraising Just remember to not sacrifice your studies events and your local community legal centres, or mental health if you choose to pursue this and get involved with QUT Law Society pathway! committee opportunities and events! 43

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Student Testimonials Emmett Hanley Pine Rivers Community Legal Service, Student Volunteer About my role: As part of my studies at QUT, I was able to volunteer at Pine Rivers Community Legal Service (PRCLS). PRCLS provided me with awesome hands-on work experience in a legal environment, surrounded by real clients with real problems. The most rewarding work experience came from the Thursday drafting clinic, where clients could walk in and be assisted in completing court forms before their big day in court. This ranged from drafting affidavits, to initiating applications, to property schedules, and EPAs! And this was all done in a oneon-one conversation with the client in the room. Tips for people applying: It was awesome to put my uni knowledge and skills into practice, but also learn how to cope with unknowns or challenges. Life is about taking chances, trying new things, having fun, making mistakes and learning from it, so I would encourage you all to give community legal centres a thought, and drop an email to them looking for work experience. You won’t regret it! Ashton Darracott Bar Association of Queensland, Volunteer witness for the Bar Practical Course About my role: The volunteer witnesses for the BPC act as clients/ witnesses in mock trials so that the pupils (future barristers) get hands on experience in interviewing, performing examination-in-chief, and cross-examination. The BPC runs over six weeks, two times a year, and is designed to be as practical as possible to prepare pupils for life at the bar. As a witness you play a really important role in giving them experience in all aspects of the trial process (pre-trial conferencing, giving evidence at trial, etc). You can choose as little or as many sessions to volunteer for. Your ‘facts’ as a witness is your character’s affidavit, that you have to adopt as the truth. Depending on the case, you will also be sent extra material to make sure you are fully briefed about the person you are pretending to be. Tips for people applying: Try to get to know your facts as well as possible beforehand! Have someone ask you questions about your affidavit before you meet the pupils. And don’t be scared to add a bit of flair when you are in the witness box. It does require some method acting when put on the spot in the stand, but it can be really fun to try and make the examination a bit challenging for the pupil questioning you. Being a witness of the BPC would be the most valuable to students that are doing or have done Evidence and Civil Procedure, but this should not hold anyone back from volunteering. If becoming a barrister is a career path that you want to pursue, volunteering with the BPCs is definitely an awesome way to network with lawyers who are training to go to the bar, and to get a taste for what’s expected of barristers in Queensland. 44

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Morgan Lynch Paralegal, King & Wood Mallesons About my role: As part of the Dispute Resolution team, I work closely with lawyers, support staff and other paralegals to advise and represent clients involved in commercial disputes. For example, I’m often asked to research a specific legal issue relevant to a matter the lawyers in my team are working on. However, unlike when I’m doing an assignment at university, I generally have to research, write and edit each memo in a single day or even just a few hours, rather than a few weeks! I am also involved in drafting and reviewing documents for court, briefs to counsel, witness examinations and discovery. Occasionally, I have to deliver these documents to counsel at their chambers or file them at the Supreme Court registry. Tips for people applying: Add to your resume by participating in law-related activities you enjoy. Join the QUT Law Society and QUT Women in Law. Volunteer with a community legal centre. Participate in law competitions. Find ways to become more involved in the legal community. Build your professional networks. Sign up for the QUT Career Mentor Scheme. Go to panels and networking events hosted by law firms, the QUT Law Society and/or QUT Women in Law. Get to know people who are 5, 10, 20 or even 30 years ahead of you in their careers and ask them how they got where they are today. Look for a job that will be flexible around your university commitments. If you’re studying full time, be realistic about how much you can work without compromising your academic results. For example, I’m fortunate to be able to take time off for exams. I’m also able to alter my working days each semester around my university timetable. Eleanor Newton Legal Secretary, Fuller & White Solicitors About my role: I provide a range of professional legal administrative assistance and general office administration to support a criminal and family law firm in the CBD. It’s a new role and I am loving every minute of it. Tips for people applying: Volunteer at your local community legal centre!! I have been regularly volunteering at Bayside Community Legal Service since December and have learnt many important skills including how to communicate with clients, book appointments with Solicitors and undertake basic legal research! Get involved in university societies such as QUTLS to learn important collaborative and organisation skills!! This is my first year with QUTLS and second year with QUT Justice Society. Don’t let the unsuccessful trail of rejections dampen your motivation. This may come across in your cover letters! Also, follow through with applications and referrals! 45

PART 4: undergraduate career building Courtney Howarth Barristers’ Assistant - Full-time About my role: I work closely with four barristers across a wide range of practice areas, including planning and environment law, admin law and financial services, personal injury and negligence, and family law. My day-to-day involves basic legal administrative tasks as well as file and brief management, document filing at the Supreme Court Registry, legal research, and drafting of court documents, submissions and memos of advice. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, balancing full-time work and uni is stressful, and I’ve had to sacrifice much of my social life to fit everything in. It is doable though, so if you’re organised and an opportunity presents itself, it’s definitely worth taking. Likewise, working across a range of practice areas can be really challenging, especially when they’re so different, but I’m ultimately happy to be gaining experience across the legal profession and appreciate the opportunity I’ve been given. Tips for people applying: • Don’t underestimate your non-law experience. Any experience you have through work, clubs and societies, or your hobbies and interests can be utilised in your job search. It really doesn’t matter too much where you got your experience, if you can justify why it’s relevant to your application. • Keep screenshots of each of the job advertisements you apply for. I felt that this was helpful for interviews and even for altering my resume and cover letter, as I could refer back to the qualities and experience the advertisement was looking for, even after the recruiter had taken it down. • Don’t let rejection disappoint you. I actually went back and looked through my old folder of cover letters, and I have 54 different cover letters that I sent through to potential employers before landing the job I currently have. It’s easy to let rejection feed your imposter syndrome, but if you’re consistently trying to make your applications better and you’re showing initiative, you’ll find an opportunity that’s right for you. • Ask for feedback. If you do get hit with a rejection email, particularly after an interview, thank the interviewer/recruiter for their time and ask if they had any particular feedback for you. This is more productive than just wondering or guessing where you went wrong, and further shows you’re eager to improve.

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Law Firms Here are the Big 6 put in a global focus:

Firm

Predominant practice areas

Programs available

Banking and finance, dispute resolution, employment, tax, real estate.

Clerkship (Summer, Winter)

Ashurst

Full service firm (with a focus on commercial law).

Graduate

Clayton Utz

Corporate, employment, real estate, finance, construction, energy & Clerkship resources, intellectual (Winter, property, projects and Summer) infrastructure, restructure, turnaround and insolvency and dispute resolution.

Herbert Smith Freehills

Banking and finance

Allens

King & competition, corporate, Wood dispute resolution, Mallesons

Minter Ellison

intellectual property, energy & resources, real estate, securities and tax.

Graduate

More information

Global focus

London (Linklaters)

Firms all over the world

Clerkship (Winter, Summer)

Links to China/Hong Kong

Graduate

Firms all over the world

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Barry.Nilsson. Colin Biggers Paisley Cooper Grace Ward Corrs Chambers Westgarth Clyde & Co DLA Piper Gadens Greenwoods Gilbert + Tobin Hall & Wilcox Holding Redlich HopwoodGanim HWL Ebsworth K&L Gates Johnson Winter & Slattery Jones Day MacDonnells Law Maurice Blackburn Mills Oakley Piper Alderman Sparke Helmore Russell Kennedy Thomson Geer

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Goverment Government sector jobs are highly competitive and might involve working for a national or state-based agency or in parliament. Government-employed lawyers practise across a wide range of areas of law, from criminal to tax law. Additionally, law graduates are often employed in a range of different positions in the public service outside of legal practice i.e. as policy or political analysts, lobbyists, legislative drafters or investigators. Government organisations popular with law graduates include:

Organisation

Predominant Practice

Programs Available

Attorney General’s Department

Civil law, family law, criminal law, international law, native title law, workplace relations, royal commissions, and corporate services.

Graduate programs (including specific programs for Indigenous and disabled graduates)

Australian Defence Force

Administrative law, military discipline law, international law, and operations law.

Graduate & undergraduate employment opportunities

Australian Federal Police

Criminal law, information law, national security law, dispute resolution, administrative law, employment law, and commercial law.

Graduate program

Criminal law

Undergraduate work experience (WEPP); no structured graduate program

Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (Queensland)

Commonwealth Department of Criminal law Public Prosecutions

Commercial, administrative and international law as well as a focus on Department of Foreign Affairs and other areas like political relations, trade, humanitarian assistance, international Trade security, and public diplomacy. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Administrative law, constitutional law, and public policy.

Check out GradAustralia for more information

Australian Public Service Jobs

More Information

No structured graduate program

Graduate program

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Community Legal Centres in South East Queensland

Community Legal Centre Voulnteers Website

If you see yourself working in the community sector after you graduate, then volunteering at your local community legal centre is a fantastic way to give back to your community while learning about real-life legal issues and practice. We have compiled a brief overview of CLCs in South East Queensland below, but be sure to check out the Community Legal Centre Volunteers website which lists all CLCs in Australia.

Community Legal Centre

Caxton Legal Service

Contact Information Contact person: Michelle Ecclestone Phone: 07 3214 6333 Fax: 07 3214 6363 Email: volunteers@caxton.org.au

More information about what it is like to volunteer at a community legal centre is also available here

How to volunteer

For current vacancies, check out:

Postal Address: 1 Manning Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 For current vacancies and to read volunteer position descriptions, check out: Contact person: Suzanne Marshall Phone: (07) 3392 0644 Fax: (07) 3392 0658 Email: smarshall@wlsq.org.au

Women’s Legal Service

Street Address: 387 Ipswich Road Cnr Ponsonby St, entrance on Ponsonby St Annerley, QLD, 4103 Postal Address: PO Box 119, Annerley, QLD, 4103

For volunteering at Women’s Legal Service events, join the Facebook group “WLSQ Event and Fundraising Volunteers” to keep up to date with opportunities to help out:

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Contact Information

Contact person: Carla Weelen - Coordinator Phone: 0490 062 760 Email: baysidelegal@optusnet.com Bayside Community Legal Service

Street Address: Ground Floor, Redlands Community Centre, 29 Loraine Street, Capalaba, QLD,

How to volunteer Apply here to become a volunteer:

For more information:

Postal Address: PO Box 271, Capalaba, QLD, 4157

Phone: 07 3260 6820 Fax: 07 3260 7127 Email: admin@northsideconnect.org.au Brisbane North Community Legal Service

Street Address: 14 Station Street NUNDAH QLD 4012

Keep up to date with Northside Connect, the community support centre which runs Brisbane North Community Legal Service, for volunteering opportunities:

Postal Address: PO Box 386 NUNDAH QLD 4012 Check out this page for more information:

Phone: 07 3846 6317 Email: admin@lawright.org.au LawRight

Postal Address: PO Box 12217 George Street QLD 4003

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Community Legal Centre

Contact Information Contact person: Client Services team Phone: 07 3124 7160 Email: mail@lgbtilegalservice.org

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Intersex (LGBTI) Legal Service

Street Address: Level 1, Oxley House 20 Hockings Street West End QLD 4101

How to volunteer

More information here:

Postal Address: Level 2, 725 Ann Street , Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006 Phone: 07 5495 5916 Email: office@mbrcls.org.au Moreton Bay Regional Community Legal Service

Pine Rivers Community Legal Service

Street Address: Caboolture Neighbourhood Centre, 9 George Street, Caboolture, QLD, 4510 Postal Address: P.O. Box 109, Caboolture, QLD, 4510

Reach out with your CV to find out about opportunities.

Phone: 07 3205 2955 Fax: 07 3881 2877 Email: prcls@encircle.org.au

More information available here:

Street Address: 4A/481 Gympie Road Strathpine, QLD, 4501 Postal Address: PO Box 489, Lawnton, QLD, 4501

More information here:

If you are interested in volunteering, reach out via email with your CV and interest.

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Consulting Many law graduates choose to pursue a career in consulting after finishing their studies. Consulting firms provide commercial advice and services to other businesses operating in a broad range of industries. This could mean working in legal practice within these firms or applying your skills in a different context.

More about careers in consulting

Consultants work across a range of fields to provide expert opinions, analysis, and recommendations. Sometimes consultants already have significant industry experience, but you can also pursue a career in consulting straight out of university. To be successful as a consultant, you need to have strong interpersonal communication skills, creativity, problem-solving skills and adaptability. You will also likely need strong technical skills in your chosen field. Below we have listed a few of the larger consulting firms and the entry level programs they offer: Organisation

Programs available

More information

Boston Consulting Internship and graduate programs Group

Bain & Co.

Graduate positions (Associate Consultant) offered in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth

McKinsey

Undergraduate and graduate employment opportunities available

PwC

Deloitte

Trainee program, vacation program, graduate program, and legal clerkship program. Summer vacation program and graduate program

Ernst & Young

Cadet program, vacationer program, graduate program

KPMG

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Aim beyond pure legal knowledge. Beyond commercial advice. Be known for something more: a clarity of thought and an instinct for problem solving that can influence governments and leading businesses the world over. Join us and we’ll help you enrich and expand your worldview, grow your skills and influence new ways of thinking. In other words, we’ll help you make the difference.

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Make the difference at Ashurst As a global law firm with a rich history spanning almost 200 years, we’ve established ourselves as a leading adviser to corporates, financial institutions and governments, on all areas of the law including finance, M&A, disputes and competition. We’re renowned for helping our clients navigate through a complex and constantly evolving global landscape. With 28 offices across the world’s leading financial and resource centres, we offer the reach and insight of a global network combined with deep local market knowledge. Our people are our greatest asset. We bring together lawyers of the highest calibre with the expertise, industry experience and regional know-how to provide the incisive advice our clients need. As a global team we have a reputation for successfully managing large and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions, disputes and projects.

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Tips for clerkship success Be self-aware and remember that first impressions count

Remember to request feedback after completing tasks

• In locations with multi-clerkship opportunities, a 3.5 to 4 week clerkship is essentially a long interview for a graduate position

• A clerkship is a great opportunity for you to learn and develop your legal knowledge and skills

• Consider your personal brand and how you want to be perceived and remembered in terms of your strengths and fit with firm

• Take the time to follow up your work providers and get their thoughts on the work you have completed - however be aware of their workload and the timing of asking for feedback

• A great attitude, enthusiasm for any sort of task and the ability to quickly build rapport with others goes a long way

• Acting on this feedback is a great way to demonstrate your ability to learn quickly – a key skill for junior lawyers

Show initiative and seek opportunities

Develop your networks – speak to as many people as possible

• What do you want to get out of your clerkship? What do you want to learn about the firm and what work do you want to get involved in?

• As well firms looking at your abilities and fit to the firm, it’s also your opportunity to find out if this is the place you want to start and establish your career

• Take the initiative to get to know your team as well as other practices across the firm, meet as many people as possible and try to get involved in different types of work, projects and activities

• Take every opportunity to meet people from across the firm to learn about the practice groups and if they are people you would like to work with in the future

Keep your supervisor updated on workload and schedule

• Lastly, take the time to get to know your fellow clerks – you may be colleagues one day

• Communication is key in a law firm. Take on a variety of work for different people across the team, but don’t forget the importance of managing your priorities and keeping your work providers up to date • Clerkships involve a number of training sessions and other activities so it’s important to keep people informed as to where you will be if you are away from your desk for a long period of time

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BORN GLOBAL At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave. Like no other law firm, we were born global. Baker McKenzie has been thinking globally in Australia for more than 50 years. In 2014, we opened our Brisbane office making our Australian practice the fourth largest in our network of 76 offices with more than 80 Partners and 220 lawyers across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. In Australia, we act for leading multinational and domestic companies on market leading local and global transactions. Founded in 1949, Baker McKenzie is one of the world’s largest law firms by markets, revenue and headcount. We offer our clients and lawyers the uncompromising commitment to excellence expected of a leading firm and a distinctive way of thinking, working and behaving as a passionately global and genuinely collaborative firm. We understand the challenges of the global economy because we have been a global law firm from the start.

Our Clerkship Program

Right from the start, our Clerks get involved in real work. You will be exposed to our Australian and international clients through client meetings, shadowing, research and other everyday activities within your assigned practice group. Our Clerks work closely with other lawyers, are guided by a Supervising Partner and enjoy the extra support of an experienced Associate “Buddy”. You will develop practical and legal skills through our national learning program and by attending workshops specifically designed for Clerks, as well as Firm-wide sessions. In Sydney, the Summer Clerkship Program runs from late November to early February each year during which Clerks complete two practice group rotations. Clerks who accept a Graduate role with Baker McKenzie are eligible to apply for an International Clerkship, with the opportunity to work in one of our overseas offices in the year following their Clerkship.

Our Graduate Program

Over the course of the program, Graduates gain experience in different areas of law before they join a particular practice group as an Associate. You will be supervised by a senior lawyer and an Associate “Buddy” in each rotation to oversee your on-the-job and formal learning.

Develop globally

At Baker McKenzie, we have a deep commitment to development. We work with each Graduate to create a tailored development plan and career goals. To help you reach your goals, we provide targeted learning opportunities — from seminars on core legal topics to practical skills development in areas such as communication, drafting and presenting. We work hard to facilitate on-the-job learning and the many ways it happens — through informal mentoring relationships, client secondments, involving Graduates in global teams working on international deals and in managing their own files for our award-winning Pro Bono Program. We also bring Graduates from our Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices together to help our people foster networks across the Firm, and support professional development by covering the costs of Practical Legal Training and your admission.

Our regional practice group structure means many of our lawyers attend regional training in our Asia Pacific offices. Once Graduates complete their Graduate Program, they will attend a regional orientation program with other mid-level Associates from the Asia Pacific region. The Firm also offers opportunities for lawyers at varying stages of their careers to work directly for clients or with our other offices globally.

What does the Firm look for?

Baker McKenzie looks for people who genuinely want to work with us and who understand Baker McKenzie's unique offering, values and position in the market. We look for well-rounded, motivated individuals who share our global perspective; who are intellectually curious and have sound academics; who display business acumen and are practical in their approach; who enjoy a challenge and seek new opportunities; who take responsibility and use their initiative; who act with integrity and honesty in all of their dealings, decisions and actions; who express themselves confidently while staying open to new ideas; who strive to provide excellent service to their clients; who seek a friendly, diverse, and inclusive culture; and who take seriously our role in making a difference to our local and global communities.

Thrive in a culture of inclusion

Quality and excellence along with team work, integrity and responsiveness are central in delivering outstanding service to our clients, as you would expect in a top tier law firm. The values that make us a unique and great place to work are deeply embedded and you will notice our difference in all of your interactions with us, in Australia and across the globe. We are passionately global, and leverage our global expertise for our clients. We strive to stay ahead of the curve and encourage entrepreneurship.

We actively encourage and support contribution to the community, through our pro bono and community service programs. We want everyone at Baker McKenzie to reach their potential so we invest in global, regional and local world-class development and mobility programs for our people. Our award-winning diversity strategy, initiatives and programs are focused in six areas: BakerWomen – gender equality and supporting the progression of women BakerDNA – ethnic, indigenous and cultural diversity BakerBalance – supporting carers and parents, and workplace flexibility BakerLGBTI & Allies – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex diversity BakerIndigenousEngagement – commitment to engagement with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community BakerWellbeing – commitment to mental health and wellbeing.

How to apply

Applications for Clerkships can be submitted via www.bakermckenzie.com/careers/Australia. Applications should include a cover letter, as well as details of your work experience, your extra-curricular activities and interests, and your academic results. Applications for Clerkships open at 9.00am on 8 June 2021 and close at 11.59 pm on 4 July 2021. Angelique Holden Talent Management Consultant +61 2 8922 5596 angelique.holden@bakermckenzie.com

We have a strong culture of friendship and collaborative working style. We are commercial pragmatists who simplify issues for clients.

Our key areas of practice     

Banking & Finance Capital Markets Commercial Real Estate Construction Dispute Resolution

 Employment  Energy, Resources and Infrastructure  Environmental Markets

 Financial Services & Structured Transactions  Insolvency  Intellectual Property  Media

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Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Tax Technology & Communications

www.bakermckenzie.com/careers/Australia Baker & McKenzie, an Australian Partnership, is a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International.

National firm. Big clients. Bright future. Barry.Nilsson. is a growing national law firm with a 58 year history and over 300 staff. We have an award-winning reputation for leadership in insurance & health, family law and wills & estates. Our vacation clerkship program is the first step towards joining our graduate program and becoming a solicitor at the firm. Barry.Nilsson. offers top-tier work and clients coupled with the support, mentoring and growth opportunities of a mid-tier firm. We also understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance, so we offer flexible work and work from home arrangements to all of our staff. We are a friendly, energetic and professional firm currently in a dynamic and exciting phase of our development with growth underway across the country.

Find out more about our clerkship and graduate programs at bnlaw.com.au.

Clayton Utz is a leading Australian law firm, known for the strength of its independent culture and its confident and engaging approach. Staying true to your direction is what defines Clayton Utz. At Clayton Utz, we’ve built a team of down-to-earth, collaborative lawyers who know that at the heart of exceptional client service is knowing what your client needs. We offer the sharpest legal minds. The clearest advice that cuts through the complexity, so our clients can concentrate on the things that really matter. And an unshakeable sense of what’s possible. With 168 partners and over 1,600 employees across six offices, we continue to build on our reputation for confident, innovative and incisive legal advice. We have 14 different practice areas: Banking & Financial Services, Commercial Litigation, Competition, Corporate/M&A/Capital Markets, Environment and Planning, IP and Technology, Major Projects and Construction, Public Sector / Government Services, Real Estate, Restructuring and Insolvency, Tax, Workplace Relations Employment and Safety and Pro Bono. Clayton Utz employs people with a wide range of backgrounds, skills, interests and competencies. We look for people who can contribute new ideas, who take a creative approach to solving problems, are personable, practical, commercially-savvy, as well as flexible. Our lawyers undertake complex and innovative legal work, so it’s important that our clerks and graduates are motivated individuals who aren’t afraid of a challenge. We are also interested in learning more about your outside interests. You need to be able to balance your professional and personal lives, and have fun! Most importantly, we are looking for people we’d enjoy working alongside. We want clerks and graduates who embody the firm’s behavioural values of trust, respect and co-operation and our foundation value of highest ethical standards in all that they do. No matter how good your law degree, there’s always a gap between theory and practice, and finishing university can be daunting. How do you make the jump to working in a commercial law

firm? That’s where we come in. Once you’ve completed your studies, our national Graduate Program gives you the perfect foundation for your legal career. Our 2.5 week orientation program is designed to ensure that you’ll hit the ground running. It consists of PLT+, local training and a national orientation week in Sydney. Our rotation program means you’ll discover different areas and find the right fit. From day one you’ll be working on complex and sophisticated legal issues, and with our innovative approach to learning & development, you’ll get the support you need to become the best you can be. With our Graduate Program you’ll get: • 3 rotations of six months in our national practice groups; • mentoring from some of the best lawyers in the country; • a buddy who’ll give you the inside information; • meaningful performance feedback so you know you’re on the right track; • continuing legal education programs and professional development support so you can become the lawyer you want to be; • the chance to participate in our Community Connect and Pro Bono programs and really give back; and • social and sporting activities, because we know it’s not all work and no play. We hire most of our Graduates from our Clerkship Programs. Occasionally, additional opportunities may arise, which will be listed on our website. For further information or to apply to one of our programs, please visit our website https:// graduates. claytonutz. com/

STAY TRUE.

Staying true to your direction is what defines Clayton Utz. We’ve built a culture that’s unlike any other law firm, but don’t just take our word for it. A good lawyer needs compelling evidence so meet our people and judge for yourself. claytonutz.com/graduates

Academic brilliance certainly counts, but graduates who thrive here have something extra – a natural passion for connecting with people and a strong sense of self. That’s what staying true is all about. If you have these qualities, Clayton Utz is for you.

Clerkships at Corrs Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. Corrs’ clerkships give you the opportunity to connect with partners and lawyers across the firm, learn what a ‘day‑in‑the‑life’ at Corrs is like, and experience the type of work we do and the clients Corrs partners with. In this Q&A, Jack Donnelly (Autumn 2021 clerk at Corrs), provides insight into the clerkship recruitment process and discusses his experiences of clerking at Corrs.

Why did you choose to apply for a clerkship at Corrs?

During my time with the team, I had the opportunity to work on a number of different and varied tasks, including: 

Corrs was a natural choice as it is one of Australia’s largest national independent firms. Aside from this, Corrs interested me for two main reasons. First, it has clerkships over each of the four clerkship slots and second, I am interested in arbitration and the arbitration team at Corrs is highly-regarded; I would encourage applicants to focus their efforts on firms that specialise in their areas of interest.

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What was your experience of the recruitment and selection process? I submitted a CV and academic transcript and I also answered some questions as part of the written application online. These questions focused on my reasons for wanting to work for Corrs and the skills I would bring to the firm.

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Throughout the clerkship, there were also a lot of opportunities for the clerks to get to know the firm and its culture at a deeper level. These included: 

The next step of the process was a phone call with one of the senior partners. During this call, we had a casual chat about clerkships at Corrs covering topics such as the learning and working opportunities that the program offers. I also had the chance to ask some questions I had about the firm, its practice areas and its culture. Following the call, I then attended an interview with another partner from the Brisbane office and the local People & Performance contact.

Can you tell us about your clerkship experience? At the beginning of the clerkship, I spent a few days in training and familiarising myself with Corrs’ systems. Following the orientation, I was allocated to the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) team for my clerkship.

shadowing a partner and senior associate to a call with a client regarding their privacy policy, amending that privacy policy and drafting a privacy complaints procedure; shadowing a special counsel to a call with a pro bono client regarding a procurement contract and amending the contract based on instructions following the call; updating a register of general statutory obligations on telecommunications companies; and presenting at one of the firm’s internal continuous learning sessions.

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informal lunches with the graduate cohort, partners and our assigned buddies; a careers panel from three senior lawyers discussing their diverse journeys to Corrs; briefings on some of the firm’s largest matters; workshops on negotiation, litigation strategy and legal drafting; and a Q&A session with CEO Gavin MacLaren.

Any final comments? Clerkships are a lot of fun and I would definitely recommend Corrs to anyone thinking about applying! My time completing the Corrs clerkship was a great experience and provided me with a lot of opportunities to gain insight and exposure into what life at a leading Australian law firm is like, the varied work that the firm does and the high quality clients that they work with.

To find out more about Clerkships at Corrs, please contact: Tania Daly, People & Performance Consultant (tania.daly@corrs.com.au | +61 3228 9465)

What does the firm look for in a clerk? Our people come from a diverse range of backgrounds. That’s what sets us apart. By opening up a range of different and unique perspectives, allows us to service our clients better. We’ll be looking for candidates who are naturally inquisitive, have plenty of drive, and can show a genuine commitment to their chosen career path.

Who are we? DLA Piper is a global business law firm based in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. We help clients succeed through innovative and pragmatic legal solutions. Leading businesses across the world trust us with their most complex matters, and rely on our seamless cross-border prowess and sector knowledge. Wherever you are, and whatever your challenge, we speak your language. In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by four values: Be Supportive, Be Bold, Be Collaborative and Be Exceptional. Our clients are often global, so we have to be too. With over 90 offices in more than 40 countries, we provide seamless local and cross-border advice, whenever and wherever our clients need us. Areas of practice: Corporate Litigation & Regulatory Employment Real Estate Finance, Projects & Restructuring Intellectual Property & Technology Tax What does the DLA Piper Clerkship involve? Our paid summer clerkship is designed to give you insight into what DLA Piper is really like. Our programme starts with an induction. This induction provides an advanced introduction to the legal sector and the firms practice groups. It also builds your professional skills and workplace capability. Throughout the induction there will be opportunities to hear from and network with senior members of the firm. Once you are inducted you’ll have the opportunity to complete work placements in our different practice groups. You’ll be given real responsibilities. Whether you’re attending a court hearing, contributing to a client meeting or assisting a large corporate transaction, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to reach your potential. At the end of the clerkship, participants are assessed for a graduate position.

By bringing your authentic self to work every day, you’ll have an instinct ability to build relationships with peers, colleagues and clients alike. How do students apply? Students in their penultimate or final year of study are eligible to apply for our seasonal clerkships. Apply online at www.dlapipergraduates.com/au/apply What does the DLA Piper Graduate Programme involve? We offer graduate positions across all of our Australian offices. During your graduate programme, you’ll experience three x six month rotations throughout our eight different practice groups, giving you breadth in your knowledge of the law as well as the practical skills that will stay with you for your entire career. Our graduates are also provided a once in a lifetime opportunity when they complete our International Induction in London with their global counterparts! Experiencing a full week of inspiring key note speakers, networking events and team building activities, you’ll be leveraging our international network right from day one. During the graduate programme, we also offer you the opportunity to apply for an international secondment. This usually lasts for six months and gives you the opportunity to work in one of DLA Piper’s overseas offices. As well as experiencing life in a different country, you’ll develop your legal knowledge in another jurisdiction and grow your professional networks across the firm. By the end of your graduate programme, you will emerge with a clearer understanding of where your talent and interests lie. The experience you’ll have gained – and the networks you’ll have nurtured – will provide a strong foundation for your future career at DLA Piper. Contact: DLA Piper Graduate Recruitment & Development Team graduaterecruitmentAUS@dlapiper.com Website: www.dlapipergraduates.com Office locations: Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Who are we and what do we do?

Careers @ Gadens

Gadens is a top 10 Australian law firm. Our Brisbane office has 23 partners and 260 staff.

At Gadens your experiences, knowledge and insights are valued. We look for well-rounded candidates, considering your solid academic record, business acumen, community engagement, professionalism and teamwork as part of the application process.

Recognised as leaders in the Chambers Asia Pacific and the Legal 500 Asia Pacific, many of our partners are ranked as outstanding lawyers in their field. Our clients include ASX listed companies, major banks, fund managers, investors, state and local governments, start-ups and SME’s. We are results-focused and passionate about providing commercial solutions to our clients across: • property and construction • banking and finance • corporate advisory • dispute resolution and litigation • pro bono

Our Graduate program Our graduate program is tailored to offer comprehensive and progressive training in an environment that encourages collaboration and values integrity and accountability. From day one you will hit the ground running, beginning the first of two 12 month rotations. We offer placements across all practice areas. You will be exposed to complex and stimulating work in a collegiate environment.

Our Clerkship program Gadens offers a 4 week summer clerkship program for 10-12 penultimate year law students. Running across November and December you will complete your placement in one of our 5 practice groups. Working on real matters with the guidance of a mentor and buddy, you will have the opportunity to gain indepth experience and insight into what life at Gadens is really like. For the right candidate, a clerkship at Gadens provides a genuine pathway to our graduate program. Clerkship applications will open on 5 July 2021 via the Gadens careers page. For more information about a future at Gadens contact recruitment@gadens.com

What makes Gadens unique? Our Culture Gadens has rich history in Queensland. We are passionate about our service standards and work quality and pride ourselves on delivering innovative solutions to our clients. Our professional and ethical responsibilities help shape our culture. Pro Bono Gadens is a signatory to the Australian Pro Bono Centre’s Aspirational Target which encourages lawyers to subscribe to a voluntary target of 35 hours of pro bono work per lawyer per annum. Women’s Legal Service Gadens has formed a partnership with Women’s Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ), a not for profit organisation that has been providing free legal services to women for over 30 years. Small Steps 4 Hannah We have assisted the Clarke family to establish a charitable company and public ancillary fund, following the death of Hannah and her children as a result of domestic violence.

Our commitment to First Nations CareerTrackers We have been at the forefront of Indigenous employment through our Indigenous Internship program with CareerTrackers. A program that has been running for over 10 years and has led to positive career outcomes for more than 30 interns, including current graduate lawyers. Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) Gadens has formed a pro bono partnership with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH). IUIH leads the planning, development and delivery of comprehensive primary health care services to the Indigenous population of South East Queensland (SEQ). Former Origin Greats Partnership Gadens is the official Legal Partner of the Former Origin Greats (FOGS). Gadens works closely with the ARTIE Academy (Achieving Results Through Indigenous Education) run by the FOGS. The ARTIE Academy assists to ‘Close the Gap’ in educational outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their non-Indigenous peers.

The Arts Brisbane Festival This iconic Brisbane cultural event has the backing of the Queensland Government, the Brisbane City Council and major business groups. Brisbane Festival is Queensland’s largest cultural event, of which Gadens is a proud sponsor. Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art (QAGoMA) Gadens is a Special Patron of the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGoMA) having supported the institution for nearly 30 years. Brisbane Portrait Prize Brisbane Portrait Prize is a contemporary portraiture competition showcasing artists and the unique character of Brisbane. Gadens are a very proud long-term sponsor partner of this highly acclaimed visual arts program. Museum of Brisbane Gadens is passionately committed to supporting the Brisbane and Queensland arts community. Another clear example of this is the long-term sponsorship and partnership with the Museum of Brisbane.

ARE YOU READY TO BE BOLD? There’s never been a better time to be part of Gilbert + Tobin. From day one, our flat structure allows you to take ownership of challenging work and cutting-edge projects. Work directly with partners and team leaders – nobody is too important to take time to explain things clearly, or give a helping hand. Our open and welcoming culture underpins our continued success in Australian corporate law. Through our pro bono practice, we are actively making a difference, every single day. If you’re comfortable being challenged, as well as challenging us on the way we think and operate – you’ll fit right in. We’re not worried about you being you. We’re counting on it.

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WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? The G+T clerkship experience is open to students in their penultimate year of study, as well as final year for our Sydney office. We’re not a prescriptive firm when it comes to our people; we invite individuality and diversity. We also hold ambition, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit in high regard. Our people are collaborative, passionate and dedicated – but most of all they enjoy what they do and never forget to have fun. We seek clerks and graduates who will complement our practice groups and don’t feel the need to take themselves too seriously.

WHAT WILL YOU EXPERIENCE? Depending on your location, you’ll complete two, four-week rotations across the firm’s practice areas in summer, or a seasonal clerkship over a number of weeks in winter or summer. All clerks are assigned a supervising partner, mentor and buddy to assist with on-the-job training for each rotation - an immediate support network to help smooth the transition from university and assist with your professional development. While your main focus will be corporate work, everyone has the opportunity to assist on pro bono matters, innovation projects and participate in firm-wide activities.

HOW WILL YOU LEARN?

WE’RE BIG ON BOLD Standing up for what you believe in and standing out in the crowd. Having the confidence to take risks and the courage to say no. Trusting in the tradition of embracing innovation. Being adventurous, spirited and unexpected. At Gilbert + Tobin, we believe in being bold.

During the clerkship you’ll take part in our customised in-house training, and cover topics such as research, analysis, drafting, developing technical skills, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, business development and client orientation. As you progress through your rotations you’ll develop invaluable skills and knowledge and gain first-hand experience of our various practice groups. Understanding the mechanics of legal practice through research, drafting memos, attending court and meeting clients will all help to build your confidence. And we’ll encourage you to contribute ideas and your own fresh perspective.

GRADUATE PROGRAM Our summer clerk program is the primary pathway for graduates at G+T, however we also invite interest from graduating students who may have clerked elsewhere or taken up other opportunities in their penultimate or final year of studies. Keep an eye on our website for active graduate vacancies.

KEY DATES OFFICE

APPLICATIONS OPEN

APPLICATIONS CLOSE

Sydney

8 June

14 July

Perth

28 June

1 August

Melbourne

28 June

15 August

CONTACT KRISTIE BARTON

Clerk + Graduate Program Manager

+61 2 9263 4575 | kbarton@gtlaw.com.au

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IT IS EXCITING TO BE A PART OF A YOUNG AND GROWING FIRM – SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT THAN THE REST EVEN THOUGH IT STILL WINS THE BEST WORK IN THE MARKET.

I did my clerkship at Gilbert + Tobin (‘G+T’) over the of summer 2019-2020 and started as a graduate in March 2021. My experience was unique in that I came from Queensland; I’ve lived in Brisbane my whole life and studied at the University of Queensland. I had wanted to do a clerkship in Sydney because my ultimate goal has always been to start my legal career in the Harbour City. I initially chose G+T because it is exciting to be a part of a young and growing firm – something that makes it different than the rest even though it still wins the best work in the market. Plus, I was impressed with the G+T people I met during the recruitment process; everyone was smart, passionate, friendly and approachable. They were normal people I could see myself working with. Sydney clerkships are a little different to Brisbane ones: they are ten weeks’ long over the whole summer which means you really get to take a deep dive into the world of corporate law. From day one in the Competition + Regulation team, my buddy introduced me to a merger authorisation matter. I assisted the lawyers in preparing an authorisation application for submission to the ACCC. I found this matter so interesting and enjoyable to work on because it involved websites, products and companies I had used before, so in a way it didn’t take me too long to get my head around what was happening. I also really liked working on a merger authorisation because there was scope for creativity; much of our authorisation application involved coming up with creative and imaginative arguments in favour of merger clearance. I was treated as if I was part of the team; I was invited to the daily team meetings, to client calls and given tasks which actually helped progress the application rather than ‘work for the sake of work’. The authorisation application became public on the ACCC website, so the results of our hard work were visible – so satisfying! In April 2020 the ACCC announced the good news: unconditional merger authorisation for the transaction – a great result for the client. During my Banking + Infrastructure rotation I sat in the pod dealing with restructuring and insolvency matters, something completely different to the work in C+R. Highlights included attending a creditors’ scheme of arrangement meeting with the lawyers and a fascinating research task on loan enforcement under Sharia law. I really enjoyed studying insolvency at university, so I liked seeing how the area of law is applied in practice. Outside of the pod, I helped other B+I lawyers on discrete advice and procedural tasks such as letter drafting and document preparation. From induction to the farewell, the clerkship was well-structured. During the few times I wasn’t busy assisting the lawyers, I had projects to keep me occupied. Everyone I worked with was very approachable and willing to answer any questions I had – about tasks I was doing for them or about their career or life generally. We had a fantastic, large group of clerks and everyone became friends very quickly. Over the course of the summer, I made some very good friends. In the break between the clerkship and the graduate program, I still talked to my G+T friends almost every week. I have since returned to the firm as a graduate and despite the break, it already feels like I am continuing the good memories of my clerkship. The good friends I met during the clerkship meant that I moved to the Harbour City with a solid social support network. My first rotation is Corporate Advisory, the largest group in the firm. Only a few weeks in and I’m getting exposure to several large international M&A transactions and many interesting corporate law issues. I would recommend the clerkship to all penultimate year law students in Queensland who are interested in a career in corporate law in Australia’s beautiful financial capital. HARRY MEIXNER, 2021 GRADUATE PROGRAM

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Who are you, and what makes your firm unique? Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent Australian law firm. We are a firm of around 750 people, including more than 93 partners, delivering outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia. We were recently named Winner: Australasian Lawyer Innovative Firms 2020; Winner: Australasian Lawyer Employer of Choice 2020 and was also granted the Employer of Choice Gender Equality citation from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) for 2019, 2020 and 2021. Our graduate program was included as one of the Fast Movers in GradAustralia’s Top 100 Graduate Employers of 2021 and we were identified in the GradConnection Top100 category lists as one of the Most Popular Law Graduate Employers across Australia! We’re renowned for our Smarter Law approach. Smarter Law means we look beyond the status quo to think differently and find solutions. This includes enabling technology, challenging business models, innovative pricing and creative resourcing. Graduates have the option to work with our Client Solution team. The work will build smarter law advocates from the ground up who are focused on delivering value to our clients and people. Click here to read more about this rotation. What are the core practice areas of your Brisbane office? Statutory Insurance QLD The statutory Insurance QLD team predominately defend common law damages claims on behalf of employers including multinational and smaller organisations. The main client for the team is WorkCover Queensland together with a number of self-insurers. They provide advice in relation to: • common law; • third party recovery; • overlapping employment and occupational health and safety issues; and • self-insurance issues. • General Insurance

The General Insurance team sits on the legal panels of three of Australia’s top general insurers - Allianz, QBE and IAG Group (NRMA, CGU, RACV, RACQ, Lumley). The team has expertise in: • Professional indemnity; • General Liability; • Subrogated recoveries;

Policy interpretation; Fraud and FOS claims; Directors and Officers; Medical malpractice and allied health; and Claims ranging from highly complex and technically challenging, through to volume-driven claims.

The team advises on litigated claims for general insurers, underwriters and self-insured corporations and provides coverage advice to insurers under the contracts of insurance between insurers and their insureds. Some examples of the files you may work on include issuing or defending proceedings in respect of property damage (for example, multi-million dollar fires), investigating fraudulent claims, defending personal injury proceedings and advising in respect of contractual disputes (for example, indemnity disputes between the insurer and its insured). It’s a ‘hands-on’ rotation where you will be exposed to clients, insureds, witnesses and also attend Court. Commercial Dispute Resolution The Commercial Dispute Resolution team acts for insurers, banks, major companies and private individuals. The team act on behalf of clients in all courts and jurisdictions and handles dispute and litigation arising interstate and overseas. They advise on: • Building & construction disputes; • Contractual disputes; • Debt recovery; • Franchising disputes; • Professional negligence; • Shareholder, partnership & trust disputes; • Regulatory disputes involving ACCC, ASIC, ATO; • Commissions & inquiries; • Corporate governance & directors duties; • PPSA; • Insolvency & reconstruction; • Property and lease disputes; and • Private client disputes and taxation litigation

A rotation in Commercial Dispute Resolution would allow a Law Graduate exposure to range of litigious issues. You will also have the opportunity to gain exposure in our growing Property & Projects team. Pro Bono & Community The Hall & Wilcox Pro Bono team considers requests for pro bono legal assistance which are referred by a number of organisations, Hall & Wilcox people and the general public. The Director – Pro Bono & Community actively seeks out opportunities to partner with organisations to provide pro bono legal assistance and establish long standing relationships. What defines your firm’s culture? We are well known in the market for having a great culture – which is warm and welcoming, innovative, inclusive and supportive. We aim to strike a healthy balance between working hard and maintaining a high level of professionalism with having fun. By having happy and engaged people, we ensure our clients also have a great experience. Our collegial culture, shaped by our Hallmarks, guides the way everyone at Hall & Wilcox works every day.

Our inclusive culture enables us to recognise and celebrate individual differences and create a workplace environment in which both individuals and groups feel welcome, respected and valued. Key focus include our Reconciliation Action Plan to increase Indigenous employment and our ongoing commitment to flexibility, cultural diversity, disability, LGBTIQ+ and gender equality. ‘HW Evolve’ is a hybrid workplace where our people are encouraged and empowered to work flexibly both remotely and in the office. HW Evolve provides our people with the opportunity to experience the benefits of remote working balanced with the great benefits of being in the office including opportunities to connect, collaborate, learn and have fun. What do you look for in a potential employee? At Hall & Wilcox, we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and celebrate the characteristics that make each individual unique. There is no one “type” of graduate that we look for, instead, we value people from different backgrounds, different experiences and with different perspectives. Hall & Wilcox are interested in candidates with qualities which align with our Hallmarks and Smarter Law. Some of these include: • • • • •

A creative mind and a passion for technology and innovation. An understanding of the changing legal landscape. Varied life experiences including previous work experience (legal and/or non-legal) as well as outside interests. Strong and consistent academics and an involvement in extracurricular activities. Excellent communication skills, including language and interpersonal skills.

What does your graduate program involve? Our graduate program is a priority for us because we recognise that today’s law graduates are tomorrow’s leaders of the firm. Over the years, the program has proven to be highly successful – many of our current partners completed their graduate year with us. As a Law Graduate you will be a part of a 12 month program which includes three, four month rotations in our Brisbane Office. During your graduate year you will experience; • A combination of on-the-job training and support in completing Practical Legal Training. • A comprehensive induction with the national graduate cohort which lays the foundation for the year ahead. • The opportunity to gain experience in several of the firm’s practice areas. • An extensive support network including a buddy, a mentor and supervising partner to provide guidance and support throughout the year. • Regular learning opportunities through our Elevate program, designed to develop our graduates and provide them with the skills and expertise to excel. • Opportunities to participate in Pro Bono, Industry group and Smarter Law initiatives • Ongoing feedback, both formal and informal. • The opportunity to immerse yourself in our great culture and have fun!

What are the steps in your application process? Applications for Graduate Program should be submitted via our website https://hallandwilcox.com.au/careers/ opportunities/ and should include a cover letter, details of your work experience, extracurricular activities and academic transcript. Candidates may also be required to complete pre-set questions as part of the application process. The concept of “unconscious bias” or “hidden bias” is at the forefront of our work. We recognise that everybody has inherent biases and this means that at times, people are not as open-minded to difference as we’d like to believe. It is our goal to eliminate any unconscious or hidden bias that may exist in our review of graduate applications. Candidate details such as name, address, gender and secondary school will remain anonymous to us while we review your application. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first round interview and will meet with firm representatives including a Partner, and a People & Culture representative. We then make offers.

Discover extraordinary opportunities We are HopgoodGanim. A leading legal and advisory firm that helps achieve exceptional outcomes. A place where people love to come to work. We offer our people the opportunity to experience challenging work for high quality clients while enjoying the benefits of a unique culture where we are uncompromising in the protection of our values.

To apply and find out more, visit hopgoodganim.com.au/careers Search HopgoodGanim Lawyers on LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook

What do you look for in a potential employee? Our people are our greatest asset. We all share five common values: • • • • • •

Who are you and what makes your firm unique? More than 40 years ago, HopgoodGanim was founded by two great friends with a focus on commercial litigation and family law. Today, HopgoodGanim is a leading independent legal and advisory national firm. We continue to house one of Australia’s largest and most well-regarded family and relationship law practices. You may have asked yourself what makes HopgoodGanim different to any other firm? We believe it is the close relationships we have with our clients and each other. We do our very best work when we know our clients personally and we know their businesses inside and out. Inside our firm, people genuinely like each other, refer to each other as friends and work collaboratively to achieve the best outcomes possible for our clients. What are the core practice areas of your Brisbane office? Banking and Finance, Commercial Property, Corporate and M&A, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Family, Insurance and Risk, Workplace and Employment, Intellectual Property and Technology, Private Enterprise, Planning and Environment and Resources and Energy. What defines you firm’s culture? HopgoodGanim enjoys a reputation as a place where people love to come to work. We describe our culture as ‘The HG Way’ and central to this is a theme of ‘Business Mateship’. Business Mateship was a phrase we coined many years ago to capture the culture of friendship created by our founding partners and to describe how the people of HopgoodGanim, our clients and other stakeholders come together and interact. That is, we believe in treating each other, and our clients, as we would treat our friends.

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Be exceptional Uncompromising on quality and striving for excellence. In it together Deeply collaborative, both internally and externally. Keep it real Authentic to the core. Genuine, open and absolutely honest. Spirited and caring Witty, irreverent but with deep respect and care. Top of our game Forward, thinking, curious, evolving and we challenge the status quo.

What does your clerkship program involve? We offer three vacation clerkship programs over the course of a year. The programs run for four weeks in June/July, November/December and January/ February. Over the course of each program, our vacation clerks rotate in two different practice groups (based on their preferences) and will undertake real legal work as well as attend client meetings and court appearances. Vacation clerkships are well suited to law students in their fourth or penultimate year of University. What does your graduate program involve? Our two-year graduate program offers graduate lawyers two 12-month placements. One placement will be with one of our litigious practices and the other will be with a non-litigious practice. This will allow graduates to gain a more complete understanding of the important links between the transactions and negotiations at the front end of a matter or transaction and how they can then form part of a dispute down the track. Placements in our practice groups are based on the business needs of the firm and personal preferences. While we cannot guarantee that both placements will be a first choice, we try our hardest to ensure that at least one of them is. what are the steps in your application process? Once applications have been received via our website, the Human Resources team will be in contact with all candidates (successful and unsuccessful) throughout the recruitment process. If successful to the next stage, candidates will be invited to an interview with a Partner and HR representative.

360° THINKING What's your angle? We're looking for those who see things differently. The kind of people who bring new ideas and create innovative opportunities for our clients. Share your unique perspective by applying to careers.herbertsmithfreehills.com/au/grads www.herbertsmithfreehills.com

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WHAT WE LOOK FOR

Great lawyers are both curious and creative. We encourage you to challenge assumptions and open yourself up to new ideas. It’s this growth mindset that creates opportunities for you and your clients. So, what exactly are we looking for? There’s no single path to becoming an exceptional commercial lawyer. We look beyond your academic record and your technical aptitude. We’re focussed on ﬁnding people who have the curiosity to explore all the angles and the empathy to place themselves in their client’s shoes. Building great relationships takes a certain understanding and as our global village gets ever smaller, we look for graduates who think of themselves as citizens of the world. In line with our 10 Actions for Change we are proud to use the Rare Contextual Recruitment System (CRS). The CRS allows us to understand

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We select many of our graduates through our vacation clerkships. During this immersive experience, you’ll receive hands-on practical experience, actively contributing, as you work on some of the diverse challenges facing the team you’re collaborating with. You will gain a deeper understanding of life at the firm and what your future could look like if you join us. Some key features include the opportunity to: • Sit within a specific team, delivering real work for key clients • Before you join, submit a preference for a team to tailor your experience • Navigate the first step of your career with partner and graduate mentoring support • Attend workshops and presentations covering all our practice areas • Contribute to our pro bono practice

JOINING US

We offer a range of summer and winter clerkships across our Australian offices. If you have queries about graduate or vacation clerk positions, please visit our website: careers.herbertsmithfreehills. com/au/grads/vacation-clerkships or contact one of our graduate recruitment consultants.

KEY DATES/DEADLINES BRISBANE Positions

25-30

Clerkship programs

1 Summer & 1 Winter

Applications for all 2020/21 programs open

5 July 2021

Applications for all 2020/21 programs close

13 August 2021

Offers made

7 October 2021

Please note: An application should only be submitted to the office where you intend to start your career as a graduate. Multiple applications will not be considered.

• Work with cutting edge technology through our innovation projects • Networking opportunities to meet people across the ﬁrm

Contacts Lea Sefton Graduate Recruitment Consultant T +61 7 3258 6740 GraduatesBrisbane@hsf.com

MY VACATION CLERKSHIP EXPERIENCE Jamilla Wynter Graduate (Vacation Clerk 2019/20)

My name is Jamilla and I recently finished a double degree in Law/Science. I have always been interested in how we can use the latest scientific findings to help our clients with real world challenges. I started my journey at HSF as a paralegal in the Corporate – Energy and Resources team. In this team, I have been able to help at all stages of a matter’s lifecycle, from helping with the competition of deals to researching information about potential new clients. During my time at HSF, I have also been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to be a Vacation Clerk in the EIRS team. In this team, I have been able to become involved in more litigious subject matter and expand my understanding of the daily life of an HSF lawyer.

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Even though HSF was a dream firm, I had decided, even before applying, that I wouldn’t make it – so I wasn’t going to apply at all. Then on a whim on the last night that applications were due, with like an hour to go, I sat on my couch and wrote and submitted my application (the best decision I have ever made really). So, you can imagine my absolute shock when I was selected for a first-round interview. That daunting image of HSF that I had built in my head was completely shattered. Everyone that I met was incredibly intelligent super down-to-earth, friendly and interesting. I was in awe of their expertise, but they were also generous with their time, were keen to share what they knew and wanted to talk about more than just work. And I can honestly say, after that, the rest of the process was still stressful but also very enjoyable at the same time. The moral of my story is 1) please do not be selfdefeating as I almost was and 2) HSF is truly an awesome firm, and there is no one-type of candidate or application they are looking for!

A typical day at the office Since starting at Herbert Smith Freehills I have discovered that there is no ‘typical’ day. As a paralegal and clerk, a large proportion of my work came from various members of the team – all of whom are working on unique and interesting matters. Therefore, what I was doing in a day will vastly change depending on the week. However, common aspects of my day included: partaking in team training sessions, lots of coffee, reviewing contracts and agreements, and conducting legal research on a variety of topics.

What surprised me during the clerkship? In my clerkship, I was given the responsibility of reviewing hundreds of pages of evidence. In this process, I was given the task of identifying which evidence should be used to challenge the other side’s assertions on a safety matter. At this time, I had only just finished my Evidence unit at university and had never assisted in a similar task before. However, the team was fantastic in making me feel supported in undertaking the project, whilst giving me the autonomy to choose which evidence I believed was relevant.

The most interesting thing I've learned at Herbert Smith Freehills The most interesting thing I have learnt since joining HSF is the firm’s ingrained passion for innovation and new ways of thinking. At university, I had primarily been taught that larger law firms can be quite structured in how they approach issues – due to the high stakes involved in matters. However, in my time at HSF, I have seen the firm encourage all levels of the team to think outside of the box and challenge the traditional ways we approach client issues.

TOP TIPS WE ARE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS We recognise and value the differences that make us unique. By embracing diverse views, we can provide our clients with innovative solutions. Be yourself throughout the application process and emphasise the qualities that make you stand out. If you are invited to a first round interview, we will also ask you to complete our online psychometric assessment beforehand. There are no right or wrong answers to the questions – your responses simply provide insight into where your likely strengths lie.

PERSONALISE YOUR APPLICATION Tailor your application by conducting thorough research. Our brochure, website and social media channels are good places to start. You can then think about what stands out about us. The more you learn about us, our values and our areas of expertise, the more helpful it will be for your application: this proactive approach will demonstrate your motivation.

REMEMBER, IT'S A TWO WAY PROCESS Meet us at events, online and get to know our people. Think about who you will be meeting in advance and what you would like to ask them. Our lawyers can give you a real insight into who we are, what we do and how we do it. This is your chance to get to know us in a more informal environment and find out whether we are right for you.

LINK EXPERIENCE TO LAW

HOW TO APPLY You can apply online by visiting careers.herbertsmithfreehills.com/au/grads

When talking about your experience, explain how the skills you have gained are relevant to a career in law – and to Herbert Smith Freehills specifically. Consider the way we work and the skills and abilities we look for to deliver high-quality services to our clients.

Tell us about your academic credentials, the skills you have gained from extra-curricular activities and work experience, and why you have the motivation and potential to become a great Herbert Smith Freehills lawyer.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS

We are proud to use the Rare Contextual Recruitment System (CRS). The CRS allows us to understand each applicant’s achievements in the context that they have been gained.

We recognise and value the differences that make us unique. By embracing diverse views, we can provide our clients with innovative solutions. Be yourself throughout the application process and emphasise the qualities that make you stand out.

SHOW YOUR POTENTIAL We are not looking for the finished product and we know that gaining legal work experience is increasingly difficult. What we are looking for is your potential to become a Herbert Smith Freehills lawyer. Demonstrate the transferable skills you have gained through the experience you have, legal or non-legal.

CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK

We’re committed to working with all candidates to enable them to demonstrate their potential throughout our process. If you have any disability-related queries or would like to have a conversation with our team about adjustments, please contact your local Recruitment Contact.

Contacts Lea Sefton Graduate Recruitment Consultant T +61 7 3258 6740 GraduatesBrisbane@hsf.com

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Working at Jones Day… One Firm WorldwideSM Jones Day is a global law firm with more than 2,500 lawyers in 43 offices across five continents. The Firm is distinguished by: a singular tradition of client service; the mutual commitment to, and the seamless collaboration of, a true partnership; formidable legal talent across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions; and shared professional values that focus on client needs. The Firm’s 125 years of sustained growth—in experience, reputation and successful client interaction—have been built by its dedication to a ‘One Firm Worldwide’ philosophy, which fosters the creation of interoffice and crosspractice teams, assembled to ensure that clients receive the best possible guidance and representation, without regard to barriers conventionally imposed by geography, borders, time zones or language.

Australia Jones Day’s presence in Australia has grown significantly. The Firm has added new offices in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane over the last six years in addition to our office in Sydney, reflecting our commitment to expanding our service to the Australian market. Our lawyers work in a dynamic and stimulating multidisciplinary environment by collaborating with colleagues from different practices and different offices worldwide. We continue to attract many of the legal industry’s most highly regarded and sought-after lawyers while maintaining our focus on promoting internal talent through the ranks.

The New Lawyers Group Jones Day recognises that many law students leave law school not knowing which practice they want to enter. We also believe that a more well-rounded lawyer is a better lawyer and that a wide range of experience is valuable to a new lawyer. Accordingly, many years ago Jones Day created the New Lawyers Group, which allows new associates to gain exposure to different practice areas and lawyering styles at the Firm before making a commitment to a specific practice. We provide extensive training through the New Lawyers program. Each year, we endeavor to bring together new associates from across the Firm at the “New Lawyers Academy” in Washington for three days of hands-on training and meetings with Firm leaders. In addition to helping them understand Jones Day’s culture, organisation and operation, the Academy gives our new lawyers the opportunity to meet their peers in the Firm’s other offices.

Graduate and Clerkship Programs We run clerkship programs across our offices in Australia that offers selected positions to talented students who are in their penultimate year of university. We give our clerks real work for real clients, to provide them with an opportunity to learn what the practice of law at a large firm is all about. Providing challenging assignments also allows us to assess clerks’ potential to deliver first-rate legal services and to flourish in Jones Day’s culture. We aim for clerks to become future graduates of the Firm.

A Culture of Client Service and Collaboration Jones Day’s commitment to client service means our lawyers work together in a collaborative atmosphere where teamwork is essential, respect for and from colleagues is the norm, and credit is shared for a job well done. In fact, every facet of the Firm is structured to promote an environment that’s client-focused, but also professionally fulfilling for lawyers at any career stage. We expect our lawyers to focus completely on client needs, with the full support and encouragement of their peers. We recognise that partners and associates alike contribute to the Firm in a variety of ways, and we reward lawyers for their overall contributions to the Firm and for promoting the Firm’s values.

JONES DAY AUSTRALIA THE FACTS Jones Day’s Australian offices, an integral part of the worldwide Firm, are seeking highly skilled graduates and lawyers who are interested in working as part of an integrated team on a truly global scale. Joining Jones Day means starting your career in a dynamic global law firm, in which you will find ample opportunity to acquire the full array of skills and experience necessary to meet the legal-services needs of sophisticated clients on a worldwide basis.

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Johnson Winter & Slattery was started by three lawyers who wanted to do things differently. We’ve grown rapidly to become one of Australia’s leading independent firms and now have offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Working with us will give you all the benefits that come with working for a large corporate law firm and much more. We will put you at the forefront of Australian commerce, working with our clients on their most complex and business critical legal work – it’s what we do best.

Your career. Your choice.

We feel it’s our people that really sets us apart. We pride ourselves on being down to earth, approachable and, quite simply, a better place to work.

NATIONAL APPROACH

GRADUATE PROGRAM

When you join us, you will become part of our national team working with partners across Australia on a broad range of practice areas and industries. Of course, you’ll still work closely with your local partners in Brisbane who cover a range of practice areas, including dispute resolution, energy & resources, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, real estate, regulatory, restructuring and insolvency, banking and finance, and corporate finance.

In addition to all of the above, our graduate program will give you access to:

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Looking after people is our top priority: our lawyers, business services professions and our clients. Our ethos is: “we’re in it together” – it’s the cornerstone of our business and what makes us a bit different. We value ‘humanity’ and ‘collaboration’ over everything else. We care about the wellbeing of our people and invest time in understanding their objectives to support their development, throughout their careers. When people come first, numbers take the backseat. We have no billable targets and less internal hierarchies, so you will be free to focus on the quality of your work and delivering the best results for our clients.

Have the opportunity to work alongside our outstanding lawyers. With us, you’ll gain a diverse range of experiences and develop the legal and commercial skills to provide high quality advice to sophisticated commercial clients.

• Grad Academy – an intensive off-site two day conference where you will meet your peers from across our national offices, learn about our practices, important legal concepts and the skills to accelerate your career • College of Law enrolment and a dedicated tutor support

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Employment

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Debt finance

Foreign investment

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A BIT ABOUT YOU If you are enthusiastic, driven to succeed and want to continually develop your skills, you’ll fit right in. We’re looking for graduates who have not only excelled academically, but have great communications skills, thrive in a collaborative environment and want to deliver legal advice to create the best outcomes for our clients.

CLERKSHIP PROGRAM Gain a realistic snapshot of what your future with us would look like. You will: • work closely with partners and senior lawyers across all of our practice areas • from day one, you will work on high profile, complex matters • benefit from your own structured and bespoke professional development program • receive guidance and mentoring from a strong support network

in 2019 and landed my first full-time role at Johnson Winter & Slattery as a summer clerk. From there, I started as a Law Graduate in 2020 and became an Associate in November 2020. What advice would you give your university aged self?

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR FUTURE Associate Blake Hunt shares his story and experience as part of the team. What does your role entail? As an associate at Johnson Winter & Slattery, my role covers a wide variety of legal work across different practice areas including intellectual property, dispute resolution, and competition law to name a few. At Johnson Winter & Slattery, junior lawyers are encouraged to get as much experience as possible in different areas of law to become more knowledgeable and to eventually find your ideal specialty. On a day-today basis, I review contracts, prepare court documents such as affidavits and do a range of legal research and drafting tasks. What is the most rewarding aspect and the most challenging aspect of your role? For me, the most rewarding aspect is also the most challenging. Working across multiple areas and experiencing different parts of law, I don’t have one day that is the same as the last. I am constantly being exposed to new legal issues and challenges to solve for our clients. I find it extremely rewarding to have a role with such variability, but it also requires me to manage my time and workload effectively in order to switch between tasks. What lead you to this role? I definitely didn’t take the “standard” path to becoming a lawyer. I studied a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and Law (Honours) at Macquarie University, while working part-time. During my first few years of uni, I interned for a couple of different law firms and even worked in a bottle shop. However, I primarily worked as a Legal Recruitment Consultant, learning the legal world from the other side of the interview chair. After a psychology honours year in 2018, I finished my degree

Try and gain as much experience as possible in the field you want to work in and don’t get disheartened if jobs are hard to come by as a graduate. While university gave me a great foundation of knowledge, studying from textbooks is often very different to actually working in the field, whether that be law, HR, or any other career. It can really help to gain experience during university to make sure it is the right career for you. It can also be really difficult to land your first full-time graduate job, and I had to make countless applications before I found the right fit for me. Don’t let rejection dishearten you as everyone goes through it and often there are just so many good applicants that it can be hard to get noticed. Keep putting in the effort and take in the feedback that is given and the right opportunity will eventually come to you. What have you learned from this role? The role has taught me so much more about the law, managing full-time work and even just myself as a person. I have definitely found a love for the challenge that the legal world presents, particularly the variability of a lawyer’s role and the ability to work with a range of different people and clients. It has also taught me the importance of time management, communication, and the need to maintain a good work life balance. What attracted you to this role? I was really attracted by the culture that JWS presented and the opportunity to gain experience in many areas of law. Johnson Winter & Slattery has a high partner to lawyer ratio, which has meant I get to work directly with senior lawyers who have great experience in their fields. Johnson Winter & Slattery also has a great collegiate culture and everyone is happy for you to knock on their door and ask any questions you have. What personal qualities are required for success in your role? Life as a lawyer requires a lot of dedication and hardwork to make sure you are always best representing your client and fulfilling your duties as a legal practitioner. It also requires adaptability to changing circumstances, great communication skills and a passion for learning new things.

WHAT’S NEXT? Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a ‘get to know us’ session and an interview with one of our Partners and the Professional Development team. You’ll also be invited to a drinks and networking evening, where you can meet our partners and lawyers to find out why they think Johnson Winter & Slattery is such a great place to work. If you’re successful, we’ll be in touch to let you know when you start!

HOW DO I APPLY? Just submit your CV, covering letter and current official academic transcript via cvMail. You can address this to Renee Patu, our Professional Development Advisor.

LET’S CHAT Renee Patu, Professional Development Advisor on email renee.patu@jws.com.au or phone 02 8247 9653. www.jws.com.au/careers

Embrace your ambition.

DISCOVER Looking for a law firm that really is different? Where you can be empowered to DISCOVER quality work and clients, DEVELOP through opportunities to learn more while growing your career, and THRIVE in a diverse and inclusive culture? Then join our global community of talented visionaries. To learn more about how you can discover, develop, and thrive in a dynamic global law firm, visit klgates.com/careers.

THE K&L GATES EXPERIENCE. K&L Gates LLP. Global legal counsel across five continents. Learn more at klgates.com.

Who are you, and what makes your firm unique? K&L Gates is one of the largest firms in the world, but it did not start out that way. Over the course of the firm’s strategic growth, we have remained mindful of what matters most— serving our clients and treating our people with respect, dignity, and care. K&L Gates is a global community of entrepreneurs and self-starters. We are focused on innovation, collaboration, and are constantly striving for excellence in our client service and culture. What are the core practice areas of your Brisbane office? Our areas of practice include: Corporate; Real Estate (including Agribusiness); Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Finance ; Labour, Employment & Workplace Safety; Intellectual Property; Energy, Infrastructure & Resources; and Asset Management & Investment Funds; and Policy & Regulatory. What defines your firm’s culture? We know that our firm is only as strong as the collective efforts of our people. By experiencing K&L Gates, you will thrive in a dynamic legal landscape where we invest in your career path and talent development. With a global presence and lawyers with top-tier skills in a multitude of practice areas, K&L Gates is truly a one-of-a-kind firm at which to grow your career. What do you look for in a potential employee? K&L Gates is about more than practising law or making a living. It’s about building something amazing creating a legacy for you, the firm, our clients and the communities

we serve. We look to recruit well-rounded, talented people, to provide the opportunities and support for them to achieve their best. It sounds simple, and to us it is. Our aim is to develop commercially oriented and entrepreneurial lawyers. Solid academic results are important but to be a future lawyer in our firm you need to demonstrate talent and skill in a variety of areas. What does your graduate program involve? Our graduate program, is designed to give you the technical capability and commercial context to succeed. The program runs for 12 months, in which time you will complete three practice group rotations. You will be exposed to a variety of areas of commercial law in all your rotations. Throughout the year you are supported with by a buddy, supervisor and mentor. Partners and senior lawyers will support and guide you through each rotation and ensure you get the necessary development. Your buddy, a junior lawyer, will help you transition into your new role. What are the steps in your application process? K&L Gates follows the Queensland Law Society Graduate Recruitment Guidelines. Upon applications opening, please submit your application via our website www.klgates.com

Life holds endless opportunities for those who dare to grow. Will you dare to grow with us?

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Life holds endless opportunities for those who dare to grow As an elite international law firm headquartered in Asia, we are reshaping the legal market by challenging our people and our clients to think differently about what a law firm can be today, tomorrow and beyond. We thrive on exceeding the expectations of our clients, and as such the world’s leading organisations turn to us to unlock their biggest opportunities and deliver clever solutions to their most vexing

During your clerkship, you’ll learn:

challenges. Where others see limitations, we see possibility.

• The day-to-day skills to get you started – taking instructions, meeting with clients, drafting memos and documents, managing your practice and professional relationships.

With a growth mindset and innovation in our DNA, we partner with our clients to bring to life pioneering solutions which will help them to adapt, reinvent and evolve. We believe innovation comes from giving our people room to grow, and as such actively encourage input and ideas from all levels of the firm. Our people are encouraged to shape their own career path, supported at every step of the way, with world-class training, coaching and hands-on experience. There is no ‘one size fits all’ career model, and we offer multiple opportunities for our lawyers to gain experience and thrive. KEY STATISTICS • #1 ranked law firm in Australia and China* • Top 15 global elite brand** • 28 international offices; • One of the largest international legal networks in the Asia region with 500+ partners and more than 2000 lawyers; • Our clients range from a mix of global financial and corporate powerhouses through to new industry-makers and all levels of government • With an unmatched ability to practise Chinese, Hong Kong, Australian, English, US and a significant range of European laws under one integrated legal brand, we are connecting Asia to the world, and the world to Asia.

GLOBAL REACH The King & Wood Mallesons network extends across the following regions: • Asia Pacific (Australia, Mainland China including Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore) • Europe • Middle EastNorth America OUR PROGRAMS SEASONAL CLERKSHIP PROGRAM Applications open: 5 July 2021 Applications close: 13 August 2021

We offer clerkships to give you a clear picture of what it’s like to be a lawyer at King & Wood Mallesons. You’ll get to know our people, the way we like to work, our culture, practice areas, clients and more.

*Source: Chambers and Partners 2020 **Source: 2020 Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index

• The core practice teams at King & Wood Mallesons – who they are, what they do, how they’re structured, the clients they work for, and of course, your role within them. • Our culture – working within your team, you’ll be exposed to (and encouraged) to get actively involved in the many activities and events that help create our unique culture. • Our people – you’ll find that people from every part of the business will help you by sharing their knowledge and ensuring you have everything you need to succeed. Your role Clerks usually work in one or two different practice groups, depending on the length of the clerkship. You’ll be allocated a supervisor in each of your practice groups and you’ll work closely with the partners, senior associates and solicitors in that team. It’s a hands-on role, so you won’t just be watching from the sidelines. GRADUATE PROGRAM We offer a unique future-focused training experience and invest heavily in development to support you to fulfil your potential. You will benefit from a bespoke comprehensive learning and development program tailored specifically for our graduates.

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growth/thinkKWM We are redefining what a law firm can be. Working for some of the world’s most innovative organisations, our people go beyond the law. They are inventors, designers and pioneers – translating smart ideas into ground-breaking solutions. KWM is a launchpad for endless opportunities. We want to help you think differently about yourself and the possibilities of where a career in the law might take you. As a graduate you will take part in graduate technology bootcamps. These bootcamps will provide you with exposure to the many different types of emerging legal technologies, which are available at our firm. These skills will help prepare you for the future and ensure that we continue to evolve to meet our clients’ changing needs. We also offer a Practical Legal Training (PLT) course with the College of Law to our Australian Law graduates, ensuring that you meet the requirements for admission to legal practice. The program also promotes and supports the mobility of our staff across our offices by giving you the opportunity to apply to go on exchange in one of our interstate or overseas offices. Through this, you can access a greater choice and variety of destinations and on-the-job experience. VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAM Wherever you are in the world you can now experience what it is really like to be a lawyer at KWM with our Australian-first legal virtual work experience program (VEP). Originally launched in 2017, the platform features two programs – ‘Intro to Law’ and ‘Advanced Law’ – which each include five learning modules curated by KWM based on real life firm matters and activities. Through this program you can build real skills and the confidence to excel in a commercial law career before you even step into one of our offices. LYDIA MAXWELL People & Development Advisor T +61 7 3244 8709 E lydia.maxwell@au.kwm.com

WE OFFER: • Culture of innovation, collaboration and high performance • Multiple career pathways where you can shape your future • World-class training and coaching to unleash your full potential • High impact work for the world’s leading organisations • Relationships that last a lifetime

Will you dare to grow with us? KWM graduate website careers.kwm.com/en/graduates-australia

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What Does Innovation Mean For Lawyers Today? At KWM, we view innovation through the lens of “change that makes a positive impact”. I often view there being two aspects to innovation – the micro and the macro. The micro changes are the little things here and there that add up to make your life easier and help you get out of the office in time to get to the beach after work. Then there are the macro changes that involve the introduction of new technology and processes which directly affect the way we do our work, and lead to improved client outcomes. Both aspects are equally important. Some recent examples of legal technologies that have brought about positive changes at KWM include: • automated processes to generate high-volume, pro-forma documents; • an online platform to allow clients and lawyers to track the progress of conditions precedent for a deal so that they do not need to continually ask for updates; • a program to coordinate verification of disclosure documents so the different parties can work across one document rather than several versions; • artificial intelligence (AI) to review a suite of contracts to identify common provisions; and • AI to assist in document review processes, reducing the number of documents reviewed in person by approximately 80%.

As a result of implementing the above, I have found it is easier to maintain work/life balance and focus on more interesting work streams instead of spending time on version control and document management, and have spent less time on document reviews that used to take months (a huge result!). At KWM this ultimately means that lawyers are happier, more stimulated and engaged at work and we are also able to deliver greater value for our clients. While some law students and graduates worry about AI taking over the role of junior lawyers and that we should all fear the rise of AI, I think the opposite is true. It is something to be embraced. AI does not replace the role of junior lawyers, it assists junior lawyers and makes them more efficient, which frees them up to spend more time on more intricate legal problems. This is one reason why the upskilling of graduate and junior lawyers, particularly in relation to legal technology, is so important at KWM. With this in mind, KWM has comprehensively reimagined what graduate training looks like. Alongside the usual graduate induction training, there is now a focus on upskilling graduates with specific legal technology training relevant to their practice groups. This training is designed to ensure KWM graduates develop deeper understandings of legal technology. This training is repeated in each practice group that graduates rotate through, so that by the end of the graduate program, KWM graduates have developed a broad understanding of the technologies and can think laterally about how certain legal technologies can be applied in a different way in a different practice group. The new approach to graduate training was informed by feedback from an innovation ‘sprint’ to tackle the design challenge of: How might we design a legal technology training experience to enable

graduates to thrive in their teams and build productivity enabled practice skills. I was involved in the sprint from the dispute resolution perspective, which involved travelling to a number of KWM offices to conduct a series of interviews with colleagues across my practice group to map the key technologies applied now in each practice team and understand the motivations and blockers to adoption. The sprint culminated in a design workshop utilising a number of innovation tools and techniques to design our practice specific bootcamps.

“KWM has comprehensively reimagined what graduate training looks like.” Alongside this training to develop technical ability among KWM graduates, is a cultural shift that ensures KWM graduates and junior lawyers feel comfortable to suggest new ways of utilising technology and promoting changes that make positive impacts. Coupled with the removal of billable hour targets for graduates, KWM graduates are encouraged to pursue their curiosity and develop their confidence to explore different ways of utilising technology to deliver changes that have a positive impact, for themselves, the firm and our clients. Patrick Mackenzie is a Solicitor in the Dispute Resolution (General Commercial) and Restructuring and Insolvency practice groups in King & Wood Mallesons’ Perth office, and one of KWM’s Innovation Guides.

Start your legal career with McCullough Robertson

Real responsibilities. Real relationships. Sooner.

LinkedIn: @mccullough-robertson | Instagram: @mcr_law | Facebook: @MCRlaw | Twitter: @MCRlaw www.mccullough.com.au

Where you are supported to think differently, grow and develop your career. At McCullough Robertson, our Intern Program offers law students in their penultimate year a summer program from November to February each year.

Real responsibilities. Real relationships. Sooner.

McCullough Robertson is an independent Australian law firm with more than 400 staff spread across five offices. Operating for over 93 years, we have a range of legal services on offer for clients comprising major Australian and foreign owned corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. We offer ‘Real responsibilities. Real relationships. Sooner.’ and are looking for law students who value a growth pathway – starting with our Intern Program and moving towards securing a place in our Graduate Program. We are renowned for challenging our interns and graduates early in their career to pursue both personal and professional development opportunities.

Intern applications open on Monday 5 July 2021 and close on Friday 13 August 2021.

Our Intern Program - what’s in it for you?

To apply, please visit our website: mccullough.com.au/join-mcr/

Induction – our Intern Program offers you support through a sophisticated learning and development framework, complementing hands on work experience gained. Our blended learning approach provides access to our Success Academy as well as dedicated subject matter experts to better understand the law and our clients.

For any inquiries, please contact: Nicole Watson HR Consultant nwatson@mccullough.com.au

Rotations – you are offered an opportunity to rotate across two different practice groups over your two internship placements, strengthening your practical understanding and broadening your experience of the law. Across these rotations you will learn from the best, working closely with our partners on complex and high profile matters.

Danielle Miller HR Coordinator dmiller@mccullough.com.au

Diversity and Inclusion – through our dedicated Diversity and Inclusion Committee, we provide an inclusive working environment allowing our people to bring their whole selves to work. Embedding our four diversity pillars; Gender, Family and Flexibility, Cultural Diversity and LGBTI in everything we do. Community – our people have the opportunity to give back and facilitate positive social change through pro bono volunteer work, sponsorship, funding and donations. We have a long history of partnering with the community to provide them with our talent, our time and our resources to make a difference by creating lasting change. Future career opportunities – students completing our Intern Program will be considered for ongoing casual opportunities and of course our 18 month Graduate Program. Our Graduates are fully supported as they undertake PLT and throughout the admission process.

Start your legal career with us.

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2021 Lawyer

2020 Graduate, 2021 Lawyer

2018 - 2019 Intern, 2020 Graduate, A large part of my positive experience at McR is directly attributed to its culture and thriving social scene. McR understands there is real value in getting individuals from different practice areas and of different experience levels to get to know each other and it shows. My top tip: Ask questions and suggest ideas freely – it can be daunting for anyone to ask questions or suggest ideas let alone as a fresh intern. However, McR has always valued input and initiative from everyone no matter their position at the firm. I suggest making use of this and always asking your supervisor if you aren’t quite sure about something, or have any suggestions to do something better. We even have an Ideas Portal where you can put forward your ideas in a safe space.

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2018 - 2019 Intern and Research Clerk, Even as an intern and research clerk, I always felt I was a valued member of the firm. I was never just ‘another intern’ or ‘another clerk’, but was really made to feel like a valued member of the team, who did real legal work, for real clients, with real outcomes. That’s what made it such an easy decision to apply for a graduate role at the firm. My top tip: The interview process can be daunting, but remember that what makes you ‘you’ is exactly what’s going to get you through the door. Your hobbies, interests, and everything you do outside of university is just as important as your academics when applying for an internship, so make sure you bring your whole self to an interview.

Cameron Findsen

2019 Graduate, 2020 Lawyer As a junior lawyer I enjoy working closely with Partners on a daily basis and have a level of responsibility and autonomy managing files in my own name. From attending client meetings, to court or even site visits my days are always varied and never the same. My top tip: Make sure you tell us the industries you are passionate about and where you see yourself working. Whether it be resources, renewable energy, food and agribusiness or not for profit, McCullough Robertson will have a practice group that will allow you to work in the industry of your choice.

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Importantly, being a junior lawyer at McR doesn’t limit you to just the work. The firm opened new doors for me professionally and personally, and along the way I’ve become heavily involved in a number of special causes close to my heart, particularly in the community partnerships and pro bono space. Developing a strong foundation I started as a Graduate in 2013 and my first rotation was in our Private Client Structuring team, where I was involved in estate planning and corporate restructuring. While never professing to be a tax lawyer, the time I spent in that team gave me a solid understanding of trusts and companies, which has since proven invaluable. It also helped develop strong relationships and referral networks within that team, which remain to this day. Taking the lead I then rotated into the Property, Planning and Finance team, which has become my home. Starting out with financing, conveyancing and leasing transactions with direct supervision from the partners, I was given the opportunity to develop and grow in my key areas of interest, which has been incredibly rewarding. I’ve had the privilege to take the lead role in transactions involving the sale of shopping centres and retirement villages, funding for large scale residential developments and receiverships of iconic Queensland assets.

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Leadership opportunities Importantly, being a junior lawyer at McR doesn’t limit you to just the work. The firm opened new doors for me professionally and personally, and along the way I’ve become heavily involved in a number of special causes close to my heart, particularly in the community partnerships and pro bono space. In 2016 I was appointed to the board of the McCullough Robertson Foundation, and I helped establish McR’s Community Partnerships Program Committee.

Emile McPhee

2013 Graduate, 2014 Lawyer, 2018 Senior Associate Community Partnerships Program Chair | Living our Purpose Award Winner 2019 Property, Planning and Finance

In 2017, McR announced its first LGBTI Diversity initiative, McColour. This was possible because of the strong relationships I have made with a number of senior partners at McR and the firm’s openness to new ideas and change, which resulted in a great initiative that I am extremely proud to be part of. The supportive nature of McR ensures that I am always learning, being challenged and supported, allowing me to flourish as a lawyer and as a result I’ve been fortunate enough to be nominated for a number of awards, including Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 and Australian Law Awards.

Visit our Intern and Grad website page for more information and follow our Instagram @mcr_law and Facebook MCRLaw to learn more about life at McCullough Robertson.

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How to apply? Upload your cover letter, CV and academic transcript by visiting our website: http://www.mccullough.com.au/join-mcr/ Key Dates for Brisbane Intake 2021 Approximate number of positions Number of programs available

20-25 interns Summer One Internship: 22 November 2021 to 17 December 2021 Summer Two Internship: 17 January 2022 to 11 February 2022 Winter Internship: 27 June 2022 to 22 July 2022

Applications open

Monday 5 July 2021

Applications close

Friday 13 August 2021

Offers made

Thursday 7 October 2021

Offers accepted

Friday 8 October 2021

For further information, please contact:

Nicole Watson HR Consultant +61 7 3233 8518 nwatson@mccullough.com.au

Danielle Miller HR and Recruitment Coordinator +61 7 3233 8684 dmiller@mccullough.com.au

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Employee Benefits

Who are you and what makes you unique? McInnes Wilson Lawyers is an award winning national law firm with a wealth of experience in a broad range of specialised legal services representing local, national and international clients. Valuing differences is what makes McInnes Wilson Lawyers unique. Our people are an essential part of the firm’s continued success and growth and we believe by creating diverse and stimulating teams, every employee is encouraged to take initiative and be proactive in achieving excellence. The Culture of the Firm

Participants of the Graduate and Clerkship program can expect to experience access to a wide variety of legal work and are provided the opportunity to work directly with clients to develop their skills on real legal matters. You will also have access to personal and professional development activities including participation in the firm’s mentoring program which aims to encourage personal and professional growth through career guidance and professional support from Principals and senior lawyers. Graduate and Clerkship Program Our Graduate and Clerkship program provides participants with the opportunity to gain experience in the day to day operations of a law firm whilst practically applying skills and knowledge gained through your studies. This experience, coupled with ongoing guidance and mentoring from Principals and senior staff, will provide you with an enviable skills platform to successfully launch your legal career.

McInnes Wilson Lawyers has been recognised for the fourth year in a row as a winner for Employer of Choice in The Australian Business Awards 2020. This achievement can be attributed to the progressive focus of the firm on developing and supporting its workforce.

Our law clerks work on an ongoing basis through the entirety of their studies, and our law graduates have the opportunity to undertake the firm’s 12 month Supervised Workplace Traineeship in the January intake.

The firm is characterised by a culture which encourages every employee to actively be a part of the learning organisation developed over the last decade. We encourage employees to achieve high performance, personal and professional accountability and collaboration both within and outside of the firm. We foster a culture that produces results, promotes innovative thinking, encourages and rewards loyalty and above all else, makes McInnes Wilson Lawyers a great place to work.

To be eligible for the Graduate and Clerkship program, applicants must have a GPA of 5 and above and a demonstrated record of full and/or part time work experience (legal and/or non-legal). Participation in a team sport and voluntary work is highly desirable.

What do we look for in potential employees? Our staff members come from a diverse range of backgrounds and we look for qualities in our junior lawyers that align with the firm’s vision, values and culture. We look for ambitious employees who display loyalty, integrity and innovation whilst providing quality solutions for our clients with a commitment to excellence and the highest professional standards.

Application Requirements

Graduate and Clerkship applications for the July 2021 intake will open on 5 March 2021 and close on 9 April 2021. Graduate and Clerkship applications for the January 2022 intake will open on 11 June 2021 and close on 9 July 2021. For further information on how to apply for our Graduate and Clerkship program please visit our Careers page at www.mcw. com.au/page/Careers/

I’ve been empowered to think beyond the law and develop my skills in the community investment space, innovation, and in my personal goals as well.” Emily Miers Lawyer

MinterEllison is a leading law firm. But we think beyond the law. Why? Because we have big ambitions to grow our firm in a world of relentless disruption. Because now is the time to reimagine the future so that we can create lasting impacts with our clients, our people and our communities. Never underestimate the power in you to make an impact.

Your future. Your choice. Choose to make an impact.

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Your future. Your choice. Choose to make an impact. Emily Hill, Lawyer, Canberra Shares her career journey, hints and tips.

What roles have you worked in since joining MinterEllison? I first started working at MinterEllison as a summer clerk, in November 2017. During my clerkship, I rotated through the Government and Administrative Law, Commercial and Regulatory and Dispute Resolution teams. After that, I worked part-time as a paralegal in the Government and Administrative Law team while I completed my law degree, before starting as a graduate in March 2019. In October 2019, I was admitted to practice, and I’m now a lawyer.

What do you enjoy most about working at MinterEllison? I get to work on exciting, challenging and high profile legal matters where I can learn from specialised lawyers who are experts in their chosen field, in an environment where I genuinely enjoy coming to work, feel comfortable being myself and have fun. To me, MinterEllison’s emphasis on positive growth and learning is invaluable. My partner, buddy and team are always willing to answer my questions. I also love that MinterEllison’s focus on sustainable ways of working means I’m able to pursue my interests outside of work, such as road running.

Have you been on any secondments? I’ve been on two secondments since joining MinterEllison. As a paralegal, I spent time in the Freedom of Information Team at the Department of Human Services. Prior to joining MinterEllison,

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I had worked at the Department in a number of teams, and this secondment helped me to build my relationships, in addition to developing my legal skills in a fascinating area of law. As a graduate, I attended a virtual secondment at the National Disability Insurance Agency to assist with case management.

What advice would you give to someone who is applying to MinterEllison’s clerkship program? If you’re keen to apply to MinterEllison, my advice would be to identify three to five key attributes that set you apart from other candidates, and how those attributes would be beneficial in creating lasting impacts for our clients. Many of the people applying to MinterEllison have exceptional grades, some legal experience and co-curricular activities. Instead, go further and think about what you have learnt and gained through those experiences and other experiences that might be more ‘outside the box’, and how you can use and build on them at MinterEllison. For me, I left school after Year 10 to pursue riding horses at a national level, before having a ‘light bulb’ moment that I wanted to pursue a career as a lawyer. This meant returning to school to complete Year 12 as a 21 year old, back in a school uniform, before studying law as a mature age student. Sharing this story allowed me to demonstrate my genuine interest and desire in practising law.

MinterEllison has given me great exposure to different teams and access to a diverse range of experiences – from transactional, to advisory, to litigious work. That has allowed me to find out what type of law I want to do and where I want to settle.” William Vu Lawyer

Your future. Your choice. Choose to make an impact.

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Nina is a change navigator When you’re playing futsal, you attune to a pace that’s fast. Fast and critical thinking as part of a team comes naturally to Nina. Currently on our graduate program, she’s putting her speed of thought to good use on secondment, walking – or running – in the shoes of our client. We’re providing the next generation of lawyers like Nina with the knowledge, skills and understanding to help our clients achieve their goals on the global stage – always staying one step ahead of the competition. We don’t simply adapt to change. We thrive on it. Law around the world nortonrosefulbright.com

inclusion, disability confidence, family and those with caring responsibilities and flexible work. 4. What do you look for in a potential employee? We look for well-rounded individuals who are eager to learn 1. Who are you, and what makes your and further develop their skills as a lawyer at Norton Rose firm unique? Norton Rose Fulbright Australia is a member of the Norton Fulbright Australia. We also look for individuals who have Rose Fulbright Group, a leading international legal practice. a sense of commercial awareness, global outlook, open mindedness, curiosity, strength beyond academia and longWe are one of the largest international legal practices in Australia, with offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth term motivation. and Canberra. We have more than 4000 lawyers and legal 5. What does your clerkship program staff, based in 50+ cities across Europe, the United States, involve? Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Our clerkship program will offer you a real taste of life as a Middle East. And in amongst that global network, you’ll find some of the finest minds in the legal sector – all ready Graduate at Norton Rose Fulbright Australia. Our clerkship program involves doing many things our Graduates do, to aid your development. including attending client meetings and visits to court. You will also enjoy exposure to our deals, culture and practice 2. What are the core practice areas of areas. There will also be additional activities for you to take your Brisbane office? Banking & Finance, Corporate M&A, Financial Restructuring advantage of such as key skills training with our learning & development team, Q&A sessions with Partners and lawyers and Insolvency, Litigation, Construction & Engineering, Employment and Labour, Environment & Planning and Real who are leaders in their practice areas and networking and social events. Our clerkship program will run for 4 weeks over Estate. a summer period and winter period. 3. What defines your firm’s culture? Norton Rose Fulbright has one global set of values or business principles, which guide behaviour and help to ensure that the business operates to the highest standards. Our business principles are based around quality, unity and integrity and apply to all our activities and staff worldwide. They describe our culture and personality both internally and externally, the way we work and what we stand for. We also acknowledge our responsibility to make contribution to the community of which we are a part. We aim to create an environment which: educates, encourages and supports our staff in acknowledging their responsibility to participate in activities which contribute to our community; support the underprivileged; respect the environment; and acknowledge and respect Indigenous Australians. At Norton Rose Fulbright Australia our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program is a vital part of our cultural make-up and community spirit. CSR is a way to give back to those in need. It is our responsibility as corporate citizens to do the right thing. Through our CSR program we demonstrate our commitment to strong corporate citizenship and live our values of Quality, Unity and Integrity. We focus our CSR efforts in support of human rights, Indigenous rights, rights of the LGBTIQ+ community, rights of women and children, rights of homeless people, and rights of those in the community who are otherwise less fortunate, in the following ways: Pro Bono, Sustainability, Reconciliation and Volunteering.

6. What does your graduate program involve? Over the course of our Graduate program, you will develop a huge range of knowledge and skills, gain exposure to different sectors and work environments, and ultimately build up the experience you need to become a qualified lawyer. At Norton Rose Fulbright we offer a 12 month program consisting of 2 x 6 month rotations, commencing in early March. Our aim is for each graduate to complete one transactional and one litigious rotation. All graduates will complete College of Law during their first 9 months and continuous training throughout the program. All graduates will be supervised by a Partner and paired with a buddy and mentor. All graduates will be admitted to practice within their first year with the firm (usually December) and at the end of the 12 month program, graduates can permanently be placed in a team of their preference (choose to settle) as a Lawyer. However, some graduates can choose not to settle and may benefit from a third or fourth rotation, which we will facilitate. Our graduates and lawyers will also have the opportunity to apply for a unique international and/or pro bono secondment.

7. What are the steps in your application process? Applications open: Monday, 5 July 2021 Applications close: Friday, 13 August 2021. Graduates are predominately recruited through our seasonal clerkship programs. Please submit your application online to Diversity and inclusion is a critical business issue at Norton our careers page https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/enau/careers Rose Fulbright in Australia. We value difference and Once you apply for our clerkship program, your application appreciate the variety of perspectives that this brings to will be reviewed taking into account a variety of factors. If our business. We know that if our people are able to be themselves at work, they are more engaged and productive. you are successful in securing an interview, you will also be We aim to create an inclusive culture where every individual invited to an information evening to learn more about our firm. can bring their whole self to work and have a sense of belonging. We base our approach to diversity and inclusion For more information, please contact Jasmine Larosa – Human Resources jasmine.larosa@nortonrosefulbright.com on six pillars: gender diversity, cultural diversity, LGBTIQ+

Real opportunities, real experience, real relationships. A clerk program that sets you up for the future. Rather than a short-lived summer clerkship, our 12-18 month clerk program means you will be able to immerse yourself in real legal work as a member of our national team. You’ll get the opportunity to build lasting professional relationships with lawyers and partners that are recognised in Best Lawyers as leading experts in the areas of Litigation, Insolvency, Commercial, Corporate, Construction and Real Estate.

Interested or want to know more? Contact: Cass Hewson HR Manager T +61 7 3220 7735 E chewson@piperalderman.com.au

We invite applications for our clerk program at various times throughout the year, so please keep an eye on our careers page. Alternatively, you may submit an expression of interest at any time to chewson@piperalderman.com.au.

What do our clerks say?

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I never really have a typical day. I could be doing anything from a brief, discovery tasks, research, book building or responding to emails for our Queensland energy class action.

I joined Piper Alderman because of their extensive and rewarding clerkship program. Not many law firms provide longer-term clerkships that allow you a multitude of opportunities to continually grow into law graduates and eventually lawyers.

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I would describe our office culture as friendly, focused and impactful.

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Prepare to start practising law. ‘I was taught by experienced lawyers who mentored me, and helped me get a head start in my career.’ Zosia Kilmartin Director of Kilmartin Knyvett Lawyers PLT graduate

QUT has the real world Practical Legal Training (PLT) you need for admission to the legal profession.

QUT Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice January, March, July, and August Full time or part time online I Full time on campus* www.qut.edu.au/study/law-plt

* Until further notice, the five-day attendance school will be held virtually.

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Prepare to start practising law. Annie Wang Associate at MinterEllison PLT graduate

QUT has the real-world Practical Legal Training (PLT) you need for admission to the legal profession. Our course provides: • Real–world experience: Our PLT is driven and shaped by practising lawyers. You’ll build a portfolio of real-world know-how and skills, including interviewing and negotiating, drafting legal documents and executing property, litigation, and commercial transactions and proceedings.

• Flexible study: We have four intakes per year – in January, March, July and August. Choose to study full time on campus, or full time or part time off campus (external). Each intake has a compulsory five-day attendance school on campus.*

• Firm connections: QUT has established connections with over 350 placement providers. This means you’ll get the experience and the connections you need.

• Four-week placements: Gain hands-on experience with a placement in a law office, that we can source for you. If you are already working in a law office, you may be eligible to claim credit for your real-life legal work.

Find out more about our Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (PLT) www.qut.edu.au/study/law/law-plt

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Congratulations You’ve made it to the end of this guide! You are now that little bit more equipped to approach your career with intention, determination and enthusiasm.

Go forth and be great.