Attorney-General's Department About
The Attorney-General's Department deliver programs and policies to maintain and improve Australia's law and
justice framework, and to facilitate jobs growth through policies that promote fair, productive, flexible and safe workplaces. Through the Australian Government Solicitor,
they also provide legal services to the Commonwealth, including legal advice and representation.
What kind of work?
The Attorney-General's Department is structured into five groups:
1. Australian Government Solicitor - provide legal advice and representation to government clients
2. Legal Services and Families - draft legal policy and guide royal commissions
3. Integrity and International - work on security and criminal justice matters, and internaitonal law and cooperation
4. Industrial Relations - litigation and policy writing
5. Enabling Services - operational and human resources
Location
All capital cities
Student Opportunities
The Attorney-General's Department runs a summer internship program each year from November-February for students in their final year of an undergraduate degree. For more info, see the link
https://www.ag.gov.au/about-us/careers/summerintern-program?fbclid=IwAR0_RC49hPgjME5fYIwArh_ YYKD142r2Ieuc6L6JppJumnEcs-IzAA8056o
Graduate Opportunities
The Attorney-General's Department offers a 12-month Graudate Program across six different streams:
1. Policy and program - you will participate in rotations across civil justice, family law, law enforcement, crime prevention and more
2. Legal practice - you will work across corporate and commerical law, dispute resolution and litigation, and government and administrative law
3. Economics - you will examine economic issues and develop industrial relations policy
4. Industrial relations - you will work across government
and administrative law, workplace relations law, workers' compensation law and legislation development
5. Indigenous policy and program affirmative measures - available for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people
6. Disability policy and program affirmative measures available for people with a disability
Applications for the 2022 Graduate Program open in March 2021:
https://www.ags.gov.au/employment/graduate-employment
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