Graduate Lawyer - Public Law (Rolling Intake)

About Maddocks

Maddocks, an independent Australian law firm with offices in Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney, prides itself on building strong client relationships and providing exceptional legal services. With a deep understanding of clients' legal needs and business objectives, Maddocks aims to make a positive impact on clients, employees, and the community, while also leading in gender equality within the legal industry in Australia with a high proportion of female partners.

To know more about what it's like to work at Maddocks, watch this video.

Your role

Due to the growth in the Canberra office, they are looking for recently graduated law students to join them as Graduates in March 2024. They offer a comprehensive 12-month graduate program tailored to people who want to kick-start their legal careers. They provide a range of practical legal training and on-the-job experience with the necessary work, resources and assistance to give you the best start to your career.

Training, development & rotations

The successful candidates will have the opportunity to rotate through three different practice teams, working closely alongside highly regarded practitioners who are experts in their field. The 12-month graduate program will expose you to a variety of hands-on work in a dynamic, supportive and collegiate environment. Learn and develop through structured learning and development programs at each stage of your career and study support programs.

Benefits

At Maddocks, they offer the following benefits to their employees.

• Access to up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave
• Discounted gym memberships & health insurance
• Salary continuance insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and
• Parents and carer's wellbeing programs

Work life balance

Flexible working practices have long been a part of their culture. They recognise that work is what people do, not a place where you go. As an employee, you will have access to market-leading working and parental leave arrangements. They allow work in a hybrid way with part of your week in the office and support to set up your home office.

Company culture

At Maddocks, the firm's commitment to diversity and equality shapes its inclusive workplace culture, fostering an environment where every individual can thrive. Led by the firm's Board and partners, inclusion networks such as Maddocks Gender Equality, Pride, and CALD advocate for meaningful change, share lived experiences, and promote allyship, driving the advancement of the firm's inclusion strategy.

About you

Requirements

• Have recently completed your law degree from a leading university
• Be a team player
• Manage your time efficiently and use initiative
• Be pro-active and prioritise activities according to level of need
• Demonstrate resilience whilst working under pressure
• Be an Australian citizen at the time of application in order for us to obtain a baseline security clearance for you

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• maddocks.com.au/careers/working-at-maddocks
• maddocks.com.au/about/diversity-inclusion