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Clayton Utz

3.8
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

CU Up Close (Apr 2023)

Location details

On-site

  • Australia

    Australia

    • New South Wales

      Sydney

    • Queensland

      Brisbane

    • Victoria

      Melbourne

    • Western Australia

      Perth

Location

Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne

Opportunity expired

Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeVolunteering
  • Additional benefitsunpaid internship
  • Number of vacancies50-120 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 2 Apr 2023
  • Start dateStart date 30 Apr 2023

Get Up Close and personal with one of Australia's leading law firms, Clayton Utz.

Our in-person program will expose you to life as a lawyer in a top-tier commercial law firm. You will be offered the opportunity to develop the practical skills and knowledge to help you succeed in your studies and early career.

Throughout CU Up Close, you will hear from our senior leaders, meet our recent graduates, and discover the many ways you can shape your future legal career and stay true to your direction with Clayton Utz.

Staying true to your direction is what defines us. We've built a culture that sets us apart from other law firms - but we know a good lawyer needs evidence. So, apply for CU Up Close and find out for yourself.

What will I gain from this program?

  1. Valuable insight into working at a leading commercial law firm
  2. Knowledge of the various career opportunities available to you at Clayton Utz
  3. Practical skills through applying your theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios

Is this program for me?  

If you meet the following criteria, we encourage you to apply: 

  1. Enrolled in a Bachelor of Laws or a Juris Doctor at an Australian university 
  2. In your pre-penultimate year of study (i.e., 1st, 2nd, 3rd year of study in undergraduate or 1st year of Juris Doctor) 
  3. A passion for law, genuine curiosity, and an open mind  

How can I apply?

To apply for CU Up Close, you will fill out a short application form and highlight your work experience and education. Please refer to our application dates. 

Recruitment Dates

Applications open: 13 March 2023
Applications close: 2 April 2023
Offers made: end April 2023
Program commences: week commencing 1 May 2023

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Australia
Australian Work Visa (All Other) • Australian Citizen • Australian Permanent Resident

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Bachelor or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    Australian Work Visa (All Other)
  • Study fields
    Law, Legal Studies & Justice
  • Degree typesBachelor or higher
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Reviews

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Graduate
Canberra
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5 months ago

I have been working on some big matters and have generally been working on tasks for those matters. Additionally I have been picking up work around that and have gotten experience in making chronologies, summarising medical documents and drafting an advice or brief to counsel.

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3 PQE Lawyer
Sydney
•
5 months ago

This is extremely team dependent. Personally I am tasked with the negotiation, drafting and project management of various 'deals' - i.e. the legal aspects of an acquisition or financing which requires contracts to be entered into. At the more junior level (i.e. when you just start) you are typically expected to do banal checks of documents until you prove you have the attention to detail required to: (i) learn what the documents do; and (ii) therefore apply the risk tolerance of your respective client to the words in those documents. This is like learning a new language.

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Graduate
Sydney
•
5 months ago

As a graduate I am given the opportunity to get involved in lots of really interesting, high profile matters. I am treated like a lawyer in the team and I am given meaningful work like drafting key legal documents, attending team meetings to contribute to the strategy and conduct of matters, managing the preparation of briefs to counsel, reviewing documents and conducting legal research.

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About the employer

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Clayton Utz

Rating

3.8

Number of employees

1,000 - 50,000 employees

Industries

Law

Proudly Australian. Globally connected. As one of Australia's leading law firms, Clayton Utz gives confident, innovative and incisive legal advice.

Pros and cons of working at Clayton Utz

Pros

  • The best there is. You know where you stand with people here. If you come into the firm eager to learn and apply yourself to the work, everyone will invest in you.

  • As a graduate, I am given the opportunity to get involved in lots of really interesting, high-profile matters.

  • The partners really care about the people in their team and I have felt supported and accepted throughout my experience at the firm.

  • The support system at the firm helps with this quite a lot. People are able to maintain a great work-life balance as long as they communicate well.

  • Diversity is a strong factor at Clayton Utz. It is embraced throughout the firm, and everyone is welcoming of differing backgrounds and opinions.

Cons

    • The hours can be (very) long during busy periods and there can be limited flexibility during those times.

    • Remuneration could be better.

    • They could improve the office snacks.

    • The work demands.

    • They provide so much training, almost too much.

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

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