MinterEllison
Graduate Lawyer (Feb 2025)
Canberra
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 95,000 - 98,000 / Year
- Competitive remuneration and corporate benefits
- 1 vacancy
- Apply by 3 Jan 2025
- Start date 16 Feb 2025 - 4 Mar 2025
MinterEllison is one of Australia's leading law firms, with a history spanning almost 200 years. We're known for our legal and consulting expertise - and for our inclusive and authentic character.
Our purpose is to create sustainable value for our clients, people, and communities. That means we have a proud history of providing excellence to clients, nurturing our people and giving back to the communities in which we live and work.
Our Graduate Program
Ready to practise law in the real world? We pride ourselves on giving Graduates real work with real clients, so you can start your career with confidence.
As a Graduate you will work in our Disputes, Competition and Insurance (DCI) line of business alongside our experienced lawyers and gain valuable hands-on experience in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will have the opportunity to undertake exhilarating real-world legal work for clients. Clients who trust us to help them solve their most complex problems, in the most innovative and efficient way. You’ll be guided every step of the way by our industry-leading and commercially driven lawyers and partners. But your career is about more than just a job. We’ll also give you opportunities to grow personally – as well as professionally. And we’ll guide you every step of the way.
This position will commence mid February 2025.
Why MinterEllison?
Excellence, curiosity, and collaboration are at the core of our culture. We foster growth and development in our people, so we can continue to make excellence the hallmark of everything we do, drive market-leading innovation, and harness the power of working together.
We offer a range of benefits including flexible working options to encourage balance, wellbeing and support for sustainable ways of working and a range of social, financial and health benefits, including free gym membership - all with no minimum tenure. To view our benefits, please copy this link into your browser www.minterellison.com/-/media//Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-2024.ashx
How to Apply
We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Applications close 11.59pm Friday 3 January 2025.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Junior lawyer in the corporate m&a team
Drafting advising attending conferences / basic court hearings.
As a graduate lawyer, i work across most matters the team takes on. Tasks generally include legal research, drafting correspondence, drafting court forms, attending hearings and assisting in management/discovery of documents. I am also able to solely assist the partner on smaller matters, which involves greater conduct of the matter in terms of managing the matter, the documents, client correspondence, providing advice and strategy considerations.
About the employer
MinterEllison
4.5
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Law
MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest law firms, with nearly 200 years of business history. We're known for our legal and consulting expertise.
Pros and cons of working at MinterEllison
Pros
Very supportive environment, months of training, amazing leadership, great benefits, flexibility, amazing opportunities.
The ability to rotate through different practice areas... build camaraderie the minute you step into the firm.
The culture is also welcoming and encourages personal and professional growth in all areas.
Great workplace culture that cares about staff's life outside 9-5.
High-quality work and clients
Cons
The long hours – although these are still more manageable than other top-tier law firms.
Salary is falling behind other top-tier law firms, but I do feel the work-life balances are sufficient compensation.
Limited networking/business development opportunities for juniors.
Graduates feel disappointed they will not be able to work within a team that is a key reason they aspired to come to Minters
My only issue is that we hot desk, meaning a different desk each day so we don’t have the opportunity to make or personalise our own space.