National Law Graduate Program (Mar 2024)

OPPORTUNITY

We focus on building strong business minded lawyers, who can work closely with clients and understand their challenges and opportunities and add value to their businesses. To do this we believe it is essential to give our graduates hands on experience as early as possible in their career. This might mean you will be on the floor of a client's factory, in a car yard or transport depot, in a client's commercial office in the CBD or front and centre at a mediation.

We have an exciting opportunity for talented and ambitious law graduates to join our National Graduate Program:

• Our Victorian offices are located in Melbourne and Dandenong. In the Graduate Program you will rotate across both offices.
• This is a full-time 12 month program.
• You will rotate across a number of different practice areas that will expose you to a variety of different commercial law firm experiences
• To support your on the job learning, you will complete supervised legal training all while receiving close mentoring and coaching from your peers and supervising Principals.

APPLICATION AND TIMELINE PROCESS

• 10th August - Applications Open
• 23rd August - Applications Close
• 25th August - Video Interviews Open
• 30th August - Video Interview Closes
• 14th September - Assessment Centre
• 26th & 27th September - Final Interviews
• 4th October - Offers

We only require your CV and Academic Transcript. A cover letter is not required. Please note after you have applied you will automatically receive a questionnaire. This needs to be completed. Applicants must be Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents or hold a valid work visa.

Macpherson Kelley is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We want all employees to have a sense of belonging at MK and to feel confident to bring their authentic self to work. MK encourages and welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTQI+

ABOUT YOU

We are most interested in you as a person and how your experiences to date will set you up for success. We would like to hear about your interests outside the law and the individual strengths you can bring to Macpherson Kelley. We want people to join us who exemplify our values from a range of diverse backgrounds.

It is likely you are someone who demonstrates resilience, and you never like to see an opportunity pass you by, especially if it is one that involves working in a team. You are a pragmatic and commercial thinker who enjoys solving problems with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.

ABOUT US

Macpherson Kelley is a mid-tier national commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Dandenong and Melbourne CBD. We're structured to meet the needs of and deliver value to our clients who need direct and succinct guidance.

We're straight talkers who take care of our clients' legal concerns, giving them the freedom to focus on what they do best. We're pragmatic in the advice we give and bold in our recommendations.

With 300+ staff and offices spread across the east coast; our national footprint is growing along with our international reach from Pacific Legal Network (PLN) a division of Macpherson Kelley together with our Multilaw membership.

OUR EXTRAS

We are proud to offer genuine flexibility through our Flex+ program.

• The Macpherson Kelley Foundation and workplace giving program provides a meaningful and effective way to engage with our communities.
• Macpherson Kelley Business School - our business school program provides you with practical quality learning and development to help reach your potential.
• Dress for your day - choose what you want to wear based on what is happening that day.
• Up to 20 weeks paid parental leave for the primary carer and including superannuation contributions on both paid and unpaid leave.
• Public Holiday Swap - allow our staff to take time to celebrate holidays that are meaningful to them.
• Visit our careers page to discover more benefits!

Please note: Once you have applied to our Graduate Program you will automatically be sent an email with a set of questions to be answered. This must be completed. If you do not receive this email, please check your junk email inbox. Otherwise, please email human.resources@mk.com.au.