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Your role

Start your career with Slater + Gordon through their Graduate Program. Their program will provide you with the opportunity to gain legal and professional skills, as well as forge and maintain relationships of trust and confidence with clients and colleagues. 

Their Program will include:

• Induction: An induction program covering their firm strategy, history, culture and values, all with the view to set you up in your Slater and Gordon journey.  
• Client Experience: Client-focused immersion experience working alongside the client triage team.  
• Practical Legal Training (PLT): A guaranteed PLT program experience in partnership with The College of Law. 
• Professional Development: Structured development program focusing on your professional and legal development. 
• Relationships: A platform to build internal key stakeholder relationships via networking and social events. 
• Mentoring: Guaranteed access to a dedicated buddy, mentor and supervisor to assist you on your journey. 
• Admission: Support and celebration around your succession and moving your Admission with the Supreme Court.

About you

What will you bring?

Education/Qualifications/Memberships

• Bachelor's Degree (Law)
• Dual Degree (Science, Commerce, IT, Arts) is highly desirable
• Strong Academic Achievement

Previous Experience

• Strong customer service experience (particularly in a part-time casual role)
• Any advocacy, social justice or volunteer work experience
• Experience in a community-based legal environment is highly desirable
• Previous leadership positions: Student Unions, Societies or Not for Profit organisations

Attributes

• Community-minded
• Demonstrated capacity to remain calm in difficult or sensitive situations
• Caring, empathetic and compassionate nature
• A strong sense of self-awareness and an ability to be resilient by nature
• High emotional intelligence
• Familiar with and interested in the use of technology and contemporary applications
• Ability to be open, adaptable and progressive to change
• Ability to be innovative, agile, creative, and have gritty determination 

Benefits

They offer a range of initiatives to ensure you achieve a healthy work-life balance such as:

• Flexible and diverse workplaces
• Shut-down leave over the Christmas and New Year period
• Two paid days per annum to observe religious and cultural occasions of your choosing
• 18 weeks of paid leave to the primary caregiver and three weeks of paid leave to the non-primary caregiver.
• Study assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health insurance discounts

Training, development & rotations

They offer on-the-ground experience through rotations across the personal injury and class actions practice groups, and a formal development program to help you learn the key skills and attributes of a qualified Slater and Gordon lawyer.

As a Graduate Program participant, you will learn and develop to become responsible for the following:

• Develop sound knowledge and understanding of the case law across the practice groups. 
• Actively develop skills and knowledge by shadowing an experienced practitioner.  
• Learn the key skills to identify relevant legal issues and consider a range of solutions and preferred outcomes. 
• Develop sound knowledge and understanding of court rules and procedures and their application in the litigation process.   
• Learn and understand how to manage client expectations, seeking guidance from a senior lawyer where appropriate. 
• Work with senior lawyers, counsel and external experts as required to clarify and resolve complex legal issues. 
• Understand and learn how to relay Fair Go Funding advice to clients in a clear and informative manner, promptly addressing any client queries or concerns. 
• Learn to draft and produce quality letters of advice. 
• Develop strong and trusted relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally in the legal market. 
• Comply with the firm’s National Practice Standards. 

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How to apply

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply with your cover letter, CV and academic transcript.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• slaterandgordon.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/
• slatergordon.com.au/careers/benefits-for-employees