We are committed to preparing our graduates for a successful career
To help you find your passion in the law, we offer a structured program with rotations in many of our practice groups. Over 12 months, graduates in our Canberra office will complete two rotations, while graduates in our Melbourne and Sydney offices complete a total of three. You'll work with reasonable autonomy on high quality, complex matters and have contact with clients. When you’re not working from the office, you’ll be attending external meetings and court appearances.
As a graduate, you'll be assigned a senior lawyer during each rotation who will act as a mentor and assist with your workflow. A junior lawyer will also be assigned as your buddy to give you guidance and support. A dedicated member from our People & Culture team will also be there to guide you through the process. In addition to completing Practical Legal Training through the College of Law, we'll provide you with specialised training for all our practice areas, as well as time management and communication skills to help you excel in an office environment.
Keep scrolling to learn about our practice rotations.
Our rotations will help you discover your passion in the law. Scroll through our practice areas to discover what we can offer you.
Our Commercial team has an excellent track record in all areas of corporate and commercial law. With lawyers working in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, technology media and telecommunications, financial services and many more, this rotation will give you an understanding of how transactions and commercial arrangements ensure positive commercial outcomes.
Our Dispute Resolution and Litigation team advises clients on strategies available to them if they are involved in a dispute. This rotation will give you a first-hand understanding of litigation and alternative dispute resolution processes.
Our Construction team advises on building and infrastructure issues. This rotation will give you an understanding of project procurement, project documentation, contract administration, dispute resolution, asset and facilities management, and building industry regulation.
The workplace is governed by a wide range of laws and regulations. Our Employment, Safety and People team advises our clients on all aspects of employment law.
Our Property and Development teams advise on some of the country's most significant commercial, industrial and residential transactions. This rotation will give you an understanding of how we set strategies to counter real and potential risks and close deals quickly and efficiently.
We advise local, state and Commonwealth departments and agencies on administrative and public law issues. This rotation will give you a deep understanding of how we advise our government clients with their portfolio responsibilities and day-to-day operational requirements.
Lucy, who was a graduate lawyer in 2017, discusses her experience working at Maddocks.
We look for talented and ambitious students to join our clerkship programs in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. This program is the main starting point for students seeking graduate positions.
Our clerkship program is a great way to explore a career at Maddocks and experience working in a corporate law firm. We’re looking for students with strengths and qualities that are compatible with our core values. To help us achieve this we use a blind application process when reviewing candidates. Once you get to Maddocks, we’ll provide you with an understanding of the firm and the kind of work we do, as well as what it would be like to be a graduate. We'll offer you hands-on, practical work. You will work closely not only with lawyers but with senior associates and partners, and you’ll have exposure to complex matters and client contact.
We welcome students who are in the penultimate year of a combined degree, undergraduate law or the JD Program. The clerkship program runs between 4 - 8 weeks in our Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney offices. Talented clerks will be considered for the graduate program.
Interesting work and a great mix of clients are just two of the reasons Natalie applied for the Maddocks graduate program. Discover what Natalie's been able to achieve during her graduate year.
Our purpose is to make a difference for our clients, each other and the community. To make this happen we have a culture that emphasises great work, rewarding career opportunities and true equality, diversity and flexibility.
Our programs will allow you to work on complex matters. You'll be provided with an insight into your chosen area of law.
You'll receive access to privately owned businesses and international corporations as well as all tiers of government.
Modern open plan offices make it easier to collaborate with and learn from our partners and senior lawyers.
Our learning programs are tailored to your ambitions. In your graduate year you will undertake a variety of training.
Our award-winning flexible work arrangements will allow you to integrate your personal and professional commitments.
People perform best when they're able to bring their whole selves to work. We actively support people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences.
We make a difference for individuals and organisations within the communities we operate through corporate social responsibility program. We're focused on doing business responsibly, engaging with our communities and giving people access to premium legal representation.
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Our small grants program gives grants of up to $2,000 to the charities employees support
Working at Maddocks means you’ll have the opportunity to join a rapidly growing firm with offices situated in some of Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney’s best locations.
Our Canberra office had a big year in 2017, doubling in size and marking its fifth anniversary since opening. Situated in Barton, our Canberra team continues to build its reputation for making a difference for its Commonwealth Government clients.
Our new office in Collins Square boasts state-of-the-art technology and design. The fit out includes breakout areas for collaboration, standing desks, an outdoor deck and an internal café, Barcode. The profits from Barcode are donated to charities.
With views of the city skyline, our Sydney office is conveniently located in the centre of Sydney’s CBD in one of the city’s most coveted and exclusive buildings.
The graduate year is just the beginning of your exciting career at Maddocks. Meet our lawyers and find out what you can achieve when you join our firm.
What do you do at Maddocks? I have just finished my graduate year, and am about to begin as a first year lawyer in the Employment, Safety and People team. As a junior lawyer, my role is to support the senior lawyers to serve our clients. This involves things such as conducting research on novel […]
What do you do at Maddocks? I am an Associate in the Employment, Safety and People team at Maddocks. My job is incredibly varied and ranges from advice work (on a whole range of employment issues), to litigation (including unfair dismissals, general protections claims and discrimination claims), to engaging workplace investigators to drafting employment contracts/policies/deeds […]
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What’s your career at Maddocks been like so far? I started at Maddocks as a graduate lawyer and I’m now a second year lawyer in the Melbourne Public Law team. When I was a first-year lawyer, I was given the opportunity to go on secondment to the Department of Premier and Cabinet as a legal […]
With more than 400 million members, LinkedIn is the most popular social network for professionals. At Maddocks, our lawyers check in with LinkedIn every single day – they know having an active and engaging profile is one of the most important tools for building their practice and professional brand. But as a law student it’s […]
What is your role at Maddocks? I joined Maddocks in 2014 as a Senior Associate in the Employment, Safety and People team, where I work on a range of employment and industrial relations matters for both private and public sector employers. What’s an interesting matter you’ve recently worked on? I recently acted for an employer […]
What has your career at Maddocks been like so far? I work as a corporate lawyer in the Sydney Corporate group. Before Maddocks, I spent almost three years overseas working in a Magic Circle law firm. At Maddocks, I work in a team of about eight people and we sit within the larger Commercial team. […]
Each year, the Maddocks Board awards a scholarship to a Maddocks employee to pursue a community or charity interest. Under the scholarship, Maddocks provides the recipient with up to two weeks of paid leave and pay any necessary airfares, travel costs and costs of participation of the staff member to a maximum of $6000, for the […]
Listen to partner Alicia Albury and lawyer Elizabeth Blanch discuss the impact of Maddocks Women, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year
Here are the important dates for each of our offices for the 2018/19 clerkship program.
Applications open for the 2018/19 Canberra Clerkships
Applications close at 11.59pm for the 2018/19 Canberra Clerkships
Offers made for the 2018/2019 Canberra Clerkship positions
Applications open for 2018/19 Melbourne Seasonal Clerkships
Applications close at 11:59pm for 2018/19 Melbourne Seasonal Clerkships
Offers made for 2018/19 Melbourne Seasonal Clerkship positions
Applications open for 2018/19 Sydney Summer Clerkships
Applications close at 11:59pm for 2018/19 Sydney Summer Clerkships
Offers made for 2018/19 Sydney Summer Clerkship positions.
Applications for our clerkships in 2018/19 are now closed. For more information on career opportunities in VIC and ACT contact Emily Desmier at [email protected] and for NSW opportunities contact Ekmini Das at [email protected]
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