Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance 2020 Graduate Program
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job
- 2 vacancies
- Apply by 11 Aug 2019
Clifford Chance's two-year Graduate Program turns gifted beginners into professionals, with the aim of getting the breadth of experience you need to emerge as a confident business adviser.
Our Graduate Program is divided into four, six month seats (rotations) which place you in different parts of our business. You will work in teams with different colleagues and clients, gaining exposure to the challenges they face and the ways in which we help them.
Our extensive international network and the global nature of our business mean that it is both possible and beneficial for you to take one of your seats in one of our overseas offices. Secondments are an opportunity for you to acquire new skills and experience, possibly to utilise and improve your language skills and give you a valuable international perspective on new business and a different cultural environment.
Throughout the Graduate Program, you will be closely supported both informally and through formal mentoring, with advice and guidance from the Graduate team and a supervisor in each seat.
In general, learning at Clifford Chance follows the 70:20:10 rule, which is to say that 70% of your learning happens through practical experience, with 20% via mentoring and 10% by formal study. Throughout your program, you will work closely alongside your supervisor and he or she sees what you do, gives you advice, checks your work and then gradually gives you more complex things to do as your skills and confidence grow.
To be successful, you will need to demonstrate your potential to become a first-class lawyer and your willingness to take advantage of the many opportunities that you encounter.
You will need to exhibit ambition, drive and commitment, the ability to articulate your ideas clearly, and the desire to build relationships and deliver outstanding service.
We're also looking for business awareness, a keen commercial insight and a strong ability to lead and manage.
In addition to these attributes we ask that applicants have a consistently strong academic record.
Our 2020 Graduate Program in Perth has options for either a March or September start. To apply, please upload your CV, covering letter and academic transcript.
About the employer
Clifford Chance AU
4.5
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Law
Clifford Chance is a premier global law firm with 32 offices in 22 countries and a legal team recognised as being among the very best in the world.
Pros and cons of working at Clifford Chance AU
Pros
Large network and well-resourced.
The people are extremely friendly and nice and very supportive which really helps when you have just started. The international aspect and ability to participate in an overseas secondment is also amazing.
Extremely interesting international arbitration work. Mobility between Clifford Chance offices / international secondment opportunities.
The experience. There are almost no other law firms in Perth that offer experiences on transactions and cases at the level that CC does. You constantly work with colleagues from other offices on matters for international clients of a far higher value and complexity than my colleagues at other Perth law firms. Further, the secondment opportunity that every graduate is offered is leagues more generous than any other Perth firm and is an incredible way to experience different work and working cultures and form connections with your colleagues in the wider network.
Travel opportunities, quality of work and people/culture of the team is friendly.
Cons
Small office in a network can sometimes be forgotten.
Business services are somewhat lacking.
The job requires sacrifice, the hours are very long (even comparatively with my colleagues at other Perth law firms). The length and unpredictability of the hours can sometimes be difficult to deal with.
Hours can be unpredictable and long (including weekend work).
As with any professional environment, there is a high level of expectations of graduates. Whilst this is not a bad thing, it can be challenging for some.