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Your role

LegalVision is excited to be recruiting recent law graduates to join LegalVision as part of their July 2024 Graduate Program intake! They are looking for a Law Graduate to join their high-achieving Employment team!

The LegalVision Graduate Program presents a unique opportunity to launch your legal career at Australia’s fastest-growing law firm. LegalVision was founded to improve access for every business to quality legal services, disrupt the traditional law firm model, and promote a culture of technological innovation in Australia and beyond. As a Graduate of LegalVision, you will play a critical role in bringing this mission to life. 

Successful candidates must be available to commence full-time work in our Sydney office no later than Tuesday, 9 July 2024.

Under the supervision of the Practice Leaders and Senior Lawyers, you’ll be communicating directly with clients and taking carriage of matters from your first few months! You’ll play a key role in helping clients to efficiently resolve their legal issues while providing an excellent client experience along the way.

The responsibilities of their graduate lawyers may include (among other things): 

• Employment: Drafting and advising on employment contracts, contractor agreements and workplace policies, as well as providing clients with advice on all aspects of employment and workplace health & safety laws.

About you

Requirements:

• Qualified with strong academics: You are a recent law graduate with strong grades and are either already admitted as a Lawyer or will be admitted by the end of 2024.
• Wants to do things differently and isn’t the average law graduate: You have an entrepreneurial mindset and are keen to grow as a lawyer in an innovative, tech-driven NewLaw environment.
• Passionate about the client experience: You are focused on your clients and you’re dedicated to creating experiences that exceed client expectations.
• Personable, empathetic and resilient: You are friendly, warm and professional. You celebrate the ups push through and learn from the downs.
• Cool and calm under pressure: You are an organised and efficient worker, and can effectively manage competing priorities.

Benefits

The perks of working at LegalVision:

• Fast-paced environment with accelerated growth opportunities for high performers.
• Talented and energetic teammates across the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
• Up to 25 days annual leave per year, plus paid birthday leave, volunteering leave, and parental leave.
• Annual budget to spend on external learning and development.
• Regular firm-wide socials, drinks and team lunches.
• Vibrant (and dog-friendly!) office environment in Surry Hills, super close to Central Station.
• No suits = more money to spend at Messina up the road!
• Apply for a working holiday anywhere in the world of up to two months per trip.
• Swap national public holidays to other occasions that better align with your religious beliefs and cultural practices.
• You get time off to attend your admission ceremony and commemorate the occasion.

To know more about what it's like to work at LegalVision, watch this video. 

Training & development

You will receive comprehensive formal and on-the-job training focused on technical legal knowledge, matter management, and client service to give you a strong understanding of the legal needs of Australian businesses, in order to provide pragmatic advice.

How to apply

If joining LegalVision as a Graduate Lawyer sounds like the perfect start to your legal career, they’d love to hear from you! Applications must be accompanied by your final (or most recent if you haven't yet finished uni) academic transcript.

1. Tell them why you're excited to apply for a graduate role in this practice area!

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in a phone screen, followed by an in-person interview at the Surry Hills office.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• legalvision.com.au/careers