PwC Australia
2021 Legal Clerkship Program – Melbourne (Rolling Intake)
Melbourne
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Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- 14 vacancies
- Apply by 15 Aug 2021
- Start date Ongoing
About PwC Legal
We're leading the transformation of legal services and reimagining the positive impact it can create. It's why we've built a dynamic and values-driven legal team who share a purpose to build trust in society and solve important problems.
Our team combines top-tier leadership, expertise and experience to meet the needs of our clients who look to us to respond to complex business and social challenges. Comprising over 100 lawyers and 25 Legal Partners, the majority of our Legal Partners were recognised in the AFR's Best Lawyers 2021.
As lawyers and creative thinkers, we deliver integrated solutions to our clients that make an impact. Innovating the future of legal services, we're also the fastest growing legal practice in the Asia-Pacific region and have a global network of 3,500 lawyers across 97 countries.
Our practice revolves around five key pillars:
- Corporate Advisory
- Regulatory (Sydney based)
- Employment and Workplace Relations
- Projects & Finance
- Digital
About the opportunity
As a clerk, you'll gain valuable real-life experience and insights through a program that was awarded the AFR's Most Popular Legal Clerkship in 2019 and 2021. You'll have the opportunity to work closely with our lawyers on client engagements, conduct legal research, prepare alerts and updates on legal developments, draft legal documents and legal advice, attend networking events and participate in social impact projects and potentially pro bono work.
You may also receive a full-time offer in our Graduate program.
About you!
As a Law student in your penultimate or final year of study, you're looking for the ideal opportunity to apply what you are learning in the real world. A problem solver and creative thinker, you embrace technology and its beneficial impact and thrive in an environment that's ever evolving. You're ready to build your skills and gain invaluable experience that will see you enhance your passions for law, create meaningful change and drive your future career.
Next Steps
Our recruitment process for this vacancy will follow the timeline below:
- Applications open 28th June 2021
- Applications close 15th August 2021
- Assessment Centres commencing late September 2021
- Offers to be made 20th October 2021
- Offers must be accepted or declined 21st October 2021
Please note that we follow the VIC Law Society timelines.
Have a question? Check out our student careers website for more information. If your query cannot be answered through our website, please contact us at nationalcampusrecruitment@au.pwc.com.
Wishing you all the best in creating your application!
PwC Campus Recruitment
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Varies from project to project. On my current project this involves creating business and technical requirements, hosting standups, communicating progress to the client, managing the sprint cadence (creating the meetings on outlook), liaising with the QA on test estimates , providing testing assistance when needed and explaining the business requirements to the developers to get the solution design created.
Assisting in conducting internal audits and compliance reviews.
Mainly involved in investment research and operations for providing clients with investment advice.
About the employer
PwC Australia
3.8
> 100,000 employees
Accounting & Advisory
PwC takes a human-led, tech-powered approach, combining diverse perspectives, expertise and relationships with tech to solve important problems.
Pros and cons of working at PwC Australia
Pros
The people here are all genuine and open... I enjoy working in a high-performing environment where I feel that my skills are developing every day.
The support and growth opportunities from the team of individuals with different experiences.
From the day I started, I felt incredibly welcomed and supportive. No matter how high up in the company someone was they still would give me the time to help me with any questions I had. My team made work fun and enjoyable.
The office itself is great, especially the access to the cafe where free warm drinks are available before 12. The company has a flexible 'dress for your day' dress code, so people can often come in relaxing clothing, although many still prefer business wear
Our managers are highly accessible and make excellent mentors.
Cons
The working hours can be quite demanding
I think everyone, not just PwC, would like to be paid more for what they do and when compared with other graduate roles we are paid to a similar standard.
Time in grade is the main driver for promotion.
The pressure at times to meet deadlines that may not necessarily be that realistic and the billable hour demands.
There should be more formal training programs for technical skills here.