Brisbane Graduate Program (Mar 2025)

About Us 

Do you want to join one of Australia’s fastest growing firms? Do you believe in culture lead meritocracy, where your opportunities are only limited by your imagination, and your potential will be nurtured and supported? If so, then Hamilton Locke is the firm you want to begin your legal career with!

Hamilton Locke is free from old firm thinking. Our Leaders are agile and collaborative, delivering a superior experience for our people and clients. Put simply, our environment allows our people to be the best version of themselves, which enables them to do their best work, and ultimately makes our clients happy. This is win-win-win.

We are powered by our ‘people experience’ (PX), and we believe this delivers the best possible 'client experience' (CX). This means we are culture-led, operating with a clear purpose and values-driven leadership model, prioritising personal and professional development. With a clean sheet of paper, we have aligned structure and systems around our strategy. We provide our people with a collaborative environment and modern and integrated technology, allowing them to focus on their jobs without layers of bureaucracy.

Put simply, we have created a work environment based on respect, trust, development, collaboration and innovation.

We put our people’s experience at the centre of everything we do. We are more than just a law firm.

The Opportunity

We are looking for Legal Graduates to join our Firm in a rotational graduate program where you will complete 3x 6 month rotations across our various practice groups, to commence March 2025.

You will have the opportunity to work with industry leading legal professionals, across numerous areas of law Corporate & Commercial, Funds & Financial Services, Litigation, Real Estate, Planning & Environment and Private Clients. In addition, we offer an opportunity to undertake a rotation in our Source business, which offers inhouse Legal Counsel services to a range of clients, which is a unique rotation opportunity in the legal market.

About you

We’re looking for someone who: 

• Has completed their law degree; 
• Is either newly Admitted or working towards Admission; Available to work full time commencing March 2025;
• Wants a supportive, high performing team culture; 
• Values being part of a team, takes initiative, accepts responsibility for solving problems and delivering outcomes; 
• Is a curious, life-long learner who is open to change, try new things and wants to develop, not just as a professional, but as a person; and 
• Is comfortable in ambiguous situations, who is happy to explore new ideas and figure out a way through.

What’s in it for you

• Comprehensive orientation program.
• Allocated coach and buddy within each of your practice groups.
• Be mentored in a supportive environment, with access to quality work, great clients and professional development opportunities. 
• A fun, collaborative and high-performing team environment with regular social events, training days and team retreats. 
• A competitive remuneration package, including equity pursuant to the firm’s ESOP. 
• An extra week’s leave, as part of our employee personal development program. 
• Full Day birthday leave. 
• Support in building client relationships and your own practice.

How to Apply?

If you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button and include your CV, Transcript, and responses to the below Application Questions. 

Application Questions

1. Why do you think Hamilton Locke is different? (max. 250 words)
2. At Hamilton Locke our culture and way of operating is guided by our core HALO Values of High Performance, Agility, Leadership and Openness. Of these 4 values which do you relate to the most and why? (max. 250 words)
3. What was your favourite Law subject and why? And what aspects of this area of law do you believe are outdated and need to be modernised? (max. 250 words)

Applications close Friday, 23 August 2024. Offers made on Friday, 27 September 2024.

For more information on Hamilton Locke, please visit our page.