Melbourne Graduate Program (Mar 2025)

About Us 

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 a 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 rotating 18-month program across our various practice groups and areas of Law, to commence in March 2025. 

You will have the opportunity to work with industry-leading legal professionals, across numerous areas of law including Corporate, IP & Technology, Banking & Finance, Funds & Financial Services, and Real Estate. In addition, we offer an opportunity to undertake a rotation in our Source business, which offers in-house 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, trying new things, and wants to develop, not just as a professional, but as a person; and 
• is comfortable in ambiguous situations, and is happy to explore new ideas and figure out a way through. 

What’s in it for you  

• 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? 

Pre-register now and get notified once the application is open.

Application Questions 

1. Why do you think Hamilton Locke is different? 
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? 
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? 

Applications close Sunday 17th September 2024. Interviews to commence 25th September 2024

For more information on Hamilton Locke, please visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn.

Agency submissions

HPX Group does not accept agency submissions for the Graduate program. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to partners, hiring managers, or other employees - this will not constitute an introduction to the firm and HPX Group will not be liable for a fee.