Arnold Bloch Leibler
Law Graduate Program (Mar 2024)
Sydney
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 90,000 - 100,000 / Year
- 10 vacancies
- Apply by 29 Sep 2023
- Start date 5 Mar 2024
About us
Arnold Bloch Leibler is a premium Australian commercial law firm renowned for advising clients on their most important transactions, commercial issues and disputes. From offices in Sydney, the firm provides advice to a diverse range of entrepreneurial Australian listed companies, private businesses, high-net-worth individuals and international corporations. The firm also has a dedicated public interest practice providing advice to charities and not-for-profit organisations relating to significant legal, social, environmental and cultural issues
We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver innovative strategic guidance and solutions to complex problems related to our clients' commercial interests, legal positions and reputations.
We organise our practice groups to allow our lawyers to be broad generalists and our groups are split between transactions and disputes. Our services cover:
- banking & finance;
- competition;
- corporate & commercial;
- dispute resolution & litigation;
- native title & public interest law;
- property & development;
- reconstruction & insolvency;
- taxation;
- technology & intellectual property; and
- workplace advisory.
We are seeking outstanding graduates to join ABL across multiple practice areas in 2023. This role would suit either final year students completing their law degree, recent graduates or someone who has recently commenced their career and is looking to join private practice.
The Law Graduate Program
When you join Arnold Bloch Leibler as a graduate, you will immediately experience our firm's point of difference. From your very first day, you will work alongside thought leaders in the profession on important and complex cases that will provide opportunities to flex your thinking, offer direct input and gain in-depth knowledge. Your opinions will be respected, and you'll be given autonomy to progress matters. Your contribution will be valued, and you will be supported in your personal and professional growth.
A supervising Partner will invest in your development and get you involved in a wide variety of matters throughout your graduate year. You will benefit from real work experience and direct client contact that sets you apart from your peers in the profession.
For more information about our graduate ethos, please visit our website.
Staff Benefits
The salary package offered for this position is competitive and includes a range of benefits:
- dedicated in-house Supervised Legal Training Program delivered by partners
- a fully subsidised corporate gym membership and wellness program
- in-house fully subsidised cafe
- prime CBD location
- fully subsidised legal advice for wills, estate planning and conveyancing
- discounted corporate health insurance through a leading Australian health fund
- discounted mortgage, credit card and other financial services through a major Australian bank.
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Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Client and matter management. Drafting loan and security agreements. Managing conditions to funding.
As a law graduate, junior lawyers, senior associates and partners delegate various tasks to me -- including legal research, document review, aspects of legal advice, affidavit and court document preparation
Assisting both juniors and senior lawyers. Drafting correspondence and contractual documents. Juniors are made to feel like a part of their team from the first day of their graduate role.
About the employer
Arnold Bloch Leibler
4.5
100 - 500 employees
Law
ABL is a premium Australian commercial law firm renowned for advising clients on their most significant legal matters.
Pros and cons of working at Arnold Bloch Leibler
Pros
I started recently as a Graduate and I have been making meaningful contributions towards large and interesting deals from the beginning. The team culture is also great. Everyone is friendly, knows each other well, and makes an effort to work cohesively.
Workplace relations at our firm are not forced or artificial. Every person genuinely cares about each other and is willing to help one another out. I come to work every day happy to see my colleagues and work with them on otherwise extremely complex matters.
Really good graduate support, interesting work, and you don't feel like you're just another "cog in the wheel" because the graduate cohort is relatively small
The people at Arnold Bloch Leibler are down to earth, highly intelligent, supportive and display a genuine ethic of care towards their graduates. While the work at ABL can be challenging, it is highly intellectually stimulating and offers great reward. The matters we work on are very interesting.
The diverse range of people (both clients and other lawyers) that you get to work with! There's no one type of personality in the office, and everyone is very kind.
Cons
The firm's smaller size can mean a heavy workload as a matter is run by fewer people than might be involved at a bigger firm.
A lack of overseas secondment opportunities, however still go overseas independently to leading firms.
I feel like the firm needs to host more social events for its employees.
Some of the IT systems could be modernised.
Not much flexibility.