PwC Australia
Legal Clerkship (Nov 2024)
Melbourne, Melbourne
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- AUD 50,000 - 55,000 / Year
- 1-4 vacancies
- Apply by 11 Aug 2024
- Start date 24 Nov 2024 - 17 Jul 2025
At PwC, our legal clerkship helps you grow, learn new career skills and deliver legal services in the context of our multi-disciplinary teams. You'll build the career you want, be encouraged to chase your passions and do more with your law degree than you could’ve ever imagined. Our clerkship program provides exposure to core legal sectors including corporate advisory, employment, finance, projects and technology. You’ll also get the unique opportunity to pioneer legal innovation, working alongside NewLaw services and cutting edge legal technologies, including GenAI.
About you
As a law student in your penultimate year of study, you're looking to apply what you have learnt to the real world alongside leading legal minds and other like-minded professionals in adjacent disciplines. A problem solver and creative thinker, you embrace technology and its beneficial impact, and thrive in an evolving environment. You want to build your skills and experience to enhance your passion for law, create meaningful change and drive your future career.
Application Process
To be considered for the Legal Clerkship program you’ll need to submit your resume and academic transcript as part of your application.
Next Steps
Our recruitment process for our Clerkship Program will follow the timeline below:
- Applications open 1 July 2024
- Applications close on 11 August 2024
- Assessments and interviews will be held mid September 2024
- Offers to be made on 16 October 2024
Please note that we follow the Law Institute of Victoria timelines.
Your New Benefits
- Flexible daily working hours for a work-life balance that suits you
- Work overseas or interstate for that precious time with your family and friends
- Paid study (and leave!), we’ll pay all the costs and give you time off to study
- No dress code so you can feel comfortable and dress for your day
- A competitive starting salary package with the opportunity for yearly bonuses
- Health & fitness perks like a wellness stipend and discounted memberships
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
To solve important problems we need diverse talent. We empower our people to use their creativity, authenticity and human differences to be the champions of change. We know that when people from diverse backgrounds and with different points of view work together, we create the most value - for our clients, our people and our society. If you don’t think you quite meet all of the qualifications, we’d still love to hear from you.
What’s next?
If you're looking for a team that values your work and solves meaningful problems, apply now!
We believe the best work is human-led and tech-powered. If you’re keen to apply and need reasonable adjustments or would like to note which pronouns you use at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice
- 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.