2022 Careers Handbook

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ALLENS

Level 11, Mia Yellagonga Tower 25 Spring Street, Perth 6000 allens.com.au/ careers/

About the Firm What are your core values? • Driven by excellence • Eyes on the horizon • In it together • Courageous & creative • Fostering greatness How would you describe your firm’s culture?

your career for the long term, our • Best Law Firm (>$200m) illustrious list of alumni and the Beaton Client Choice Awards fact that we’re one of Australia’s 2021 longest running businesses – it’s • M&A Deal of the year; Debt our culture and the way we work market deal of the year; Equity together that really sets us apart. market deal of the year; MidCulture can be a tricky thing to put market deal of the year your finger on from the outside. Australasian Law Awards 2021 We’ve had almost 200 years to • Excellence in Employee Health build ours, and it’s what we think & Wellbeing - Australasian Law makes Allens such a great place Awards 2021 to build a career, but don’t just • Most Innovative law firm- The take our word for it. We’ve drawn Australian Financial Review back the curtain on our culture, and Boss Magazine - 5th year so you can see whether it’s one running you’d thrive in. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter and • Topped infrastructure league tables for Infrastructure, visit our early careers website for Transport, Social Infrastructure the inside scoop. and Private Public Partnerships Infralogic’s Infrastructure league What are some notable tables 2021 awards Allens has received?

Shaping the future is in our DNA – whether it’s helping our clients see around corners and take advantage of new opportunities; fostering growth and opportunity so our people can thrive, make a difference and be their very best; or contributing to the development of sustainable, diverse, equitable and just communities where Continuing to shape the future everyone is recognised and means committing to a truly included. purpose-led culture, built on Continuing to shape the future values that reflect who we are, means committing to a truly where we’ve come from and who purpose-led culture, built on we want to be. values that reflect who we are, • #1 Graduate employer in where we’ve come from and who Law - Australian Association of we want to be. Graduate Employers - third year How does your firm distinguish itself?

running

What significant work has your firm undertaken? In 2021, we worked alongside our clients on some of the largest and most complex transactions and disputes, including: • CITIC on the Sino Iron dispute • Crown in relation to a range of public enquiries

• #1 Graduate employer in Law • Rio Tinto on a wide range of - GradAustralia - second year projects from the Oyu Tolgoi Comparing firms can sometimes running project in Mongolia to its Pilbara feel like an impossible task. While iron ore operations we think there are a few things that • #1 Most popular clerkship employer - GradConnection/ • Oil Search on the $22bn Santos make us unique – like our twoAFR / Oil Search merger year graduate program which offers two 12-month rotations • #5 Graduate employer - • ANZ, CBA, NAB, and Westpac GradAustralia’s top 100 and a commitment to invest in on a wide range of banking and 52


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Victorian Clerkship

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International Opportunities

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Human Rights Law

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Life in Family Law

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Technology and the Law

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Life as a Junior In-House Lawyer

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Academic Careers

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Life as a Criminal Defence Lawyer

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Life at the State Solicitor’s Office

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Life as a Barrister

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Life as a District Court Judge

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Life as a Supreme Court Judge

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Life as a Banking & Finance Lawyer

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Chambers Westgarth

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Global Experiences at Baker McKenzie Life in a National Law Firm: Corrs

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MinterEllison

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King & Wood Mallesons

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Allen & Overy

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Day in the Life of a HSF Grad Life at Global Law Firms:

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Clerking at HSF

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Pathway to HSF

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Ombudsman WA

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Legal Aid WA

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Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade

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Department of the Premier & Cabinet

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Corruption and Crime Commission

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Commonwealth Ombudsman

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Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

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Australian Taxation Office

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Australian Securities and Investments Commission

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Australian Law Reform Commission

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Women’s Legal Service WA

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Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

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Administrative Appeals Tribunal

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Welfare Rights & Advocacy Service

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Northern Suburbs CLC

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Street Law Centre WA Inc

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Midland Information Debt & Legal Advocacy Service

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Mental Health Law Centre

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Consumer Credit Legal Service

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Fremantle CLC

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Citizens Advice Bureau

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Circle Green Community Legal

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WA Family Court

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Introduction to the Courts

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Tottle Partners

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Pragma Lawyers

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Jones Day

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K&L Gates

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Jackson McDonald

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HHG Legal Group

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MinterEllison

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DLA Piper

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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Clifford Chance

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College of Law

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Allens

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AGH Law

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Baker McKenzie

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Government

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Interviews

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Litigation & International Arbitration

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Cover letters

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Graduate positions

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Banking & Finance

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Clerkships

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Applications explained

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Crafting your CV

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