Arnold Bloch Leibler How many partners and lawyers does your firm have?
sidized gym membership, flexible work practices among many more.
38 Partners and approximately 120 Lawyers (including Law Graduates)
What opportunities does your firm uniquely offer that may be of interest to prospective clerks?
How many clerks are you intending to take on this summer?
During your clerkship, we arrange a number of extra-curricular activities such as dinners with our current grads and lunches with different groups across the firm (including a team lunch, firm-wide legal staff lunch and a special partner lunch). A recent addition to our clerkship program includes a day out with one of our clients. We find that this unique experience connects the dots for clerks to see and meet the people that lie at the heart of the firm’s identity. It also provides the opportunity to hear from our clients about why they have chosen ABL and what they’re looking for when they come to us for legal advice.
45 clerks across three intakes How many graduate lawyers did you take on this year? 23 across Melbourne and Sydney How does your firm embody the notions of social and corporate responsibility? Giving back to the community has always been one of our core values. At ABL, we proudly have a stand-alone pro bono practice group, led by partner, Peter Seidel. All lawyers at the firm are given the opportunity to get involved with pro bono work. The firm engages with many not-forprofit and charitable organisations that are active in communal, social, health, research, religious and environmental sectors. At ABL, we feel that we punch above our weight, and pro bono work is no exception. Pro bono work is an inherent part of the firm’s DNA and we do it because it is the right thing to do. The firm is deeply committed to indigenous constitutional recognition and reconciliation. How does your firm strive to protect its junior lawyers’ work-life balance? At ABL, we don’t expect people to remain in the office at the end of the day for the sake of being seen. We want our people to enjoy their life outside work – after all it’s our diversity of thought and experience that binds us, produces our collegiate culture and ensures our success. We support a variety of health & wellbeing events and initiatives, which include sponsoring fun runs and sports teams, providing fresh fruit daily, our fully sub-
Does your firm offer any opportunities to work overseas? ABL may be located in Australia but we have substantial global reach. We are renowned for advising entrepreneurial businesses all over the world and possessing influence within legal, business and political circles. While we don’t offer the ability to work from an overseas office, you will have the opportunity to do global work, from a local office. What makes your firm’s culture unique? ABL is well known for being the go-to firm when it matters. We pride ourselves on providing strategic guidance and solving complex problems related to our clients’ commercial interests, legal position and reputation. This means that our legal staff are exposed to interesting and varied work where they can fully utilise their skills and potential. We do not try to be everything to everyone − rather, we strive for excellence in our chosen areas of expertise. We encourage our employees to bring their whole selves to work each day, recognising that diversity of thought, background and life experience all contribute to our distinctive culture and the solutions we deliver for each of our clients.
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