Maddocks How many partners and lawyers does your firm have? Maddocks has over 80 partners, who work alongside more than 550 people across our offices in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. How many clerks are you intending to take on this summer? We are looking to recruit 8-10 clerks for this years’ intake. How many graduate lawyers did you take on this year? We recruit our graduates for our summer clerk programs. In 2020 we have 8 graduates starting with Maddocks. How does your firm embody the notions of social and corporate responsibility? Our mission is to make a difference for our clients, each other and the community. This means we highly value the role corporate social responsibility initiatives can play in providing support to individuals and organisations in need. In FY19, we conducted more than 9,113 hours of pro bono work, provided about $240,000 in financial support to community organisations and implemented a range of programs and initiatives to embed diversity and inclusion at our firm and lessen our environmental footprint. You can find out more about our CSR initiatives at https:// www.maddocks.com.au/about/corporate-social-responsibility/. How does your firm strive to protect its junior lawyers’ work-life balance? • • • •
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Friday summer time – finish at 4pm December to February Maddocks leave day Purchased Annual Leave program Flexible working policy which is open to all partners and staff to support personal priorities outside of work whether it’s carer responsibilities, volunteering, sporting commitments or other hobbies Social committees in Melbourne and Sydney Volunteering leave through our CSR program Support for sporting teams, fun runs and other charity sporting events/initiative
What opportunities does your firm uniquely offer that may be of interest to prospective clerks?
tion (CLE) sessions at a team and office level, through to attending practice management and professional skills training for specific roles, leadership programs for senior lawyers and off-site team retreats that build on themes that support our core values and firm strategy. We also encourage our lawyers to participate in our ASPIRE program where they can develop their networking skills, become buddies or mentors for others and present at internal CLE or external client presentations. Does your firm offer any opportunities to work overseas? We offer client secondment opportunities through all our offices and clients. Client secondments are a wonderful opportunity to gain valuable experience and learnings. What makes your firm’s culture unique? We are very proud of our culture, where all of our people have a vital contribution to make towards the success of the firm and are given opportunities to get the most out of their careers. Clients are at the heart of everything we do. At Maddocks, we champion true collaboration between our lawyers, our secretaries and our shared services teams. Unified, skilled teams mean stronger outcomes for our clients. We recognise that the legal profession is changing, and we’re committed to providing more innovative services to meet our clients’ needs. We support innovative thinking by training our people in design thinking and providing year-round opportunities to generate and implement ideas. Flexible working practices have long been a part of our culture. We recognise that work is what people do, not a place where you go. As an employee you will have access to market-leading working and parental leave arrangements. Our Maddocks Women program was formed in 1997 to assist our women to develop their careers. Our Maddocks Pride Committee drives initiatives at Maddocks for our LGBTIQ colleagues and allies.
Maddocks provides plenty of learning and development opportunities. From attending Continuing Legal Educa-
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