Achieve your ambitions
Our programs expose you to a wide variety of business areas, skills, teams and challenges, helping you understand where your strengths lie. You’ll be given challenging and career-building opportunities, and responsibilities that no other program provides so early in your career. We want you to achieve your ambitions and develop the skills for tomorrow.
Our Discover ME program is designed to provide pre-penultimate law students an opportunity to discover what it is like to work at MinterEllison. During the program you will be invited to attend three sessions (in person, at our offices in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane – depending on where you are based), where you will learn more about our practice groups, the way we work and our people, through attending panel events and participating in workshops.
As part of our Discover ME program, you will also be connected with one of our lawyers, who has recently made the transition from law school to law firm, with the goal to foster your professional development.
Who is this program most suitable for?
Pre-penultimate law students based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane who are interested in exploring the opportunity of working in a commercial law firm at the end of their studies.
Meet ME is an online webinar series which is highly relevant to pre-penultimate and penultimate year students, but open to law students at any stage of their studies, across Australia.
Dial in to hear insights and career tips from our leaders, junior lawyers and graduate recruitment team, which will allow you to set yourself up for success in your future career in law, as well as learning more about life at MinterEllison.
Who is this program most suitable for?
Law students at any stage of their studies, based anywhere in Australia.
Meet ME is timed to happen prior to clerkship applications opening, in order to give potential applicants the opportunity to dial in and gain insights that will help them put their best foot forward during the recruitment process.
Ready to practise law in the real world? We pride ourselves on giving clerks real work with real clients, so you can start your career with confidence.
Be part of our clerkship program where you’ll undertake exhilarating real-world legal work for clients. Clients who trust us to help them solve their most complex problems, in the most innovative and efficient way. You’ll be guided every step of the way by our industry-leading and commercially driven lawyers and partners. But your career is about more than just a job. We’ll also give you opportunities to grow personally – as well as professionally.
In our program, you will:
Who is this program most suitable for?
Our Clerkship Programs run over the summer and/or winter holidays depending on the location.
This program is most suitable for students in their penultimate or final year of their law degree.
You’ve started your career and now it’s time to thrive. We have a program designed just for that.
Our Graduate Program provides you with the on the-job skills and learning you need to succeed as a lawyer, including:
We know that how we work is changing, so we’ve designed a development program to build the skills of the future. Our development program will provide you with the technical and business skills you’ll need to accelerate your career and achieve your ambitions. You also have the opportunity to experience up to three six-month rotations across different practice groups where you’ll be exposed to different clients, teams and matters.
Who is this program suitable for?
Most of our graduates join after completing a clerkship with us, but from time to time we do go to market for graduate roles. If you are looking specifically for a graduate role, please keep an eye on our website.
Students in the final year of their law degree, or who have recently graduated with a law degree are eligible to apply directly for graduate roles, if and when they become available.
MinterEllison's Technology Consulting team has been delivering exceptional client experience outcomes for over 20 years to public and private enterprises in Australia and New Zealand. The team has led over $50 billion worth of complex technology programs and projects.
We advise clients on how to make use of new technology trends, how to optimise existing and future technology spend through alternative operating models and sourcing strategies, and how to execute major transactions to establish new relationships with technology suppliers.
Whilst engaging with a broad range of high profile clients you will be responsible for specific components of a project, which may include:
Who is this program suited for?
Students in their final year, or those who have recently graduated from a combined undergraduate degree, preferably within the following disciplines: Business, Economics, Commerce, Computer Science, Law, Mathematics, Actuarial Studies, Finance, Information Technology or Business Information Systems.
Candidates must also have Australian citizenship at application and the eligibility to obtain an Australian government security clearance.
Complete the online application form.
Attach your resume and transcripts
Complete a psychometric assessment.
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