Outstanding Employment Outcomes with the Melbourne JD

Outstanding employment outcomes with the Melbourne JD

A survey of 2017 Melbourne JD (Juris Doctor) graduates has shown outstanding employment results, with 98 per cent of those surveyed in full-time employment. Of those employed, 73 per cent are working as legal graduates (trainees with law firms, solicitors, or judges’ associates), while the remainder are working in other legal or generalist graduate roles.

The Career Outcomes survey, taken 18 months after completion of the Melbourne “The Melbourne JD set me up JD, reveals that more than 100 employers from the legal and non-legal sectors for success in my career. It employed our graduates. These employers, listed in the following pages, include enabled me to refine my technical skills across a range international and national law firms, courts, community legal centres, of disciplines and diverse government departments, statutory bodies and firms in the private sector, subjects, including masters demonstrating the diverse range of careers our graduates enter into. subjects. The formal learning program is underpinned by With a response rate of 75 per access to leaders in the legal cent, the survey gives a robust and profession, a mentoring realistic picture of employment program and a dedicated outcomes. These latest survey Melbourne JD graduates careers team. It provides results for the class of 2017 are have strong employment opportunities to enter and consistent with those from the outcomes with a 98% engage with the legal profession.” class of 2016, which had a strong employment rate. employment rate of 95 per cent Bianca Weiss 18 months after graduation. Melbourne Law School class of 2017 graduate survey Lawyer (conducted 18 months after completion of degree, with a 75 per cent response rate) KPMG Law Understanding the survey results

In recent years, there has been To help clarify the language used in the graphs, Data collection summary considerable media attention given please see below: Melbourne Law School publishes the Careers Outcomes survey annually in the interest of to employment outcomes for law ■■ ‘Legal graduate positions’ includes those providing accurate information about job graduates. While the Australian employed as a graduate lawyer, a solicitor opportunities for both current and future Government Department of or a judge’s associate. students. Education and Training publishes ■■ ‘Other legal roles’ includes positions such data about the job outcomes of as paralegals and legal researchers, often The results rely on the veracity of the data Australian university students, this working with law firms or barristers. reported to us as well as data obtained is collected only four months after ■■ ‘Other graduate positions’ denotes formal from other sources – for example, our graduation and does not include programs primarily in the government annual interviews with law firms and other organisations where graduates work. We detailed information about the types and business sectors. A law degree is not a believe the results provide a broadly accurate of jobs that graduates obtain. requirement of the role but may increase a graduate’s competitiveness for the position. overview of the career outcomes for our graduates in recent years. We know that while some students find ■■ ‘Other general roles’ includes a diverse employment directly after law school, others range of positions that are not part of a The fact that we have certain outcomes in can take longer to do so. Many law graduates formal graduate program and might not a given year does not guarantee that those can still be completing their practical legal require a law degree. results will be consistent over time. The training at this time. employability for law graduates may fluctuate In order to provide a clearer picture of career depending on the economy and other factors. outcomes, Melbourne Law School undertakes an annual survey of graduates 18 months after the completion of their degree.

2017 graduate employment outcomes 2016 graduate employment outcomes

2% 4.5% 0.5%

15% 17.5% 4%

6% 4.5%

73% 70%

Legal graduate positions Legal graduate positions Other graduate positions Other graduate positions Other legal positions Other legal positions Other general positions Other general positions Undertaking part time / casual work Continuing to look for work Further study Employers

The organisations listed here hired ■■ Piper Alderman FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Melbourne Law School graduates ■■ R.B. Flinders ■■ Australian Competition and Consumer from the JD class of 2017. The list ■■ Robinson Gill Lawyers Commission provides a useful reminder to current ■■ Rubin and Rudman LLP ■■ Australian Securities and Investment and future law students about the ■■ Russell Kennedy Lawyers Commission ■ range of careers in which a law ■■ Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP ■ Department of Defence ■ degree is considered valuable. ■■ Slater + Gordon ■ Department of Industry, Innovation and Science ■■ TurksLegal LAW FIRMS ■■ Department of Social Services ■■ Allens ■■ White & Case ■■ Fair Work Commission ■■ Aitken Partners ■■ Wisewould Mahony VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ■■ Allen & Overy LEGAL - COMMUNITY LAW ■■ Department of Justice and Community ■ ■■ Asylum Seeker Resource Centre ■ Armour Legal Safety ■ ■■ Justice Connect ■ Arnold Bloch Leibler ■■ Department of Premier and Cabinet ■ ■■ Victoria Legal Aid ■ Arnold Thomas & Becker Lawyers ■■ Department of Environment, Land, Water LEGAL - GOVERNMENT ■■ Ashurst and Planning ■■ Attorney-General’s Department ■■ Baker McKenzie ■■ Department of Health and Human Services ■■ Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office ■■ Bardo Lawyers ■■ Department of Jobs, Precincts and Policy LEGAL - COURTS ■■ Cahills Barristers & Solicitors ■■ Department of Treasury and Finance ■■ County Court of Victoria ■■ Clayton Utz ■■ Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ■■ Federal Circuit Court of Australia ■■ Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers OTHER GOVERNMENT ■■ Federal Court of Australia ■■ Corrs Chambers Westgarth ■■ Queensland Department of Education ■■ Supreme Court of New South Wales ■■ Deloitte Legal REGULATOR / STATUTORY BODY ■■ Supreme Court of Victoria ■■ DLA Piper ■■ Australian Fair Work Ombudsman LEGAL- TRIBUNAL ■■ Dribbin and Brown Criminal Lawyers ■■ Clean Energy Regulator ■■ Administrative Appeals Tribunal ■■ ERA Legal NON-PROFIT EDUCATION ■ ■■ 3000 Acres ■ Falcon and Associates ■■ Monash University ■ ■■ Australian Children’s Television Foundation ■ Gadens BUSINESS UNION ■■ Gilbert + Tobin ■■ Accenture ■■ United Voice Australia ■■ Hall & Wilcox ■■ Aglo Systems ■■ Hammad & Al-Mehdar Law Firm ■■ Airwallex ■■ Herbert Smith Freehills ■■ Core English Education ■■ Holding Redlich ■■ Deloitte ■■ HWL Ebsworth Lawyers ■■ Dentsu Aegis Network ■■ JRT Partnership ■■ EnergyAustralia ■■ K&L Gates ■■ EY ■■ KCL Law ■■ Geely Auto Group ■■ Kennedy Guy Lawyers ■■ KPMG ■■ KHQ Lawyers ■■ MediaCom Australia ■■ King & Wood Mallesons ■■ Merrill Lynch ■■ KPMG Law ■■ Mint Advisory ■■ Lander & Rogers ■■ MoneyKey ■■ LawLab ■■ Morgan Stanley ■■ Linklaters ■■ Neota Logic ■■ Maddocks ■■ Orita Capital ■■ McMahon Clarke ■■ Pitcher Partners ■■ MinterEllison ■■ Portable ■■ Molino Cahill Lawyers ■■ PwC ■■ Moray & Agnew Lawyers ■■ SMBC Nikko Capital Markets ■■ Norton Rose Fulbright ■■ Xakia Technologies “Our survey of the Melbourne JD class of 2017 revealed an outstanding employment rate of 98 per cent 18 months after the completion of their degree. This is an excellent result. We strive to enable students to locate employment in their preferred sector and thank employers, alumni and students for their constructive advice.” Professor Pip Nicholson, Dean, Melbourne Law School

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