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Acknowledgments Many thanks to all those who made possible the production and publication of this year’s Careers Guide. SULS EXECUTIVE Corrs Chambers Westgarth Herbert Smith Freehills Alistair Stephenson (Vice President, Careers) Gilbert + Tobin James Higgins (Vice President, Social Justice) Henry Davis York Ben Paull (Sponsorship Director) King & Wood Mallesons Nicholas Simone (Publications Director) Johnson Winter & Slattery Judy Zhu (Design Officer) GOLD SPONSORS CAREERS GUIDE TEAM Allens Michael de Waal (Editor-in-Chief) Baker & McKenzie Alice Au Gadens Lawyers Jane Chandler Minter Ellison Emily Dale Catherine Gu CORPORATE SPONSORS Isabella Partridge Olivia Ronan A.T. Kearney Connie Ye Australian National University College of Law PHOTOGRAPHY JADE Barnet Jones Day Judy Zhu K&L Gates Lander & Rogers PRINTING Palgrave Macmillan Thomsons Lawyers Kopystop Pty Ltd Webb Henderson PLATINUM SPONSORS We would finally like to thank Sydney Law School and the University of Sydney Union for their continuing support of SULS Allen & Overy and its publications. Ashurst Clayton Utz ISSN 1839-1044 Michael de Waal Alice Au Jane Chandler Emily Dale Catherine Gu Isabella Partridge Olivia Ronan Connie Ye Contents Contents ........................... 1 NON-SPONSORS Addisons ..................................... 90 Foreword ........................... 3 Arnold Bloch Leibler ........................... 91 Brown Wright Stein ............................ 92 Human Resources ................... 4 Clifford Chance ............................... 93 Davis Polk & Wardwell ......................... 94 APPLIcaTIONS DLA Piper .................................... 95 Overview of Organisations ....................... 4 Harmers Workplace Lawyers .................... 96 Submitting an Application ....................... 5 Hicksons Lawyers ............................. 97 cvMail ........................................ 6 Hunt & Hunt .................................. 98 Public Service Jobs ............................ 7 HWL Ebsworth Lawyers ........................ 99 Selection Criteria .............................. 9 Maddocks ................................... 100 Writing a Cover Letter .......................... 11 Marque Lawyers ............................. 101 Example Cover Letter .......................... 12 Norton Rose ................................. 102 Writing a C.V. ................................ 13 Paul Hastings ............................... 103 Example C.V. ................................ 15 Piper Alderman .............................. 104 INTERVIEWS Reed Smith .................................. 105 Attending the Interview ......................... 16 Simmons & Simmons ......................... 106 Individual and Group Interviews .................. 18 Slater & Gordon .............................. 107 Interview Questions ............................ 19 Tresscox .................................... 108 Truman Hoyle ............................... 109 GAINING EXPERIENCE White and Case .............................. 110 Clerkships ................................... 21 List of Law Firms ............................. 111 International Students ......................... 23 Volunteering ................................. 24 Public Sector ..................... 113 QUALIFYING TO PRacTICE Practicing Locally ............................. 25 Australian Human Rights Commission ........... 114 Practical Legal Training ........................ 26 Australian Taxation Office ..................... 116 Going to the Bar ............................... 27 Legal Aid NSW ............................... 117 Barrister Profile - Howard Insall SC .............. 28 NSW Crown Solicitor’s Office ................... 118 Practicing in the United Kingdom ................ 29 NSW Law Reform Commission ................. 119 Practicing in Hong Kong ........................ 29 NSW Public Defenders’ Office .................. 120 Practicing in the United States ................... 30 Practicing in Korea ............................ 31 Courts ........................... 121 Practicing in Singapore. 31 High Court of Australia ........................ 122 Federal Court of Australia ..................... 123 Law Firms ......................... 33 New South Wales Supreme Court of Appeal ....... 124 New South Wales Supreme Court ............... 126 SPONSORS Allen & Overy ................................. 34 Allens ....................................... 38 Alternative Dispute Resolution ..... 128 Ashurst ...................................... 41 ACICA ...................................... 129 Baker & McKenzie ............................. 45 IAMA ....................................... 130 Clayton Utz ................................... 48 LEADR ..................................... 131 Corrs Chambers Westgarth ..................... 52 Stephen Lancken Profile ....................... 132 Gadens Lawyers .............................. 56 Gilbert + Tobin ................................ 59 Corporate Advisory ............... 134 Henry Davis York .............................. 63 A.T. Kearney ................................. 135 Herbert Smith Freehills ........................ 67 Boston Consulting Group ...................... 139 Johnson Winter & Slattery ...................... 71 Credit Suisse ................................ 140 Jones Day .................................... 75 Deloitte ..................................... 141 K&L Gates ................................... 77 Ernst and Young ............................. 142 King & Wood Mallesons ........................ 78 KordaMentha ................................ 143 Lander & Rogers .............................. 82 KPMG ...................................... 144 Minter Ellison ................................ 85 Macquarie Group ............................. 145 Thomsons Lawyers ............................ 87 McKinsey & Company ......................... 146 Webb Henderson .............................. 88 Morgan Stanley .............................. 147 1 Oliver Wyman ................................ 148 Port Jackson Partners ........................ 149 Pottinger ................................... 150 UBS AG ..................................... 151 Social Justice & Public Interest .... 152 PROFILES Gail Hambly ................................. 153 Ron McCallum AO ............................ 154 Kiran Grewal ................................ 156 ORGANISATIONS Advocacy Forum Nepal ........................ 157 Amnesty International Australia ................ 158 Arts Law Centre .............................. 160 AURORA Project ............................. 161 Community Legal Centres NSW ................. 162 Human Rights in China ........................ 163 Interights ................................... 163 International Service for Human Rights .......... 164 Liberty ..................................... 164 Linkz Inc. ................................... 165 Marrickville Legal Centre ...................... 167 Maurice Blackburn Lawyers .................... 168 NSW Council for Civil Liberties ................. 169 Public Interest Law Clearing House ............. 170 National Pro Bono Resource Centre ............. 171 Refugee Advice & Casework Service ............. 172 Redfern Legal Centre ......................... 172 Reprieve .................................... 173 Salvos Legal ................................. 175 Teach for Australia ........................... 176 Teachabout Inc. .............................. 178 UN Women .................................. 179 UNICEF ..................................... 180 Voiceless ................................... 181 World Food Program. 182 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY SULS ....................................... 184 Sydney Law School ........................... 185 Afterword ........................ 186 COPYRIGHT & DISCLAIMER © Sydney University Law Society. 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The user of this guide acknowledges that he or she will take responsibility for his or her actions and will under no circumstances hold the Editors or Sydney University Law Society responsible for any damage resulting to the user or anyone else from use of this publication. PHOTO CREDITS p. 33 & 134 - François Roche; p. 113 - Ryan Wick; p. 121 - John O’Neill; p. 128 - Gideon Geldenhuys; p. 152 - John Fennel. 2 Foreword We are incredibly proud to present the Sydney University Law Society’s Careers Guide for 2013. In the decades since the first edition, the guide has been a sterling resource for students in the Sydney Law community; many have come to faithfully rely on it to educate themselves on graduate opportunities