Melbourne JD Outstanding Employment Outcomes

“The well-trodden paths aren’t the only ones that lead to fantastic places. One career can involve a varied and rich collection of experiences, and the benefit of receiving a world-class education such as the JD means that the opportunities that are available to you (whether legal or otherwise) are endless.”

Aria Wong Melbourne JD Graduate, 2015 Graduate Lawyer, Herbert Smith Freehills

Melbourne JD Outstanding Employment Outcomes A survey of 2014 Melbourne Law School JD graduates shows strong employment results, with 98 per cent employment and 73 per cent of those employed working as a legal graduate (trainee, barrister, solicitor, or judge’s associate) and many others working in other legal or graduate roles. The survey, conducted 18 months after graduates completed law school, reveals that more than 120 different employers from the legal and non-legal sectors employed our graduates. Graduates are employed in national and international law firms, courts, community law, government departments, statutory bodies, business and management consulting firms, showing the wide range of possibilities available to our law graduates. The results are also outstanding for the class of 2013, with a survey conducted 16 months after completing law school revealing nearly 60 per cent of graduates working in legal graduate positions and a further 23 per cent in other graduate roles.

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LAW FIRMS Abrahams Meese Lawyers Evans Family Lawyers Lander & Rogers Pointon Partners Aitken Partners Fleming & Rhoden Lawyers Linklaters Rigby Cooke Lawyers Alderuccio Solicitors Foster Nicholson Jones Macpherson Kelley Russell Kennedy Lawyers Allens Linklaters Lawyers Maddocks Skadden, Arps, Slate, Arnold Bloch Leibler Gadens Mansour Lawyers Meagher & Flom LLP and Ashurst Gilbert + Tobin Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Affiliates Baker & McKenzie Hall & Wilcox McDonald Murholme Sladen Legal Barry Nilsson Lawyers Herbert Smith Freehills McKays Slater and Gordon Lawyers Claredon Lawyers Holding Redlich MDP Law T F Grundy Lawyer Clayton Utz Hoyle Da Silva Lawyers Mills Oakley Thomson Geer Lawyers Clothier Anderson HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Minter Ellison Turks Legal Immigration Lawyers James Dowsley & Moores Varrasso Legal Clyde & Co Associates Nerlich Lawyers Wisewould Mahony Colin Biggers & Paisley K&L Gates Norton Rose Fulbright Lawyers Cornwall Stoddart Kelly Hazell Quill Lawyers Orrick, Herrington & Zervos Lawyers Corrs Chambers Westgarth King & Wood Mallesons Sutcliffe LLP DLA Piper Kliger Partners Ouk Legal Group Erskine Rodan & Associates KPMG Law Patten Robins Lawyers Evans Ellis Lawyers Lamplugh McIntosh Pinsent Masons Lawyers Piper Alderman

LEGAL - COMMUNITY LAW LEGAL - GOVERNMENT Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre Family Violence Protection Legal Service Hume Riverina Community Legal Centre Office of Public Prosecutions South East Community Legal Service Victoria Legal Aid Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office LEGAL - COURTS LEGAL - NGO Family Court of Australia Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Connect Victorian Bar LEGAL - REGULATOR / STATUTORY BODY ACCC Fair Work Commission

BUSINESS Aon Australia PCI Partners Asahi Shimbun PwC Boston Consulting Group Regan Arts Cinelou Films Shell Ernst & Young Shibao1.com IFM Investors Telstra KPMG UNIFIED Macquarie Capital Westpac Macquarie Group Woolworths Limited Nous Group Melbourne Law School

“We are delighted that in the most recent survey, the class of 2014 report an employment rate of 98 per cent, with nearly three quarters employed in law and many others employed in good graduate positions. In a difficult market, this is an outstanding outcome and sets up our graduates well for their careers.” Carolyn Evans Dean, Melbourne Law School Harrison Moore Professor of Law

EMPLOYERS [cont‘d]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NGO Australian Taxation Office Royal Commission Task Group, Uniting Church Australia Department of Education United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Victorian AIDS Council Department of Human Services The Treasury REGULATOR / STATUTORY BODY Tim Watts MP (Federal Member for Gellibrand) ASIC APRA VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT National Disability Insurance Agency Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning Office of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection Department of Premier and Cabinet Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman State Revenue Office Victorian Essential Services Commission Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) UNION EDUCATION United Voice La Trobe University Northcote High SchoolNGO

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