Melbourne JD Outstanding Employment Outcomes

A survey of 2016 Melbourne Law School Juris Doctor (JD) graduates shows strong employment results with 95 per cent of those surveyed in employment. Of those employed, 70 per cent are working as legal graduates (trainees with law firms, solicitors, or judges’ associates) and many others are working in other legal or generalist graduate roles.

The survey, taken 18 months after completion of the Melbourne JD, “It is not only the academic reveals that more than 120 employers from the legal and non-legal sectors skills, but the practical employed our graduates. These employers include international and skills I learned during my study at Melbourne Law national law firms, courts, community legal centres, government School that have helped me departments, statutory bodies and firms in the private sector, in my career. These skills demonstrating the diverse range of careers our graduates go into. not only helped me get a job in the commercial legal The survey had a response rate sector, but have also of 79 per cent. This means the ensured I can make unique data is robust and gives a and valuable contributions realistic picture of employment Melbourne JD graduates in my workplace.” outcomes. The employers are have strong employment Blake Connell listed in the following pages. outcomes with a 95% Melbourne JD Graduate 2016 The class of 2016 survey results employment rate. are consistent with the strong Solicitor (Technology, Media results for the class of 2015, Melbourne Law School class of 2016 and Telecommunications) graduate survey Herbert Smith Freehills which had an employment (conducted 18 months after completion of rate of 96 percent 18 months degree, with a 79% response rate) after graduation. Understanding the survey results

In recent years there has been To help you understand the language used in Data collection summary considerable media attention given the graphs: Melbourne Law School publishes the Careers Outcomes survey annually in the interest of to employment outcomes for law ■■ ‘Legal graduate positions’ include those providing accurate information about job graduates. While the Australian employed as a graduate trainee, a solicitor opportunities for both current and future Government Department of or a judge’s associate. students. Education and Training publishes ■■ ‘Other legal roles’ include 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 with barristers. reported to us but are also correlated with is collected only four months after ■■ ‘Other graduate positions’ are formal data from other sources, for example, from graduation and does not include programs primarily in the government our 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 careers outcomes for our graduates in recent years. We know that while some students find ■■ ‘Other general roles’ include a diverse range employment directly after law school, others of positions that are not part of a formal The fact that we have certain outcomes in can take longer to do so. Many law graduates graduate program and might not require a a given year does not guarantee that those can still be completing their practical legal law degree. results will be consistent over time; the training (PLT) 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 completion of their degree

Employment Outcomes: 2016 JD graduates, Employment Outcomes: 2015 JD graduates, 18 months after graduating 18 months after graduating

4.5% 0.5% 2% 2%

11% 17.5% 6%

4.5% 10% 3%

70% 69%

Legal graduate positions Legal graduate positions Other graduate positions Other graduate positions Other legal roles Other legal roles Other general roles Other general roles Continuing to look for work Continuing to look for work Undertaking full-time study Undertaking full-time study Employers

The organisations listed here hired ■■ Kelvin Chia Yangon Ltd EDUCATION Melbourne Law School graduates ■■ King & Wood Mallesons ■■ Judicial College of Victoria from the JD class of 2016. The list ■■ Lander & Rogers ■■ RMIT University provides a useful reminder to current ■■ Lexvoco ■■ Trinity College and future law students about the ■■ Ligeti Partners Lawyers ■■ University of Melbourne (Networked Society range of careers in which a law ■■ Lincoln Lawyers & Consultants Institute) ■ degree is considered valuable. ■■ Linklaters ■ University of New South Wales ■ ■■ Victoria University LAW FIRMS ■ Maddocks ■ ■■ Marshalls + Dent + Wilmoth Lawyers ■ Abrahams Meese Lawyers BUSINESS ■ ■■ Addleshaw Goddard ■ Maurice Blackburn ■■ Bopo Womens ■ ■■ Adviceline Injury Lawyers ■ Mills Oakley ■■ Coles ■ ■■ Aitken Partners ■ MinterEllison ■■ Deague Group ■ ■■ Allens ■ MolinoCahill Lawyers ■■ Deloitte ■ ■■ Arnold Bloch Leibler ■ Nevile & Co Commercial Lawyers ■■ Dixon Appointments ■ ■■ Arnold Thomas & Becker ■ Norton Rose Fulbright ■■ EY ■ ■■ Ashurst ■ Partners Legal ■■ Flagstaff Partners ■ ■■ Atticus Lawyers & Advisors ■ Piper Alderman ■■ Goldman Sachs ■ ■■ Australian Family Lawyers ■ Planning & Property Partners ■■ Good Cycles ■ ■■ Baker McKenzie ■ Plexus ■■ KPMG ■ ■■ Bespoke ■ Rotstein Commercial Lawyers ■■ Macquarie Group ■ ■■ Breyer Rechtsanwälte ■ Russell Kennedy Lawyers ■■ Marriner Group ■ ■■ Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers ■ Slater and Gordon ■■ National Australia Bank ■ ■■ CIE Legal ■ Stan Kwong & Associates ■■ Neota Logic ■ ■■ Clayton Utz ■ Tao Jiang Lawyers ■■ PwC ■ ■■ Clothier Anderson Immigration Lawyers ■ TF Grundy Lawyer ■■ Singapore Airlines ■ ■■ Colin Biggers & Paisley ■ Thomson Geer ■■ SIPS ■ ■■ Cornwall Stodart ■ Unfair Dismissals Direct ■■ SNB Accounting ■ ■■ Corrs Chambers Westgarth ■ V Lin & Co Solicitors ■■ Statecraft ■ ■■ Davies Collison Cave ■ Viska Lawyers & Advisors ■■ Suncorp Group ■■ Dawes & Vary Riordan ■■ White & Case ■■ De Silva Hebron Barristers and Solicitors ■■ WMB Lawyers FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ■■ Australian Taxation Office ■■ DLA Piper LEGAL – COMMUNITY LAW ■■ Department of Communications ■■ Doogue + George ■■ Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and the Arts ■■ FB Rice ■■ Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles ■■ Department of Human Services ■ ■ Gadens ■■ North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency ■ ■ Gilbert + Tobin ■■ Victoria Legal Aid VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ■■ Hall & Wilcox ■■ Department of Health and Human Services ■■ Harding Stenning & Co Lawyers LEGAL – GOVERNMENT ■■ Department of Premier and Cabinet ■ ■■ Hentys Lawyers ■ Attorney General’s Department ■■ Environmental Protection Authority Victoria ■ ■■ Herbert Smith Freehills ■ Victorian Government Solicitor's Office ■■ Level Crossing Removal Authority ■■ Hiways Law ■■ Transport Accident Commission LEGAL – COURTS ■ ■■ Victoria Police ■ HMB Employment Lawyers ■■ County Court of Victoria ■■ Holding Redlich ■ ■ Family Court of Australia OTHER GOVERNMENT ■■ Hoyle Da Silva Lawyers ■■ Federal Circuit Court of Australia ■■ Anindilyakwa Land Council ■■ Hunan Tiandiren Law Firm ■■ Federal Court of Australia ■■ Office of the Auditor General of Alberta ■ ■ Hunt & Hunt ■■ Supreme Court of New South Wales ■ ■ Hutchinson Legal ■■ Supreme Court of Victoria NGO ■ ■■ HWL Ebsworth ■ Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ■ ■■ Justitia Lawyers & Consultants LEGAL – TRIBUNAL ■ International Commission of Jurists ■ ■ ■■ K&L Gates ■ Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ■ Uniting Church in Australia ■ ■■ Kah Lawyers ■ Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association “Our survey of the Melbourne JD class of 2016 revealed an employment rate of 95 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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