Maddocks
About Maddocks
Maddocks has close to 90 partners, who work alongside more than 600 people across our offices in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. Our sector areas of focus are in:
Healthcare
Technology
Education
Government
Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities
Property Development
We offer specialist legal expertise in the practice areas of: Employment & Workplace, Corporate & Commercial, Government Advisory, Real Estate, Dispute Resolution & Litigation and Construction.
Our Clients include medium to large private organisations, high net worth individuals and families, ASX200 companies, Commonwealth, State and local governments, leading tech companies, education institutions, not-for-profit organisations and high profile property developers.
We are guided by our core values of integrity, stewardship, collaboration, commitment to doing things better, and respect for the individual and diversity.
From Day One
From Day One you will experience what it’s like to work at Maddocks. This means you will have challenging, meaningful work, gain exposure to clients, be given a good level of responsibility, work in a supportive and collaborative team and have regular access to our partners.
The training you receive throughout your clerkship will ensure you are thoroughly prepared and ready to get involved in and contribute to client work straight away.
The program begins with a comprehensive orientation which includes training and development activities. You will also meet the people you’ll be working with. During the program you will rotate through two practice groups of your preference, with support in each rotation from a buddy and coordinator. You will receive feedback from partners and others you work with, and a feedback review at the end of each rotation.
Of course it’s important to have some fun too and you will have plenty of opportunities to experience life at Maddocks through a range of social and sporting activities.
Beyond Day One
You will have access to top quality work for high calibre clients. This will enable you to develop both your technical legal skills and business acumen on a diverse range of complex and interesting projects.
Working autonomously and collaboratively, you will be supervised, mentored and supported by recognised experts in their respective legal fields at every stage of your career progression. In addition, the firm offers a significant range of outstanding training and development programs tailored to a wide variety of needs and interests.
Maddocks is very proud of and committed to its pro bono program which engages lawyers to contribute to the community in a meaningful way or perhaps your interests and passions will lead to your involvement in one of our Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation projects.
Key Dates, Process and Contact
Here are the important dates for our 2023/24 clerkship program:
Applications open — 5 June 2023
Applications close — 9 July 2023
Offers made — 13 September 2023
Offers must be accepted by — 14 September 2023
Our summer clerk application process includes:
Submitting your CV, cover letter, academic transcript and responding to short answer questions
Attending an information and networking evening
Participating in one interview with a People & Culture representative and a Partner
Attending a cocktail evening with staff and Partners
For more information on career opportunities at Maddocks, please contact:
Samuel Jurd | People & Culture Manager
We recruit our Graduates from our Summer Clerk program and assist them in completing their Practical Legal Training. To discover more about what it’s like to work at Maddocks, visit the link here.