Early Careers Stories & Insights

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Hear directly from our grads and clerks as they share their experience and insight into life at Hall & Wilcox. Check out their blog posts, videos and podcast episodes below.

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Hear from our people

Matt outlines how everyone’s willingness to help, the development programs for lawyers at all stages of their career, and the emphasis put on our people being satisfied at work makes Hall & Wilcox a great place to work.

Monique is a self-defined ‘Hall & Wilcox gal’. She loves how the firm is progressing her career by allowing her to have her own brand, offering her interesting work and providing mentoring opportunities.

Jovan’s journey with Hall & Wilcox started in high school. He explains why he’s invested 10 years of his career here, how he feels backed by his supervising partners, and the development opportunities and career satisfaction that comes from being involved in pro bono work.

Todd talks about the firm’s transparency around career progression, the exciting client base that’s developing as the firm expands, and how our Smarter Law approach goes beyond technology to a mindset of continuous development and growth.

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Four things I’ve loved about working as a graduate in insurance law

I am a graduate here at Hall & Wilcox in Perth, and have just completed my first rotation of three. This one was in Insurance Recoveries, a team that assists...

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Seasonal clerks: what we learned and what we bring to the legal profession

Keeping an open mind, trying everything on offer and learning how to put legal theory into practice: these are just some of the valuable insights our seasonal clerks gained during...

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From Melbourne to Brisbane and back again: how I became a lawyer

By Jordan Beveridge Hi! I’m Jordan Beveridge, a first-year lawyer at Hall & Wilcox in Melbourne. After completing a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Criminology at La Trobe...

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Embracing unconventional paths: a law graduate’s journey

As someone with a background in the creative arts field, if you had told me five years ago that I would be working as a lawyer at a commercial law...

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Steps taken: from Paralegal to Graduate Lawyer

By Sean Kempel I would be lying if I said that I did not have my doubts stepping into a paralegal role. I wondered: am I the right fit for...

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Our People - Charlie Renney's story

Your roots and educational experiences inform who you are and what you stand for and likely equip you better for your graduate year than you first might think. What's your...

Our graduates uncover what life is like as a graduate at Hall & Wilcox in our podcast, providing tips and tricks on how to prepare for applications and interviews, answering your burning graduate and clerkship questions, and delving into what the path looks like from grad to partner.

Listen to full episodes of Smarter Lawcast with Hall & Wilcox on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox or Youtube Podcasts.