Employers and the Careers Office
Melbourne Law School is in the unique position of having a Careers Office within the faculty. This service provides our students with comprehensive career advice throughout their entire law degree and allows them to start planning their careers from the very beginning of their studies.
Having a Careers Office focussed specifically on law students allows for greater opportunities to forge links between employers and current students at an early stage in their studies. It also provides an opportunity for innovative recruitment strategies to be developed with employers.
The Office is in regular contact with law firms and other employers, as well as the Law Institute of Victoria, to ensure that our students are armed with the requisite skills, experience, information and contacts to successfully make the transition from law school to legal practice.
In 2008 the Melbourne Law School became a fully graduate law school. Our final intake of LLB students was in 2007 and we will continue to teach a full LLB program until those students graduate in 2012.
In 2008 the Law School also began to teach the new 3-year Juris Doctor (JD) program for graduates. Further information about the JD is available from the JD website. We are very happy to visit your firm to discuss the new JD program, and indeed, the LLB. Please email the Careers Office on law.careers@unimelb.edu.au if you would like to arrange a meeting.
The Careers Office is keen to work with you to achieve your recruitment needs and to further the career development of our students.
- The Law School is actively developing internship and seasonal clerkship opportunities for our students. We would welcome any opportunities you may be able to offer and would be pleased to work with you to develop such programs
- Employers are welcome to make presentations to students at the Law School to promote their firm and to conduct recruitment interviews on campus
- The Employment pages of this website advertise jobs to students. This is a free service to employers. Simply send an advertisement to us - we will distribute it free-of-charge to our 2000 strong student body
- You are welcome to send us your firm's marketing materials for inclusion in our Careers Resource room
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to become involved in any of our programs or to discuss recruitment issues.
Melbourne Law School Careers Office
p: 8344 8094
e: law-careers@unimelb.edu.au
w: http://careers.law.unimelb.edu.au
The services that the Careers Office offers to students includes:
- Individual consultations by appointment
- Careers Information
- Employment Opportunities
- Events
- International Students
- Melbourne Law School Mentor Program
- Melbourne Law School and Victorian Bar Research Assistant Scheme
- Weekly e-bulletin
- Scholarships
- Skills development programs in conjunction with the the Office for Teaching and Learning in Law