Summer clerkships 2009/2010

[LA88]

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done!

[subdued123]

Thank you everyone. You've helped to fulfill a lifelong dream and you have also reaffirmed my faith in humanity.

[melsc]

I know this is digging up an almost dead thread but have an interview with Addisons, does anyone else? After so many rejections and no offers I am so over this, any tips for someon who got a few interviews but no offers?

[LA88]

Find out about your interviewer and highlight things on your CV during the interview that they would appreciate. It is generally my experience that people form connections with others that remind them a little bit of themselves. So if you have an interviewer who used to play club rugby, and you barrack for the All Blacks, try and steer the conversation in that direction.

You're often told that interviewers look for people who fit their culture. But what is the culture and how do they decide who fits? Simple. They look for people who remind them of themselves.

Keep these things in mind when you're preparing for the interview and I'm sure you'll be fine.

[Tabris]

Just a question, does anyone know whats the progression or attrition rate after finishing the graduate program.....i.e. welcomed into the firm after your graduate rotations?

[flamearrows]

Originally Posted by Tabris

Just a question, does anyone know whats the progression or attrition rate after finishing the graduate program.....i.e. welcomed into the firm after your graduate rotations?

I remember at the Minter Ellison cocktail evening one of the partners mentioned that it was significant - "a few people a year", which would be a moderate slice of the graduates going through their offices.

Still, that's really a competence sort of thing by that point I think.

[chewy123]

What do people mean when they say "do articles"?

[LA88]

As far as I understand, 'articles' refers to an 'articled clerkship'. Whether that is the forerunner to the summer clerkship I'm not sure.

[BOSnewbie]

Originally Posted by chewy123

What do people mean when they say "do articles"?

In Victoria at least, up until this year or last year, law students could do an articled clerkship ('articles') after graduating from uni. As I understand it, this involves getting legal experience at a law firm (basically full time work), and at the end of the 1 year period you can qualify as a solicitor.