The UQLS has a full careers calendar. Events include the Professional Drinks Evening, Employer Presentation Series and a variety of different Careers Seminars. The information on this page is here to help you through the various application processes.
Latest Update (as of October 24, 2008)
DPP Internship for 2008-2009 applications are now opened. Click here for more information.
With all the clerkship and graduate recruitment done for the year, Tristan and Rola would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone all the best for their final exams and the summer. We hope you have found all the information on this website and the various careers seminars throughout the year helpful. All the best!
Congratulations to Matt Floro to his election to VP of Careers and Publications 2009 and Jess Whitby to her election as the Careers Officer of 2009.
Allens Arthur Robinson, one of Australia's premier top-tier law firms, will be hosting two seminars covering the all-important topics of resume writing skills and interview technique. In addition HR representatives from Allens will be on hand to answer any questions about the firm and its clerkship and graduate recruitment programs. The seminars will be held on Wednesday Sept 17, 2008 and Tuesday October 7, 2008. For more details of these two presentations please click here.
Want to get the 'insider's edge' in securing THAT grad job? Register for a BEL Faculty Careers Seminar and get the insider's guide to surviving interviews, assessment centres etc. For more information about this please click here.
Looking for a law related part-time job? Please look under the 'Job Advertisments' below link or click here to find all the latest vacancies that have been sent to the UQLS.
UBS is offering a 9 week summer internship program in its Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong Offices for penultimate Australian students. For more information about this oppotunity please click here
Graduating and still looking for a graduate position for 2009? Blake Dawson still has some graduate positions open to the general market (i.e. individuals who did not do a summer clerkship with them). For more information on how to apply please click here.
Interested in careers other than law? See the UQLS Guide to key recruitment dates for investment banks, accounting firms and consulting firms under the 'Investment Banks, Accounting Firms and Consulting Recruitment Guidelines' link below.
Interested in overseas law firms and opportunities? The UQLS Careers Team has added information about clerkships and graduate positions at HK, USA and UK firms. Click on the 'Overseas Law Firms Recruitment Guidelines' below for more information.
There have been changes to the dates for summer and winter clerkship applications for 2008. See the Recruitment Guidelines link below for more information on the clerkship dates for Brisbane.
Clerkship applications for Sydney will open on July 2, 2008 for the summer intake.
In place of summer or winter clerkships, Phillips Fox DLA Brisbane office offers a 12 month paralegal program (sometimes longer) for undergraduate law students. For further information on how to apply click here or contact Christine Guy, Human Resources Consultant at christine.guy@dlaphillipsfox.com
Legal Directions 2008 is now avaliable. Hard copies are avaliable from the UQLS office. An electronic version of Legal Directions 2008 can be downloaded by clicking here.
More Information
- Job Advertisements
- Past Events
- Brisbane Recruitment Guidelines
- Sydney Recruitment Guidelines
- Overseas Law Firms Recruitment Guidelines
- Investment Banks, Accounting Firms and Consulting Recruitment Guidelines
