Forget everything you think you know about law firms.
If you’re ready to start your legal career, we’ve found a better way.
Applications for our 2025 Graduate Program have now closed.
Law Squared is a Human Centred Law firm with an ambitious mission to change the conversations people have about lawyers.
We are unique in the way that we seek to understand how our clients and their businesses tick, and build deep and meaningful relationships with them. We do not operate on billable hours, have no financial budgets for individual lawyers and have removed traditional hierarchical titles.
Law Squared offers a distinctive way of working for graduates with rotations across our key practice areas; Employment + Workplace Relations, Commercial, Corporate; Disputes + Litigation, plus an onboarding with Digital + Innovation to master our leading edge legal tech.
Launch your legal career
What to expect
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Law Squared Graduates rotate through each of our four legal practice groups over a 12 month period. Graduates also complete an initial onboarding with our Digital + Innovation team, bringing them up to speed with our leading edge Legal Operations and Tech so they are ready to hit the ground running.
Graduates will have immediate exposure to client matters and be involved in a range of client relationship building and partnership events.
Balancing work, study and life can be tricky so our graduates are offered additional study leave (up to 10 days) and can take advantage of our firm-wide flexible work model.
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At Law Squared, we tailor your Learning + Development to support your specific career goals and aspirations. We believe in collaboration at all levels, so Graduates will work with People + Operations to set goals, identify commercial skills and technical legal training required.
In the first month, Graduates will undertake an initial rotation within the Digital + Innovation team to build their familiarity with Law Squared’s leading edge technology stack, ensuring they are equipped for the legal rotations ahead.
Outside formal training, Graduates will start building real world legal expertise by working directly on client matters from the get go, learning from experienced peers and building positive, productive relationships with clients.
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Law Squared will:
• Offer full-time employment for12 month period at competitive graduate salary
• Cover the cost of your PLT and admission
• Provide up to 10 days paid leave (additional to annual leave entitlements) to attend and carry out assessments required to complete PLT
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The Law Squared graduate program is open to all Graduates across Australia - noting Graduates will need to relocate to Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane to take up their Graduate position.
Candidates for the Law Squared graduate program will need to:
→ have completed their relevant law degree (either LLB or JD);
→ have not completed PLT previously,
→ have not been admitted to practice in Australia, or hold a practising certification prior to or during the graduate program; and
→ be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
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Unlike other law firms, we don’t want to see your academic transcript or cover letter. We know there’s more to you than your exam results.
So be creative. Send us a video, a story, a photo, a poem, or even write us a song! Help us get to know the real you; what drives you, what you’re passionate about and why we need you on the team.
Once applications open on Monday 2 September 2024 and you’ve readied your creative submission, there are just two simple steps to apply:
Follow the Apply Now link to our Graduate Application page, complete the application form with your contact details, answer some basic questions about your eligibility, attach your CV, then submit.
Next - and just as importantly, send your creative submission to [email protected] Remember this can be in any file format (PDF, JPEG, PowerPoint, MP3. audio file, MP4 video file etc). Please clearly mark this with your preferred contact details.
Applications are open from Monday 2 September - 20 September 2024.
If you have any further questions about the application process or making your submission, please reach out via [email protected]
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Applications Open - Monday 2 September 2024
Applications Close: Friday 20 September 2024
Offers Made: November 2024
Graduate Program starts: January 2025
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Applications to the 2025 Graduate Program have now closed.
Hear from past graduates
The Law Squared Graduate Program has ben an outstanding start to the legal profession. A truly different law firm, Law Squared’s core values anchor around inspiring concepts for any young lawyer starting out. Aside from the technical knowledge I developed, the experience I have had so far, has provided me with a fantastic foundational understanding of the legal career I wish to have.
Jackson Alves, 2023 Law Squared Graduate
Who we’re looking for…
We’re not interested in your academic transcript or cover letter.
We’re looking for builders – people who are:
Authentic
Bring fresh perspectives
Care deeply, but challenge directly
Life-long learners
Passionate about building relationships with our clients
Ready to be part of a unique Human Centred culture, like no other law firm globally