2025 Law Clerk

2 weeks ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Russell McVeagh Full time

Russell McVeagh is New Zealand's premier law firm committed to operating at the cutting edge of legal practice. Our award-winning team of lawyers across Auckland |Tāmaki Makaurau and Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara are internationally recognised and work on Aotearoa New Zealand's most significant and highly complex transactions.

Our values of Respect, Curiosity, Excellence and Tenacity reflect who we are and how we work together. We actively encourage diversity and are committed to the success of all our people.

**About the opportunity**:
We have an exciting opportunity for law graduates to join our 2025 law clerk programme in our Litigation team based in Wellington.

Our market-leading Litigation practice is at the forefront of the New Zealand legal market for dispute resolution. Our lawyers advise New Zealand's biggest corporates across a wide range of sectors, on complex disputes including large cross-border and NZX listed matters, significant class actions, major construction project disputes, and insolvency and restructuring litigation.

As a law clerk at Russell McVeagh you will:

- Work with some of the leading lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand, on some of the most significant cases and transactions;
- Be supported as you transition from university to your professional life, including with your professional studies and admission to the Bar;
- Participate in a comprehensive induction programme, 12 months law clerk development programme and ongoing training;
- Have a wide network of peers and seniors to lean on; and
- Have a meaningful and enjoyable start of your career.

Law clerkship at Russell McVeagh will provide you with fantastic opportunities for growth while you are involved in a variety of interesting work in our supportive, collaborative and social environment.

**About you**:
We are looking for students who are in the last year of their law degree (planning to finish university studies by the end of 2024 and be available to start in early 2025) and have:

- A strong interest in commercial law;
- A strong interest in Litigation as a practise area;
- A strong academic record;
- Drive, ambition, and a positive attitude;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; and
- Share our values of Respect, Curiosity, Excellence and Tenacity.

**Benefits**:
We offer a wide range of employee benefits focused on supporting our Law Clerks to succeed and thrive, some of which include:

- Competitive remuneration package;
- Sign-on bonus;
- Relocation allowance if transferring cities;
- Support, coaching, and considered training and development programmes to assist with your transition into the workforce;
- Annual wellness subsidy; and
- Team charity days, sports days, annual ball, and regular team events.

**Application**:
Applications close 8am on Monday, 29 April 2024.

**Written Exercise**

We have found cover letters to often contain a wide range of information. Instead, to make it easier for you to know what to include, we just need you to answer 3 questions. This helps us understand a little more about you in a fair and consistent way.
- Tell us what a typical week looks like for you? (This could include your study, work, volunteering, family | whānau, community, sport, culture, anything that you typically spend time doing in a usual week).
- What appeals to you about working in commercial law and Russell McVeagh?
- Russell McVeagh's values are 'Curiosity', 'Excellence', 'Tenacity' and 'Respect'. Thinking of these values, why do you believe you make a great addition as a Law Clerk at Russell McVeagh?

Your answers should not exceed one page total, and ideally should be submitted in a PDF format.

We believe in enabling a supportive and inclusive workplace for everyone. Click here for further information about Russell McVeagh's diversity and inclusion vision and commitment.

Our firm is invested in achieving transformational change and having a positive impact - and our 2023 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Report captures our firm's progress on our commitment to helping to shape a sustainable and thriving Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read our 2023 report, 'Our Contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand | Tō tatou ki Aotearoa' here.

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