Graduate Program 2025

About Us

Do you want to join a leading NZ private firm? Do you believe in culture lead meritocracy, where your opportunities are only limited by your imagination, and your potential will be nurtured and supported? If so, then Hamilton Locke is the firm you want to begin your legal career with!

Hamilton Locke (NZ) Ltd[1] is free from old firm thinking. Our Leaders are agile and collaborative, delivering a superior experience for our people and clients. Put simply, our environment allows our people to be the best version of themselves, which enables them to do their best work, and ultimately makes our clients happy. This is win-win-win.

We are powered by our ‘people experience’ (PX), and we believe this delivers the best possible 'client experience' (CX). This means we are culture-led, operating with a clear purpose and values-driven leadership model, prioritising personal and professional development. With a clean sheet of paper, we have aligned structure and systems around our strategy. We provide our people with a collaborative environment and modern and integrated technology, allowing them to focus on their jobs without layers of bureaucracy.

Put simply, we have created a work environment based on respect, trust, development, collaboration and innovation.

We put our people’s experience at the centre of everything we do. We are more than just a law firm.

The Opportunities

We are looking for two Legal Graduates to join our firm. You will in either our Property or Litigation Teams and will work across our various practice groups and areas of Law, to commence January 2025.

While based within Property or Litigation you will have the opportunity to work with industry leading legal professionals, across numerous areas of law including Corporate, Banking, Funds & Financial Services, Restructuring and Insolvency. 

About you 

We’re looking for someone who: 

• has completed their law degree, or will do this year; 
• available to work full time commencing January 2025
• wants a supportive, high performing team culture; 
• values being part of a team, takes initiative, accepts responsibility for solving problems and delivering outcomes; 
• is a curious, life-long learner who is open to change, try new things and wants to develop, not just as a professional, but as a person; and 
• is comfortable in ambiguous situations, who is happy to explore new ideas and figure out a way through. 

What’s in it for you  

• We will cover all costs related to your professionals course and admission to NZLS.
• Be mentored in a supportive environment, with access to quality work, great clients and professional development opportunities.  
• A fun, collaborative and high-performing team environment with regular social events and training days.  
• A competitive remuneration package, including equity pursuant to the firm’s ESOP which is under development.  
• An extra week’s leave, as part of our employee personal development program.  
• Full Day birthday leave.  
• Support in building client relationships and your own practice.  

How to Apply? 

If you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button and include your CV, Transcript, and responses to the below Application Questions.  

Application Questions 

1.      Why do you think Hamilton Locke is different? 

2.      At Hamilton Locke our culture and way of operating is guided by our core HALO Values of High Performance, Agility, Leadership and Openness. Of these 4 values which do you relate to the most and why? 

3.      What was your favourite Law subject and why? And what aspects of this area of law do you believe are outdated and need to be modernised? 

Applications close Friday 28^th June 2024. Interviews to commence 10 July 2024.

For more information on Hamilton Locke, please visit https://hamiltonlocke.com.au/ or follow us on LinkedIn here. 

Agency submissions

HPX Group does not accept agency submissions for the Graduate program. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and HPX Group will not be liable for a fee.

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