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King & Wood Mallesons

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4.5
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

King & Wood Mallesons Graduate Programs & Internships

  • Law

About Us

Recognised as one of the world’s most innovative law firms, King & Wood Mallesons offers a different perspective to commercial thinking and the client experience.

We have almost 3000 lawyers in 28 locations around the world working with clients to help them understand local challenges, navigate through regional complexity, and to find commercial solutions that deliver a competitive advantage for our clients.

As a leading international law firm headquartered in Asia, we help clients to open doors and unlock opportunities as they look to Asian markets to unleash their full potential.  Combining an unrivalled depth of expertise and breadth of relationships in our core markets, we are connecting Asia to the world, and the world to Asia.

Why KWM?

We want to be the law firm clients love to work with and a great place to work and grow for our people. It’s important to us and our clients that our people find working at KWM an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

With a growth mindset and innovation in our DNA, we partner with our clients to bring to life pioneering solutions which will help them to adapt, reinvent and evolve. We believe innovation comes from giving our people room to grow, and as such actively encourage input and ideas from all levels of the firm.

Growth conversations and real-time feedback is also a priority.  So, whether it’s more targeted and meaningful conversations around professional and personal development, regular feedback, coaching or developing infrastructure, we want to help our people grow.

We are committed to making KWM a Great Place to Work and Grow – a place where we maximise both performance and wellbeing in a sustainable way to enable our people to flourish. We know that an engaged and motivated KWM team enhances our own experience, the experience we give to each other and the experience of our clients.

With us, you will play a key role in shaping the future of the firm and we invest heavily in development to support you in fulfilling your greatest potential.

Your learning & development experience

At KWM, we believe in giving our people trust and autonomy, but you are supported every step of the way with world class training, coaching and hands on experience.

KWM’s market leading Graduate Experience Program is designed to positively enhance your graduate learning experience. It is aligned with the firm’s strategic priorities and will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need for professional and personal growth.

Our graduates are critical to the success and evolution of our business. At King & Wood Mallesons, we let you go beyond the law to become what you want to be.

You will be offered a unique training experience with multiple rotations and a bespoke comprehensive learning and development program. We invest heavily in learning and development to support you in fulfilling your potential.

Our Graduate Experience Program provides a practical business foundation for junior lawyers where you will learn:

  • Meaningful work covering a wide range of practice areas;
  • Client contact and an in-depth understanding of how they operate in a commercial and regulatory environment;
  • The opportunity to work with a range of partners, senior associates and solicitors in different practice groups;
  • A practical understanding of areas of our legal practice; and
  • Participation in graduate bootcamps designed to upskill our lawyers of the future across our suite of LegalTech tools.

As part of the Graduate Experience Program, we also offer a Practical Legal Training (PLT) course with the College of Law to our Australian Law Graduates, ensuring that you meet the requirements for admission to legal practice.

Innovation is at the heart of our growth mindset

Innovation is at the heart of our growth mindset. We know our clients’ needs continue to evolve and we have invested in a Transformation programme designed to uplift our digital literacy and capability to continually enhance the delivery of outcomes for clients. Through Transformation at KWM we are driving our people’s development, equipping them with future-critical skills via a series of connected learning resources. Our KWM Graduates participate in our Digital Bootcamps, designed to upskill our lawyers of the future across our suite of LegalTech tools.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity for us is not optional - it is fundamental to our business success and to creating our great place to work and grow.

Diverse teams cultivate different ideas, make unique contributions, and offer innovative solutions. With an international client base such as ours, diversity enables us to deliver a service that reflects our clients’ needs and deliver an exceptional client experience.

Our key diversity and inclusion priority areas are:

  • Advancing gender equality
  • Mainstreaming flexible ways of working
  • Strengthening our cultural diversity and capability
  • Strengthening LGBTI inclusion
  • Creating more pathways towards Indigenous inclusion via our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and Indigenous Attraction, Employment & Retention Strategy

In addition, one of our core inclusion priorities is to lead in wellbeing through a focus on both the everyday experience of our people and evaluating and redesigning the systems in our business model. Our approach to wellbeing is both preventative and holistic, encompassing physical, psychological, intellectual, and social wellbeing.

Graduate Reviews

Overall Score
4.5
Overall score based on 11 reviews
They Score Best in…
9.0
Culture
8.7
Salary
9.2
Training
9.0
Culture
8.7
Salary
9.2
Training
What Graduates Say About Them
  • Working with bright and kind people is the best work for great clients.
  • The people! Everyone is really nice and welcoming. There isn't the snobby pretentious stereotype that is expected at a big six law firm. Level 60 Cafe is also incredible.
  • The people are super friendly and welcoming, and it's such a great learning environment.
  • Very respectful and diverse environment where everyone is a pleasure to work with and seniors are genuinely interested in your learning and development. Strong sense of community with fellow graduates. Challenging but very interesting work. Good support network for graduates.
  • Great environment. Lots of support. Very engaging work and engaged colleagues. A graduate cohort. Pay.
  • The hours can sometimes be long, but you expect that from any top-tier law firm.
  • I'm really not sure. Maybe the hours?
  • The hours can be long and the workload heavy.
  • The office could be nicer.
  • Managing expectations.

Jobs & Opportunities

Locations With Jobs & Opportunities
  • Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra
Hiring candidates with qualifications in
B
Business & Management
I
IT & Computer Science
L
Law, Legal Studies & Justice
Current Jobs & Opportunities

Graduate Job

Sydney
We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Graduate to join KWM’s Finance Graduate Program based in our Sydney office.
Applications Close
27 Aug 2024
Start Date
28 Jan 2025 - 28 Feb 2025
Salary
AUD 65,000 - 80,000 / Year

Internship, Clerkship or Placement

Brisbane
Work with exceptional colleagues, undertake meaningful work and reach your personal and professional goals at KWM.
Applications Close
11 Aug 2024
Salary
AUD 70,000 - 80,000 / Year


Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories
During my time as a paralegal and clerk, I worked with some great people and really liked the culture of the firm, so at the end of the process, I knew this was the firm I wanted to work at. 

Amaryllis Tian

  • Graduate stories
During my time as a paralegal and clerk, I worked with some great people and really liked the culture of the firm, so at the end of the process, I knew this was the firm I wanted to work at. 

Amaryllis Tian

  • Graduate stories
The formal and informal support is unrivalled at KWM, and there was never a moment where I felt that I couldn’t ask someone a question.

Nathan Finch

  • Graduate stories
The formal and informal support is unrivalled at KWM, and there was never a moment where I felt that I couldn’t ask someone a question.

Nathan Finch

  • Graduate stories
During my time as a paralegal and clerk, I worked with some great people and really liked the culture of the firm, so at the end of the process, I knew this was the firm I wanted to work at. 

Amaryllis Tian

  • Graduate stories
During my time as a paralegal and clerk, I worked with some great people and really liked the culture of the firm, so at the end of the process, I knew this was the firm I wanted to work at. 

Amaryllis Tian

  • Graduate stories
The formal and informal support is unrivalled at KWM, and there was never a moment where I felt that I couldn’t ask someone a question.

Nathan Finch

  • Graduate stories
The formal and informal support is unrivalled at KWM, and there was never a moment where I felt that I couldn’t ask someone a question.

Nathan Finch


A Day In The Life Of


  • Day in the life

Jing Wang

Jing Wang studied a Juris Doctor and is now a Solicitor at King & Wood Mallesons.
  • Day in the life

Jing Wang

Jing Wang studied a Juris Doctor and is now a Solicitor at King & Wood Mallesons.
  • Day in the life

Aisling Scott

Tasks like this are time consuming, but rewarding.  I even get a “great work” email from the Senior Associate I am helping.
  • Day in the life

Aisling Scott

Tasks like this are time consuming, but rewarding.  I even get a “great work” email from the Senior Associate I am helping.
  • Day in the life

Jing Wang

Jing Wang studied a Juris Doctor and is now a Solicitor at King & Wood Mallesons.
  • Day in the life

Jing Wang

Jing Wang studied a Juris Doctor and is now a Solicitor at King & Wood Mallesons.
  • Day in the life

Aisling Scott

Tasks like this are time consuming, but rewarding.  I even get a “great work” email from the Senior Associate I am helping.
  • Day in the life

Aisling Scott

Tasks like this are time consuming, but rewarding.  I even get a “great work” email from the Senior Associate I am helping.

Advice


King & Wood Mallesons - Frequently Asked Questions

Here's what you need to know about The Clerkship and Graduate Program at King & Wood Mallesons

Six tips for graduates wanting to get hired at King & Wood Mallesons

With its headquarters in Hong Kong, and 27 offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, King & Wood Mallesons is a truly global law firm, and the sixth largest in the world.

King & Wood Mallesons - Frequently Asked Questions

Here's what you need to know about The Clerkship and Graduate Program at King & Wood Mallesons

Six tips for graduates wanting to get hired at King & Wood Mallesons

With its headquarters in Hong Kong, and 27 offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, King & Wood Mallesons is a truly global law firm, and the sixth largest in the world.