Duncan Cotterill
Graduate Solicitor - Litigation (Jan 2025)
Canterbury
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 60,000 / Year
- Apply by 6 Nov 2024
- Start date 31 Jan 2025 - 31 Mar 2025
We have a rare opportunity available for a Graduate Solicitor to join our Litigation team, starting from February/March 2025 in our Christchurch office.
Every year we welcome a group of graduates across our five national offices. Our national graduate programme is designed to ensure you get maximum support and exposure to a range of work from day one. You will be involved in client work from early on, working together with a variety of our teams, including partners, to achieve the best outcomes for our clients.
Our litigation team is involved in a diverse range of work including insurance, construction and trust disputes - your day to day will be varied, and you will be given ample support as you begin your career.
Your experience at DC:
- Partner Access
- Diverse and interesting work opportunities, including early interaction with clients
- Multiple levels of support from peers, colleagues, partners and other professionals
- Training and development
- Buddy programme
- Regular constructive feedback
- Great culture
- Pro bono and community involvement opportunities
As an ideal candidate you’ll have the following:
- A strong academic record
- Keen attention to detail
- A continuous desire to learn and succeed in whatever you do and;
- An interest in developing your career in civil litigation
Duncan Cotterill is a great starting point for many brilliant careers, and our graduates are given the tools they need to become excellent lawyers. We are very proud of our firm and have been voted winners of the Grad New Zealand Top 100 Graduate Employers for the past 4 years.
Applications close on the 6th of November and will be reviewed following this date.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Helping out with - Sale and Purchase of property - Settlements - Finance - Company resolutions
As a graduate my role is to learn as much as possible and to complete work for a client while under the supervision of a partner. As our office is smaller I have more responsibility and more variety of work than other graduates.
Research, resolutions, bundling, draft emails, memos.
About the employer
Duncan Cotterill
4.3
100 - 500 employees
Law
We value your career. We'll welcome your fresh ideas, include you as part of our client team from day one, and celebrate your success along the way.
Pros and cons of working at Duncan Cotterill
Pros
The firm gets involved in very complex projects and allows grads to be involved in them and provide input into strategy - as a junior, it is cool to be able to observe and contribute to discussions with senior lawyers in that context.
Great emphasis on wellbeing - work-life balance and looking after yourself are encouraged by everyone. It's quite comforting to know that people are genuinely concerned about you.
100% of the people and the work-life balance they promote.
Great mentoring/support. Lots of interesting work. Very social office.
The exposure to a high calibre of work opportunities as well as the firm culture.
Cons
Maybe earning slightly less than grads at other firms. However, the difference is insignificant and not something I'm worried about.
Sometimes things can be a bit disorganised.
Everyone is very friendly and helpful but there's not much out-of-work culture.
Sometimes the level of assistance at work is not as good as it could be.
Grads who live in Auckland and Wellington get paid more than grads who live in Queenstown.