Career Development
1. Life After Law School
2. 2020 EY Oceania Tax Consulting Challenge
Can you solve a business challenge faced by a growing number of companies in the age of digital disruption?
If you’ve got an interest in business and a problem-solving mindset, EY’s Tax Consulting Challenge is for you! Demonstrate your analytical ability and you could win an EY internship. Our Oceania winner will also jet off to Amsterdam in November 2020 to participate in the International Final.
No prior tax knowledge or experience is required so seize the opportunity to get ahead of your peers!
How to enter the Challenge
- Go to www.ey.com/au/tcc to access the TCC case study and submit your entry by 11.59pm, Monday 13 April 2020 (AEST).
- Shortlisted entries will be selected and notified no later than 7 days prior to the Regional Final and the entrants will be invited to present their case study recommendations to a EY Tax Partner/s in the week commencing 4 May 2020.
- EY will select state winners who will attend the Oceania Final on 20 May 2020 in Melbourne.
- The Oceania Final will incorporate individual and group challenges, information and informal networking sessions. The panel of judges will nominate an overall winner to represent EY Oceania at the international competition hosted in Amsterdam in November 2020. The overall winner of this global competition will receive an all-expenses paid around the world trip to visit EY Tax centres in London, New York and Hong Kong.
Fine print
Entrants must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or hold (Australian or New Zealand) Permanent Residency in the country in which they are studying and applying. The competition is open to undergraduate, postgraduate or masters students from any degree discipline, graduating between 2021–2023.
3. Supreme Court of WA associateships
Applications are invited for a number of positions as personal staff to Judicial Officers at the Supreme Court of Western Australia. The length of tenure for each position is 12 or 24 months (commencing January 2021). The relevant positions will be identified in the latter part of 2020.
Prospective applicants should possess the following attributes:
- A law degree, or nearly completed law degree;
- A high level of academic achievement (Honours or equivalent is desirable, but not essential);
- High-level research and analytical skills;
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills; and
- Editorial skills are an advantage.
For more information on each position and to apply see here. Please note applications close Friday 20 March).
4. EY student and graduate programs – apply now
Applications for the EY Vacationer and Graduate Programs are now open. For more information see here.
Applications close on Thursday 26 March.
5. Aurora Internship – Winter 2020
The Aurora Internship Program has contributed to capacity building for Indigenous and Indigenous-sector organisations by placing over 2,700 talented and passionate interns over 14 years.
The Program continues to place students and graduates with varied backgrounds including law at Indigenous sector organisations involved in native title, land rights, justice, policy and community development, health, social welfare and research, Australia wide.
Applications for the Winter program are open until 5:00pm AEST Friday 27 March. For more information see here.
6. Propel program at KWM
Are you looking to develop a career in China’s Greater Bay Area?
An exciting opportunity to be trained in Hong Kong and Guangzhou or Shenzhen at a leading international law firm and become qualified in the PRC is here.
In King & Wood Mallesons International Center’s award-winning 2-year Propel training program, you will gain exposure over two legal jurisdictions and work on cross-border matters, rotating through different practice groups in KWM’s Hong Kong and South China offices.
KWM’s Propel program was commended by the Financial Times for designing the “first international graduate recruitment programme focused on China’s Greater Bay Area initiative”, in the category of Managing and Developing Talent, Financial Times Asia Pacific Innovative Lawyers Report 2019.
Click here if you are interested to learn about opportunities at KWM available in the GBA.
Applications are now open until Sunday 19 April 2020 – click here or scan the QR code to apply.
7. EY Tax Insights Event (Monday 16 March)
Join EY to learn more about EY’s Tax career opportunities and how you can enter a competition that could see you:
- Develop your case study skills
- Network with industry professionals
- Win a paid internship in EY Tax
- Win a trip to Amsterdam!
Date: Monday 16 March 2020
Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm
Venue: EY, 8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, 3000
Dress: Business
RSVP essential here by 10 March
Note: All confirmed guests will be contacted by 11 March 2020 with specific event details.
8. Monitor Deloitte (Thursday 19 March)
Monitor Deloitte, founded by Michael Porter, is the strategy consulting practice of Deloitte. With 1200+ practitioners globally, Monitor Deloitte helps their clients grow, transform and reinvent themselves by resolving their most critical decisions concerning where to play and how to win in their market. Their offerings include Corporate & Business Unit Strategy, Growth Strategy, Business Transformation, M&A, Customer and Digital Strategy.
At this event you will meet the team from Monitor Deloitte and discover upcoming career opportunities.
Date: Thursday 19 March
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Clayton Campus, more details upon registration
9. EY Interview Insights (Friday 20 March)
Are you preparing for an interview or an experience that lasts a lifetime? Please join EY for an interview skills session and pizza lunch to get valuable insights for your interview preparation.
When: Friday 20 March
Where: EY, 8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, 3000
Dress: Business
RSVP essential here by 12 March
Note: All confirmed guests will be contacted by 13 March 2020 with specific event details.
10. The Big Meet (Friday 27 March)
The Big Meet – Melbourne 2020
Date: Friday 27 March
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Venue: Palladium at Crown, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank
Cost: Free
Registration: RSVP essential here
11. UniSuper: inside guide to law and governance (Friday 15 May)
UniSuper has designed a boardroom experience for select Monash University law students which is designed:
- to broaden your knowledge of in-house career paths accessible to law graduates
- to increase your knowledge of superannuation
- to experience what it means to be an in-house practitioner.
Date: Friday 15 May
Time: Arrive from 9.00am for a 9.30am commencement, ending at 3:45pm
Venue: UniSuper – Level 1, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000
Dress code: Business attire
Please note: Places are limited, so apply here by Thursday 9 April to secure your spot.