You’ll also need intelligence to tackle the most interesting of legal scenarios, energy to absorb new concepts and changing laws, and a willingness to work productively with lots of different people. We don’t expect that you’ll be a gun at all of these things straight away, but when we meet you at interview we’ll be curious to learn more about your potential to handle these things in the future, based on the skills and experience you’ve already built through studying law (combined with other disciplines like arts, commerce and science) and any legal and non-legal part-time work, volunteer work and university activities you’ve tackled. A carefully prepared and professionally presented application letter and CV are the key to maximising your potential to secure an interview, and offer an excellent opportunity for you to identify the skills and attributes that you believe will be of value to our firm. In addition to setting out your key skills and experience, you should also consider: • Whether you have expressed who you are - be yourself, we want to see your personality shine through! • • • Your interests and hobbies - we recruit people who are passionate about their career in law, but who are also interested in things outside the law! What you can offer our firm and why we should recruit you What attracts you to working with Lander & Rogers, eg how have you demonstrated that you are genuinely interested in our firm? See our website to learn more about the experiences of our people, such as what they do and who their clients are, why they chose Lander & Rogers, and why they choose to stay with us. www.landers.com.au. Summer Clerk Profile Beth Mulock 2012/2013 Summer Clerk Workplace Relations & Safety, Insurance Law & Litigation & Safety and Insurance Law & Litigation provided an opportunity to experience working in two areas of the law that I was not familiar with. I soon learned that my pre-clerkship idea about what these groups do was very different from reality. Throughout my clerkship I had a chance to see how things really work and to be exposed to a variety of interesting and challenging work. In Workplace Relations and Safety, for example, I was involved in the preparations for an industrial relations dispute before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission and was able to attend court to see what all of my work had been for! Similarly, In Insurance Law and Litigation I learned that just about everything is insured and that as a result the group handles matters across fields including professional indemnity, breaches of directors duties, construction and medical negligence - absolutely not what I expected! I also had the chance to get involved in pro bono work, drafting an advice to a client in an employment law matter and attending an advice session at Redfern Legal Centre with another Landers lawyer. I hoped that by doing a clerkship I would have a better idea whether being a lawyer was for me. After my clerkship at Landers I feel much more confident about pursuing a career in law at a firm with great colleagues and I'm excited by the prospect of starting as a Landers grad in 2014. Why I chose Landers Clerkship season = information overload. As a result, choosing which firms to apply to can be a daunting exercise. For me, finding a firm where I would feel comfortable and supported through the transition from uni to the Real World was at the front of my mind and from what I had seen and heard, Landers was a place with the right mix of culture and opportunities as a graduate that I was looking for. Ultimately, deciding where to do my clerkship was easy: I came away from my interview and the cocktail evening at Landers with a sense that the people I had met were ones that I really wanted to work with and learn from. After 10 weeks as a summer clerk I can say that my first impressions were spot on. My clerkship experience My clerkship at Landers exceeded my expectations in every respect. My rotations in Workplace Relations 66 Clerkship Guide 2013