Bring your talent
As a firm that strives to cultivate a culture where talent thrives and potential is nurtured, we recognise that success requires collaboration at all levels. As such, we offer ongoing training and support, mentoring and opportunities for professional growth and leadership.
Focus on progress
You’ll find our work to be challenging, interesting and rewarding on many levels. With a national network of offices and flexible hybrid working arrangements, we empower our people to reach their full potential both in and outside of work.
Be a team player
Beyond the work itself, we aim to foster a culture of honesty, excellence, respect, continuous innovation and teamwork, in alignment with our Hallmarks. We encourage a balance of career and life priorities, assist with wellness initiatives and offer generous benefits and competitive remuneration. We also have regular social activities to facilitate team bonding and an extensive pro bono and community program to give back to our communities and enable them to thrive.
Reap the rewards
In all aspects of this firm, we strive to offer a stimulating and progressive environment where talented and hardworking people are inspired and equipped to achieve their fullest potential.
We offer an extensive range of generous benefits, policies and programs to support our people both in and outside the workplace.
- Structured learning and development programs
- Clear pathways for promotions
- Financial support and study leave for post-graduate studies
- Mentor Connect Program
- Recognition and reward, including Hallstar Awards
- Secondment opportunities, including internal, client and overseas
- Coaching, support and resources for working parents and carers
- Competitive remuneration
- Large range of corporate discounts
- Salary continuance insurance
- Salary packaging
- Superannuation consultations
- Superannuation on paid parental leave
- WFH IT equipment provided plus $500 towards home office furniture
- Complimentary Will after 12 months of service
- Recruitment referral payments to employees
- Paid parental leave – up to 26 weeks
- Paid fertility and pregnancy loss leave
- Hall & Wilcox day – annual day off on the firm
- Birthday leave
- Flexible public holidays
- Option to purchase additional leave – up to 4 weeks per year
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental health awareness
- Wellbeing Champions
- Flexible working / hybrid working environment through HW Evolve
- Dress for your day
- Free daily breakfast for everyone
- After hours meals and taxis if working late
- Calendar of events to inspire improved health and wellbeing
- Annual financial contribution towards health and fitness activities
- Free fitness classes
- Regular office drinks and social events
- Regular sporting events
- Team quiz – a Hall & Wilcox tradition
- Corporate team building activities
- Annual children’s Christmas party
- LGBTIQA+ Inter-firm networking events
We are committed to enabling our communities to thrive and we do this through a range of corporate social responsibility strategies. Our values underlie everything we do as a firm, and are reflected in our community investment programs, including our pro bono program, volunteering program, community fund, Reconciliation Action Plan, our approach to diversity and inclusion and our art exhibition and acquisition program. We also take care to ensure that our business activities are environmentally sustainable.
Continuous learning is imperative in the legal industry and enables us to keep up with changes in the law. We encourage our people to regularly undertake professional learning and development opportunities to keep our skills at the forefront of the industry. With a company-wide focus on innovation, we have an environment where collaboration, critical thinking and creativity thrive, contributing to both personal and professional development that benefits us all. It’s what drives Smarter Law and helps us to create and maintain a high-performance learning culture.
What makes Smarter Law – well, smart? It's how we advise, protect, defend and enable our clients' organisations in ways that actually work better for them. We use innovation and work creatively with our clients to continuously improve the way we deliver legal services.
With a diverse pool of expertise to draw from across an extensive list of industries and practice areas, our team excels in providing strategic counsel and representation to a vast range of clients. We have the depth of knowledge and expertise to advise clients on all types of matters and our people are happy to share their knowledge about evolving trends, potential issues and legal implications.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects our people, our clients and our community. We do this in a variety of ways, including offering a flexible and agile working environment, focusing on gender equality, fostering a culture of LGBTIQA+ acceptance and allyship, supporting First Nations peoples, supporting disabilities networks and connecting with our communities in a variety of different ways.