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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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4.6
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Training & Personal Development at Corrs Chambers Westgarth

9.2
9.2 rating for Training, based on 9 reviews
Please describe the training programmes at your company and tell us what skills you've picked up.
There a range of formal and informal training opportunities.
Graduate, Sydney
Generally, training and development is excellent, there are few key things that set the firm apart. Firstly, the firm runs regular and extensive learning sessions for juniors. These are taught by partners and are designed to impart their practical expertise. It covers all practice areas, which can obviously be more or less relevant depending on your current work, however it provides broad knowledge. The intention, I believe, is to make juniors holistic lawyers, in addition to their specialised areas of work. Secondly, in the category of more informal training and mentorship, is the firms rotation (which I believe is unique). The firm offers a first rotation of 12 months. The point of this is to ensure a Graduate is able to fully immerse themselves in the team and learn the skills/knowledge effectively while the learning curve is the highest. It also enables the mentor partner (which each Graduate is assigned) to be able to properly mentor (over an extended period) and invest in teaching their mentee. I have been able to get involved in matters from beginning to end (in a lot of cases) and increase my familiarity and competency as a result. This is as opposed to short term 6 month Graduates who rotate out just as soon as they get familiar with a new practice area or supervisor. Further, this initial mentorship, because of its length and the design of the programme, is supposed to extend into all subsequent rotations. I have formed a good relationship with my partner. I have sought his advice on many issues and I am glad that it can continue on even if I rotate out of his team.
Graduate, Melbourne
We have mandatory training sessions, which are enjoyable and helpful. Sometimes, though, they can be tricky to manage - for instance, you must attend every single one to be eligible for a bonus, and being in court is no excuse according to HR to miss them. The informal training is also great - we are essentially learning all day every day, especially at my level, and everyone more senior is always willing to help.
Graduate, Sydney
There are regular training and development programs. I have learnt new skills regarding drafting key documents, communicating with various stakeholders, managing deadlines, and approaching difficult tasks.
Graduate, Sydney
- We have formal learning sessions every week/fortnight on different legal issues and core skills; - We have extra learning opportunities like an advocacy course run by barristers and partners; - at the start of the graduate program, we have around a week to learn core skills; - we have a checklist that we are meant to complete as a graduate, which is reviewed in our performance reviews. This ensures we get a breadth and depth of training and learning opportunities. - We are given shadowing/mentoring opportunities to just go sit in a hearing or client call.
Graduate, Melbourne
Heaps of practice group presentations on recent legal updates; lots of practical training provided to grads and (from my understanding) provided through to different levels.
Graduate, Sydney