As a King & Wood Mallesons Graduate and Trainee you will participate in the King & Wood Mallesons “International Graduate Program” (“IGP”).
The IGP is a firm-wide 18 month program for all Graduates encompassing:
Three rotations of 6 months duration across different practice areas (except Canberra and Hong Kong)
High quality, timely education programs accessible to Graduates and Trainees in all centres.
The IGP aims to prepare our Graduates and Trainees for legal practice with educational programs and work experience support that is second to none. Formally, Graduates and Trainees will participate in the following programs:
LAUNCH Program - a thorough induction program to orientate Graduates and Trainees to the firm and their centre
PLT Program - a customised Practical Legal Training program with the College of Law (Australia only)
FUNDAMENTALS Program - is designed to provide Graduates and Trainees with the legal knowledge and skills building blocks that are essential to all future King & Wood Mallesons practitioners
PATHWAYS Program - are rotation-based, practice area training programs to ensure that Graduates and Trainees receive the knowledge they need in their specific practice areas in a timely way.
Informally, King & Wood Mallesons will continue to provide Graduates and Trainees with mentoring and on-the-job guidance as well as experience of cutting-edge legal work with industry-renowned lawyers.
Practical Legal Training at King & Wood Mallesons
Practical Legal Training (PLT) is the term used for a course that satisfies the practical requirements for admission to legal practice for our Law Graduates in all of our Australian centres. Graduates completing PLT gain a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.
King & Wood Mallesons offers all of our Graduates a tailored in-house PLT program. This is a co-operative program conducted by the College of Law with King & Wood Mallesons. Most of the in-house PLT program is delivered online by the College of Law. The learning is self paced within a timetabled framework. The online program is complemented by customised face-to-face skills training. King & Wood Mallesons is the market leader in the customisation of in-house PLT, having already worked with the College of Law for 10 years to ensure that:
King & Wood Mallesons’ precedents and resources are linked to the online course
The course contains exercises and examples that are relevant to a commercial legal firm.
One King & Wood Mallesons PLT Graduate commented that: "The support from Partners, Solicitors and other Graduates combined with the practical work experience during PLT made it a very rewarding learning experience."
Trainee Program - Hong Kong
Our Trainees complete 4 seats of 6 months duration as part of their 2 year traineeship. Trainees will participate in the International Graduate Program, as well as in Asia-specific development programs tailored for their needs.
Comments from some of our recent Hong Kong Trainees include:
“[King & Wood] Mallesons provided me with unique opportunities to get involved in some very high profile transactions. I have had the opportunity to work with a lot of talented people, including colleagues and clients. The experience has been very intellectually nurturing (and challenging, of course!) and has definitely helped me to develop the many attributes a lawyer needs to have.”
"Overall, the experience was valuable and the time spent here was fun. Everyone was nice and willing to help. [King & Wood] Mallesons Hong Kong truly reflects the Australian culture, whilst being the buzzing city of Hong Kong, hence the culture in [King & Wood] Mallesons Hong Kong is well-balanced and we get the best of both worlds."