Hall & Wilcox Reviews

Seems like there are opportunities for promotion.

Heavily involved in pro bono.

While there is a hierarchy in the firm, it is not reflected in how they treat individuals. The hours are reasonable and the firm encourages a work-life balance.

We have a dedicated diversity and inclusion team that runs initiatives throughout the firm. They're encouraging men to take parental leave; they have made a policy change to pay superannuation to those on parental leave; we provide pro bono advice to minority groups; encouraging flexible working to make work and your life work together better etc.

Different challenges every day, new questions to ask, nothing is ever simple.

Impressively personal given size of the firm.

The office space is fairly consistent between offices. It is minimalist, open plan with the introduction of flexi-desking (if appropriate for you) coming on board. This is in line with the Evolve Our Workspace policy which is helping everyone to work flexibly within the office or at home or wherever. As for dress code, we have a policy called dress for your day. And it's honestly followed. People will show up in jeans and a t-shirt if they're not going to court or meeting clients. I'm in a transactional team where the need to dress up is minimal so I just keep a suit in the office in case it's ever needed.

The graduate program involved an application and two interviews. The application was very standard and required answering some questions about yourself and how you identify with the firm's values.

I am paid well for a law graduate.

Training is very thorough and there's always some you can ask for more help.

The firm does encourage maintaining a healthy work-life balance. If you do not have much work on, the firm does not expect presenteeism. If the team is very busy, the hours will necessarily be longer to deliver an on schedule result for a client.

We're hoping to work towards being carbon neutral. Although I'm not sure how this is being achieved. Little things like reducing the number of bins available so that plastic bin bags aren't always being thrown out, bins for soft plastics, recycling and regular waste etc.