In recent years, there has been a shift in the demands of our clients who require legal services outside of the work of traditional legal practice. With this in mind, we have launched our Corporate Graduate Programme, designed for graduates who wish to work in a legal environment but who are not seeking to pursue a career as a lawyer.
The Corporate Graduate Programme is a two-year programme designed to help graduates decide which area of legal services is the right fit for them. The programme is for graduates of law, or those who have had exposure to law or corporate governance within their degree.
“I have always wanted to pursue law outside of the traditional career paths and the corporate graduate programme has allowed me the incredible opportunity to experience new and exciting areas I never would have considered before.”
RUTH CORRIGAN
Paralegal, Legal Tech Services Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Maynooth University
The two-year programme has four six-month rotations and participation in the internal training programme.
Each rotation will offer exposure to high calibre clients and work. You will be introduced to each department, and given comprehensive training, to equip you with key skills required to succeed in the area. At every stage of the programme, you will have the support of the partners, practice group members as well as the programme coordinator and our HR team. A post-programme bursary for further education is available for those who secure permanent roles.
Potential rotations include:
- Asset Management and Investment Funds
- Aviation
- Corporate Services
- Debt Finance
- Business Development and Marketing
- Governance and Consulting Services
- Employment
- Knowledge, Learning and Development
- Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations
- Pro Bono
- Real Estate
- Risk and Compliance
- Stock Exchange Listings and Fund Registration
Following completion, participants will have the opportunity for a rewarding career in the following areas:
- Company secretaries provide guidance and support to ensure compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. We employ fully and partially qualified company secretarial professionals in our Asset Management and Investment Funds and Governance and Consulting Services Group.
- Listings executives advise our client base on legal and practical requirements with regard to listing securities and investment funds on relevant stock exchanges and producing documentation to facilitate client goals. The listings executives work in the Stock Exchange Listings and Fund Registration Group, which is part of our Finance Group.
- Paralegals and other legal professionals support the legal work of various practice groups such as Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations, Risk and Compliance, Debt Finance, Employment, Pro Bono, Real Estate, Knowledge, Learning and Development and Aviation. Our paralegals and legal professionals may work both at our offices and onsite with our clients and their work includes research, drafting documentation to support client litigation and transactions, and other client matter management related tasks.
- Data management and analytics professionals work in varying roles which can include managing GDPR related concerns and mapping, storing, and analysing key data relating to our essential business functions. Roles in this area have previously arisen in our Business Development Team and our Legal Tech Services Group.
Arthur Cox LLP is one of Ireland’s leading law firms. We are an “all-island” firm with offices in Dublin and Belfast. We also have offices in London, New York, and San Francisco. Our practice encompasses all aspects of corporate and business law.
CULTURE
Our culture is warm and open, honest and appropriate. Our approach is modern and our reputation is well-known. Our global mindset and international approach ensures we are forward-thinking and our domestic roots maintain our pride in our heritage, our domestic work and the way our firm has shaped the Irish economy and supported Irish corporations. We are proud of our past achievements in shaping the legislative and corporate landscape in Ireland. We also are proud of our more recent ones and we look forward to our future ones.
Our people are not corporate in style, focusing on being collaborative team players for each other and for clients. Personal development is key for everyone who works in the business. Our people know that strength doesn’t have to come from standing out, but from being standout. There is lots of room for energy, personality and diverse points of view.
Our business is all about opportunity and is, in itself, an attraction for talent. Our culture lives that experience every day.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) has been a business imperative here at Arthur Cox for a number of years. It is central to the culture and ethos of the firm.
Our mission is to be a firm where our differences are supported and embraced and where all of our people feel like they belong and can fulfil their potential. While we have made progress on gender diversity, we are conscious that there is still a considerable amount to do.
We recognise that making progress in this area is not just about being diverse, it is also about including everyone and making everyone feel that they belong. What it boils down to is giving everyone equality of opportunity in the firm.
There are four pillars to our EDI programme: Gender, LGBTQ+, Race and Ethnicity and Disability & Neurodiversity.
How to apply
Applications are now closed.
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