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Allens

4.5
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Training & Personal Development at Allens

9.6
9.6 rating for Training, based on 21 reviews
Please describe the training programmes at your company and tell us what skills you've picked up.
There is a thorough program of training for all graduates, as well as team-by-team training. Between the two programs, graduates get a strong sense of general professional skills, general legal skills and subject-specific skills.
Graduate, Brisbane
Cornerstone program for juniors which goes through all practice areas at a high level. More detailed formal training for each practice area you rotate through. Lots of good mentors.
Graduate, Sydney
We have weekly formal training sessions that span the gamut of the firm's practice, but I've learnt the most on the job. I think I mentioned above that the more senior lawyers are always willing to chat through work I've done and tell me what was good and what I can improve on. This includes drafting style, presentation style, attention to detail, creative thinking etc.
Graduate, Sydney
We have access to the best training.
Graduate, Melbourne
Weekly trainings on a variety of topics across the firm offered to first and second year lawyers. Regular open invites to firmwide trainings on hot topics. Within team, plenty of rope given to take the lead, manage matters and make mistakes. Good learning opportunities there.
Graduate, Melbourne
The training is the number 1 reason that I chose this firm over others and it has not disappointed. You genuinely get the sense that you are learning from the best in the market.
Graduate, Sydney
Graduate training - formal program
Graduate, Sydney
On the job and formal training during my graduate year was great, would have given it a 9 or 10. However, it has tailored off to more of 5 or 6 since then (which was how I've landed on 7).
Graduate, Melbourne
The training is like nothing else. The firm gets partners and the most senior lawyers to provide the training and it's a case of being taught by the very best in the industry. Would be hard to replicate this training anywhere, even at a the top universities. Training includes: 1. Legal Professional Privilege 2. Writing & Drafting Effectively 3. Due Diligence 4. Legal Project Management 5. Big tips on small talk: a networking workshop for junior lawyers 6. Intellectual Property 7. How to review a legal contract 8. Boilerplate Clauses 9. Formation, structuring and invalidation of Contracts 10. Loss and Liability 11. Unconscionable conduct, good faith and reasonable endeavours 12. Australian Consumer Law 13. Competition Law 14. Real Estate (state based) 15. Environment and Planning Fundamentals (state based) 16. Banking and Finance: Understanding financial transactions 17. Checking, signing and witnessing documents 18. Disputes & Investigations (state based) 19. Sale of Company Workshop (state based) 20.Takeovers and Scheme of Arrangements (state based) 21.Joint Ventures 22.Projects
Graduate, Sydney
Fantastic training and mentorships, as long as you are willing to learn and engage. Allens offers formal training across core teams and legal areas for all graduates, as well as internal training being hosted specifically for the team you are rotating through.
Graduate, Brisbane
There are both formal and informal training sessions, at a national, state and team level. I have found the sessions to be bespoke and helping in developing my skills as a junior lawyer.
Graduate, Perth