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i The New Zealand Law Students’ 2015 Careers Guide Sponsored by the Auckland La

i The New Zealand Law Students’ 2015 Careers Guide Sponsored by the Auckland Law School ii Is proud to sponsor the New Zealand Law Students’ Careers Guide New ZealaNd’s laRGesT law school The Auckland Law School: • Is ranked the best law school in New Zealand and one of the best law schools in the world* • Offers the largest range of undergraduate courses • Has the highest entry standards for second year law meaning our graduates are highly sought after • Has outstanding facilities including the Davis Law Library, New Zealand’s leading legal research library • Is situated in the heart of the legal precinct in the centre of New Zealand’s largest city • Offers an extensive study abroad programme with 20% of our students spending a semester abroad • Provides a wealth of opportunities for students to participate in national and international competitions, community placements and the Equal Justice Project • Has won the national mooting championships seven of the last eight years • Has very active and supportive Mäori and Pacific law student societies and programmes. Phone: 0800 61 62 63 Email: undergradlaw@auckland.ac.nz Facebook: www.facebook.com/akllawschool *QS World University Rankings in Law, 2014 (ranked 28th in the world) for more information visit: www.law.auckland.ac.nz/ school-leavers Our names are Nick and Michael, we’re two members of the Auckland University Law Students’ Society executive, and we’re the editors of the inaugural New Zealand Law Students’ Careers Guide. We’ve spent our summer badger- ing law firms and interviewing some quite incredible people, to put this publication together. A careers guide by students, for students, is something that we think New Zealand law schools sorely need. The overwhelming opinion amongst the people in the profession that we spoke to was that a law degree presents so many options and opportunities, but too often students only hear about a few of them. The goal of this first edition of the Careers Guide is to start a more diverse and informed dialogue about careers in the law among undergraduate law students, which future editions can build upon. The New Zealand Law Students’ Careers Guide 2015 would not have been possible without the help of numerous people and organisations. Thank you to all of the individuals and agencies that responded encouragingly and helpfully to our countless emails and phone calls. Thanks to Michael Heron and Jan Blair, who were particularly generous with both their time, and their connections. Thank you most of all to the Auckland Law School, and in particular Dean Andrew Stockley, without whose innovative thinking this guide would never have happened. We hope that this guide will open your eyes to the wide array of possibilities ahead of you as you begin your legal career. Message from the Editors Nick Fenton and Michael Smol, Editors. Disclaimer: Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure accuracy, the information in this document is provided as a general guide only for students and is subject to alteration. The Auckland Law School is delighted to be able to support this, the inaugural New Zealand Law Students’ Careers Guide. Students who graduate with a law degree are prized by employers for their ability to research, write, analyse and reason. They consequently end up in all sorts of careers. The heads of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, and District Court are all Auckland Law School graduates, as are many other judges, QCs, and other prominent members of the legal profession. We have alumni working in law firms throughout New Zealand and in cities as diverse as London, New York, Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai. Our graduates include the chief executives of the Virgin Group and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Ministers of the Crown, and the heads of major charitable organisations. Some have even become law professors and legal academics! Only half our graduates work in the legal profession and the judiciary. Just as many work in business, government, and an enormous variety of other fields. Law affects all areas of society meaning that it is just as possible to work in sport, entertainment or security-related fields as it is in banking, regulation and policy advice. New Zealand law graduates are as highly regarded internationally as they are domestically and good numbers end up working for law firms, business- es, and international agencies, courts and tribunals around the world. I would like to commend Nick Fenton and Michael Smol for all their hard work in bringing this Careers Guide together. It provides a marvellous introduction to the career options available to New Zealand law students as well as to how to apply for internships and job opportunities. Message from the Dean of the Auckland Law School The Auckland Law School is proud to support the New Zealand Law Students’ Careers Guide Andrew Stockley, Dean of Law, University of Auckland. Choosing a Career Path. .....................................................2 Getting Your Career Going. ...............................................2 Career Application Tips – Jan Blair. ...................................3 Being a Barrister: Kate Davenport QC..............................5 Becoming a Lawyer............................................................6 Postgraduate Study............................................................8 Studying and Working Overseas.......................................8 Max Harris – University of Oxford. ....................................9 Paul Paterson Associate at Paul, Weiss – New York...............................10 Law Firms..........................................................................11 Anderson Lloyd. ................................................................12 Buddle Findlay..................................................................14 Lane Neave. .......................................................................16 Simpson Grierson. .............................................................18 Bell Gully...........................................................................20 Cavell Leitch......................................................................22 Chen Palmer. .....................................................................24 DLA Piper New Zealand (Formerly DLA Phillips Fox)..............................................25 Wynn Williams..................................................................27 Anthony Harper. ...............................................................28 Chapman Tripp. .................................................................29 Gilbert Walker. ..................................................................30 Hudson Gavin Martin.......................................................31 Kensington Swan. .............................................................32 Mayne Wetherell..............................................................33 Meredith Connell. .............................................................34 Minter Ellison Rudd Watts...............................................35 Russell McVeagh...............................................................36 The Public Sector..............................................................37 The Government Legal Network (GLN)..........................38 Mike Heron – Solicitor General and CEO of Crown Law....................41 The Human Rights Commission. ......................................42 The Law Commission. .......................................................43 The New Zealand Law Society. ........................................44 Public Defence Service. .....................................................45 Sir Anand Satyanand – Former Ombudsman and Governor General. ..............46 Social Justice.....................................................................47 Amnesty International.....................................................48 Citizens Advice Bureau. ....................................................49 Community Law. ...............................................................50 Vernon Tava – Solicitor, Auckland Community Law Centre................51 The Salvation Army..........................................................52 Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution. ..................53 Justice Susan Thomas – Auckland High Court. ....................................................54 Judges’ Clerkships. ............................................................56 Anna Devathasan – Former Judge’s Clerk.....................................................56 Geoff Sharp – Mediator...................................................57 LEADR & IAMA. .................................................................58 Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ).................................................59 In House Legal Teams and Corporate Advisories..........60 CLANZ................................................................................61 Keith Binnie – General Counsel, New Zealand Rugby Union.............62 John Blair – General Counsel, Air New Zealand..............................63 Charles Bolt – General Counsel, Fletcher Building..............................64 Deloitte. .............................................................................65 Ernst & Young...................................................................66 KPMG. ................................................................................67 PwC....................................................................................68 Table of Contents 2 Whatever your dream legal career is – be it working on multi-million dollar mergers in a commercial firm, advising government departments on important political issues, or prosecuting criminal trials in Court – now is the perfect time to start gaining the experience that will stand you in good stead for the rest of your career. Law Firms Summer clerkships provide the perfect insight into how the world of commercial law functions. Most of the law firms profiled in this guide offer summer clerkships from mid- November until early February each year. Applications for the 2015/16 summer open on the 5th of March 2015, and close at 12pm on the 19th of the same month. Some of the larger firms will likely visit your law school during this period to make presentations about their clerkship schemes, but it’s important to bear in mind the number of other firms that also offer summer opportunities. The law firms section of this guide sets out the range of legal employers you could apply to. As well as picking your preferred law firms, you should also consider what area of practice you’d like to work in. Every firm offers a different range of services, and it is important to know what your options are if your application is success- ful. Information on a firm’s areas of expertise can usually be found on their website. The application process involves a formal, written applica- tion, including a CV and cover letter, and moves from there to an interview stage. This might involve one or two inter- views, as well as a function, where your networking skills will be put to the test. Tips for all of these elements of the process are provided in this section of the guide. Public Sector The development of the Government Legal Network (GLN) in the last couple of years has subsequently resulted in the establishment of several internship opportunities for students in the public sector. Nine government departments, including DoC, Crown Law, and MFAT, employed interns during the summer of 2014/15, and for students considering pursuing a career in a public agency, these internships provide the per- fect opportunity to gain experience in your field of interest. Applications for the GLN internships don’t open until the second half of the year, and you’ll find more information later in this guide. Social Justice Some of the social justice agencies profiled by this guide offer internship programmes, but all of them take on vol- unteer workers. Volunteering at a Community Law Centre or Citizens Advice Bureau can be an excellent way to gain experience in dealing with clients, and considering practical legal issues. The uploads/Litterature/ careers-guide-final.pdf