Stage of career - graduates
The organisations on this page offer graduate programs to students finishing their degree, or take students undergoing a Practical Legal Training course for their placement. Note that not all graduate programs involve admission to practice. Government programs in particular, are focused on the training needed to work in that particular area of the public service. A number of Government bodies get their graduates through the centralised GRADS scheme run by the State Services Authority; others have their own programs.
It should be noted that undertaking a graduate program that does not include admission to practice does not preclude someone from undergoing Practical Legal Training and admission to practice at a later date.
Some graduate programs such as Native Title Services Victoria and the Victoria Legal Aid New Lawyers Program require graduates to undertake their own Practical Legal Training and admission to practice. Some other organisations such as the Department of Health, State Trustees and the National Native Title Tribunal do not have graduate programs as such, but have indicated that they welcome graduates to apply for entry-level positions.
Graduate Programs
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission
- Coroner's Court
- Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Department of Health
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Premier and Cabinet
- Department of State Development, Business and Innovation
- Fair Work Ombudsman
- Fitzroy Legal Service
- Law and Advocacy Centre for Women
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Legal Services commissioner
- Native Title Services Victoria
- Office of the Chief Commissioner of Police
- Office of Public Prosecutions
- Transport Accident Commission
- Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
- Victorian Government Solicitor's Office
- Victorian Government GRADS Program
- Victoria Legal Aid New Lawyers Program
Practical Legal Training Placements
- Financial Ombudsman Service
- PILCH
- Women's Legal Service Victoria
- Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
- Remote, Rural and Regional Practical Legal Training Placements. Visit the National Association of Community Legal Centres
Postgraduate Scholarships
