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At AAR we pride ourselves on a stimulating environment based on intellectual excellence and individual interests.  We value excellence, honesty, integrity and a willingness to work as part of a team where everyone is valued and committed to a common purpose.  We also value the importance of training and encourage a culture that supports the ongoing learning and development of our people.

Offices

AAR has a strong national and regional presence with fifteen offices throughout the Asia Pacific region.  We have four national offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and another 11 international offices in Bangkok, Beijing (two offices), Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Port Moresby, Shanghai and Singapore.  All of our Asian offices are staffed by lawyers and partners on secondment from our Australian offices as well as local legal and support staff.  AAR also has a 'best friends' relationship with leading UK law firm Slaughter & May enabling lawyers from both firms to work on transactions as an integrated team.

Practice groups

As a full service commercial law firm, AAR provides a broad range of corporate and commercial advice.  We have fourteen practice groups in total, spread across four departments:

Community involvement

You’ll also find we’re as committed to the community as we are to corporations.  We support a diverse range of charities and undertake a broad variety of pro bono work for individuals and not for profit organisations.  We take this professional obligation very seriously and encourage our lawyers to be involved. 

Vacation clerks

We run vacation clerkship programs in all of our Australian offices and recruit vacation clerks from universities across Australia.   An intensive orientation program is undertaken (including library and research skills) and clerks participate in skills development seminars, departmental and practice group meetings, information sessions on practice groups and various firm initiatives and informal performance reviews.  There is also a more social aspect to the program, enabling clerks to spend time with our current law graduates as well as meeting staff at all levels.Please visit our website for application dates (www.aar.com.au/careers).

Graduate programs

At AAR the emphasis is on quality advice and work, not 'billable hours'.  Our young lawyers are encouraged to take the time to learn and develop the skills needed to analyse legal problems and provide accurate commercial advice.Law graduates spend their first two years rotating through two departments.  We believe that a longer rotation provides a comprehensive knowledge of each practice area, giving law graduates an opportunity to develop strong relationships with partners and other lawyers in the practice group.  The size of the firm means we are very flexible in making sure our lawyers are able to work in the areas that most interest them. At the end of their second rotation, our lawyers may choose to specialise or complete a third rotation in another practice group.Please visit our website for application dates (www.aar.com.au/careers).