Corporate Graduate Programme 2025
Application Deadline: 22 May 2025
Department: Other Legal Roles
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380
Description
At Arthur Cox, our success depends on attracting the best people and nurturing their talent so we can provide our clients with services to the highest standards. 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 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 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.
About the Programme
The two-year Programme comprises of four six-month rotations, a bursary for further education 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 your career journey with us you will have the support of the programme co-ordinator and sponsor and of the Corporate Graduate Programme
Following completion, participants will have the opportunity for rewarding career at Arthur Cox in these areas:
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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 Company Compliance and Governance Practice Group.
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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 Listings Practice Group which is part of our Finance Department.
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Paralegal and Other Legal Professionals support the legal work of various practice groups such as Litigation, Risk and Compliance, Banking and Finance, Employment, Tax, Technology and Innovation, Pro Bono, Knowledge, Real Estate, Learning and Development and Aviation. They also complete essential large scale eDiscovery, Investigations and DSAR review projects along with Due Diligence review exercises in the Legal Tech Services Practice Group. 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.
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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 Practice Group.
Options for rotation are:
- Asset Management and Investment Funds
- Aviation
- Banking and Finance
- Business Development and Marketing
- Company Compliance and Governance
- Employment
- Knowledge, Learning and Development
- Legal Tech Services
- Listings
- Litigation
- Pro Bono
- Real Estate
- Risk and Compliance
- Tax
- Technology and Innovation
Application & Interview Process
Essential Submission Criteria:
- All applications must be submitted online via our website.
- CV’s will not be accepted via email.
- CV ( Word or pdf format) - no more than 2 pages long.
- Cover Letter (approx. 350 words introducing you, why you are pursuing a career in a Law Firm and why Arthur Cox is of interest to you).
- Deadline for submissions @ 5.00pm 22nd May 2025
Interview process:
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Stage 1: Screening of Applications.
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Stage 2: Successful Candidates will be invited to a 15 min screening call.
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Stage 3: In Person Interview* (Date: W/C 2nd June 2025).
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Stage 4: Offer (Start Date: 15th September 2025).
*In exceptional circumstances it may be possible to accommodate a virtual interview.
Our Benefits & Culture
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Attractive annual leave allowance - 25 days
- Pension Scheme
- Healthcare
- Confidential employee assistance programme
- TaxSaver commuter tickets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Onsite gym and wellness programme
- Subsidised restaurant and coffee bar
- Hybrid working arrangements
Culture:
Our culture is warm and open, honest and appropriate. Our approach is modern and our reputation is well-known and award winning. 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.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Equality, 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.