Prosple Australia/GradAustralia Profiles

Charlie Light studied Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Bachelor or Arts (History/American Studies) at the Australian National University and is a Lawyer at Attorney-General's Department (AGD).

Ella studied Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Laws (Hons) at Australian National University, graduated in 2020, and is now a Graduate at DLA Piper Perth

As a junior lawyer, you will often be tasked with doing the first round of drafting. It's great to look at previous examples to get an idea of the firm's substance and form with these documents.

Every day at 10 AM, my team has a short meeting to go 'around the grounds' and explain our priority tasks for the day.

The Partner with who I work for has an open-door policy, and it absolutely applies even with him working in the Sydney office and me in the Canberra office. I’m a bit stuck on what to do in one of my files, so I give him a call to discuss my ideas and get his thoughts.

My team specialises in aviation law so I frequently get to work on airport-related matters.

My role is to draft the templates, and ensure they're all Award-compliant... It's challenging work with great responsibility and a fantastic learning experience for me, as employment agreements and Modern Award compliance is a significant aspects of the Employment team's work.