Deloitte Legal - 2025/26 Graduate Program (Melbourne)

Job Requisition ID: 37211 

• Be part of Australia’s largest cohort of graduates – meaning you’ll have a community of other grads to lean on and learn from! 
• Be supported in further study and professional development including practical legal training (PLT) to support your admission to legal practice and Master of Laws or Tax postgraduate study. 
• Get involved in client work that’s meaningful and purpose-led, developing and building your legal and client skills along the way.
• Explore the opportunities a global firm has to offer with the potential to work across our global network.

If you’re looking to join a team that’s collaborative, supportive and will nurture your career – Deloitte Legal is the place for you. We won’t give you a career path – we’ll help you shape your own. It’s your time to explore and advance in the areas you find inspirational. Expect purpose, progression, and making an impact that matters. Your story is just beginning, and your green dot is what you make of it. 

What will your typical day look like?   

Joining the Deloitte Legal team, you’ll get to learn and experience first-hand how we provide clients with trusted advice for their business operations across a broad and growing portfolio of legal services. Focusing mainly on tax issues as part of the dispute lifecycle you will be required to work closely with clients and barristers to assist clients with detailed tax technical submissions, court processes and cross-border disputes with other regulators in various jurisdictions. 

Our legal graduate program is a twelve month program designed to help graduates hone their skills across a diverse portfolio of issues to ensure a rewarding and rich experience. The potential to work across various areas of law outside tax including corporate and commercial, employment law, intellectual property and climate law enables graduates to undertake meaningful work across a number of different practice areas.

You will gain experience that sets you apart as you work with a variety of top-tier clients ranging from multinational corporations, through to high net-worth individuals.  You will be exposed to a range of tasks including: 

• Preparing evidence files and submissions  
• Conducting research to support advice on a range of matters  
• Preparing for proceedings in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Federal or State Courts 
• Commercial drafting  
• Working with regulators such as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) or Treasury

Who will you be working with?  
We’re a fast-growing and dynamic legal team within the Tax & Legal business unit of Deloitte. We provide top-quality, practical legal advice that’s tailored to our clients’ unique circumstances and pride ourselves on delivering a highly technical product in a commercially minded way. 

Looking to study further? We’re focused on supporting your learning, and that’s why our goal is to empower you with the technical skills to succeed. If you are keen to pursue a postgraduate qualification (such as a Graduate Diploma of Tax, CA, or Masters of Tax/Law), let us know, and we can explore potential external support packages. 

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.  
As a bright, ambitious and incredibly hard-working student, you’ll also be: 

• In your final year or have completed a law degree 
• An excellent communicator – you’re articulate and possess strong writing skills  
• Love being part of a team and working collaboratively  
• Naturally curious and good at problem-solving 
• An Australian/New Zealand Citizen or a Permanent Resident of Australia 

Why Deloitte?  

• At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world. 
• We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 
• We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments. 
• We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.  

Next Steps  

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!  

 #LI-DNI #lawhrskillsgrad 

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.