Forget just grades—law firms today are digging deeper when it comes to graduate recruitment. As outlined in LawFuel’s full feature, firms now evaluate everything from how candidates treat receptionists to their ability to hold a decent chat at cocktail evenings.
Top-paying firms like Arnold Bloch Leibler, White & Case, and A&O Shearman are offering grads six-figure packages, but only after they pass increasingly creative and subtle assessments.
At firms like Hamilton Locke and HWL Ebsworth, small talk, social ease, and how grads interact with peers and staff are key hiring signals. Others, like Kain Lawyers, use campus M&A competitions and quirky application questions to identify talent early.
The takeaway? Once you’ve hit a solid GPA, your personality, EQ, and people skills might just matter more than another A+.
