Management at Clayton Utz

The partners and SA have been crucial in my development and have looked after my well-being. We stay in regular contact and I am provided with well structured feedback

My direct managers are incredible. They teach as they wanted to be taught and encourage a curiosity that helps those who want to learn become fantastic lawyers.

The senior lawyers of the firm are always open to providing feedback and there is always recognition for great performance.

This depends on the team, however, as mentioned in some of my previous answers, given how busy partners are, it is often difficult to get feedback and speak to them. It would be good if partners had a greater involvement in the professional development of graduates

P&D communication isn't great and the grad rotations are only told the week before so you don't have time to dispute or challenge placements. People also often get rotations of a low preference.

Seniors take mentoring seriously and make themselves available as necessary to perform that role.

My managers make great mentors, great with feedback, recognition. Can't flaw. But I have had managers in the past at this organisation who were not nearly as good with these points.

People are very busy but in general I am satisfied with senior managements approach ability, willingness to hear from juniors and provide feedback.

Some managers lack recognition and praise, which i think is important. Sometimes they are not accessible and it is difficult to receive feedback.

Not amazing. Not enough formal performance interviews in place. Not enough checking in on emotional and mental health

All mentors and coaches I have the experience to work with have been great and very helpful.

Fairly accessible. The managers are not typically in the mentor role, though they do sometimes put in time to provide good feedback and recognition. More often this will come from the next level down.

All the senior leadership/mentorship that I have received has been excellent: hands on and invested.

It depends on the team you are in

I have a supervising partner and a coach and they have been very accessible. I have had the opportunity to work with them one-on-one and also as part of the broader team with different matters and they have communicated well, and I have also organised initial, mid-rotation and end of rotation catch-ups with them to receive feedback and recognition.

Very difficult to answer because on the graduate program we have many different managers and mentors. I have had some people who are good managers and good mentors, and some who are not. Overall though, the experience is more positive than negative.

I have found that most are accessible. Some make good mentors (it is on you to reach out to make a mentor). Sometimes it can be hard to extract feedback.

Overall everyone seems invested in junior development, some make more time for this than others - don't really have the feeling of someone specifically taking me under their wing but overall there are plenty of places to seek out support and mentorship. I have been very satisfied with my mentor relationship but don't think this is universal.

Depends on team. Some partners are more accessible and approachable than others. However, they are often time poor which makes it harder to communicate and learn from them. Some partners are better at providing feedback than others.