We offer salaries that match our standing as a major national law firm. But because we know that salary is not the only reward, we provide a range of additional benefits.
Training and development
Buddle Findlay solicitors are continually developing their skills. Internal breakfast and lunchtime seminars that cover a variety of topics ensure the expertise of our market leading lawyers is shared throughout the firm. We also provide opportunities to attend external courses and seminars, and support solicitors wishing to undertake post-graduate study.
Key benefits of working at Buddle Findlay include:
For summer clerks
- Paid Christmas leave
- Competitive market-rate salary
- Clothing allowance
- Relocation allowance for summer clerks moving centres
For law clerks and permanent legal staff
- A competitive market-rate salary and salary review on 1 January each year
- Fully subsidised medical insurance
- Professional Legal Studies course fees paid, with time off to allow you to complete course work and exams
- Cost of admission and practising fees paid
- Admission leave – an extra day's paid leave to attend your admission ceremony. We also host your family and friends for admission drinks to celebrate your achievement
- Graduation leave – an extra day's paid leave to attend your graduation ceremony
- Buddle Findlay day – an extra day's paid leave each year to use at your discretion for your birthday, a special occasion, or for a holiday
- Paid study, matrimonial and parental leave, subject to eligibility criteria
- Free legal advice in the form of conveyancing and wills
Social and community
We work hard, but also know how important the world outside work is.
We believe it is important to give back to the community. Each year we sponsor the Buddle Findlay Negotiation Competition so students at law schools around the country can develop and test their negotiating skills.
We also annually award the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship, which gives an outstanding published New Zealand writer the chance to write full time in residence for a year. Previous winners of the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship include Emily Perkins, Toa Fraser and Steve Braunias.
We established the Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation which supports the children receiving residential medical care in New Zealand. Our partners and staff support the foundation through grants and donations, and visits to the children's wards at hospitals in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.
We enjoy working and socialising with each other. We offer a wide range of fully subsidised social events run by a staff social committee in each office. Some examples are:
- A range of sporting events – including netball, soccer and business games
- Office-wide drinks every Friday night
- An annual weekend ski trip
- Christmas and mid-year functions
- Organised fun runs and walks
