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Clayton Utz

4.4
  • #4 in Law
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

2020 Seasonal Clerkship Program - Sydney

Aimed at penultimate year law students, our 11-week week program gives you a week-long orientation and two rotations in different practice areas.

Opportunity details

Opportunity Types
Internship
Start Date
23 Nov 2020

Application dates

Applications Open
9 Jun 2020
Applications Close
12 Jul 2020

Minimum requirements

Level of Study
Bachelor
Accepting International Applications
No
Degrees Accepted
L
Justice & Law Enforcement
Commercial Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Family Law
International Law
Tax Law
Legal Studies

Our Clerkship programs

If you’re a law student in your penultimate year, our Clerkship Programs will expose you to the fast pace of a full-service commercial law firm and show you the law in action. You'll be working under the guidance of some of the sharpest legal minds in Australia, on challenging, complex and high-profile transactions and matters. You'll be mentored by partners and lawyers who are leaders in their fields, in a firm where individuality is embraced and innovation actively encouraged.

Our Clerkship Programs are our future pipeline for the Graduate Program. They are designed to give you a feel for what it’s like to be a Graduate and they are a great place to start your career.

Aimed at penultimate year law students, our 11-week week program gives you a week-long orientation and two rotations in different practice areas. You'll also get additional training, networking opportunities and be part of our social/sporting activities. 

Program Dates

We run one Clerkship Program every year: 

Summer: 23 November 2020 - 5 February 2021

Recruitment Dates

Applications open: 9 June 2020
Applications close: 12 July 2020
Clerkship Information Night (for interviewing candidates): August 2020
Round 1 Interviews:  Mid-August 2020
Round 2 Interviews: Early September 2020
Cocktail Evening (for interviewing candidates): September 2020
Offers made: 16 September 2020
Offers must be accepted/declined: 18 September 2020

Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories
The work is extremely interesting, especially in the litigation rotation. It is exactly as I hoped it was going to be.

Phoebe Richards

  • Graduate stories
The work is extremely interesting, especially in the litigation rotation. It is exactly as I hoped it was going to be.

Phoebe Richards

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  • Graduate stories
I enjoy the fact that the work is really varied and that we are mostly asked for strategic advice rather than our legal interpretation about a particular piece of legislation.

Alana Hudson

  • Graduate stories
I enjoy the fact that the work is really varied and that we are mostly asked for strategic advice rather than our legal interpretation about a particular piece of legislation.

Alana Hudson

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  • Graduate stories
The work is extremely interesting, especially in the litigation rotation. It is exactly as I hoped it was going to be.

Phoebe Richards

  • Graduate stories
The work is extremely interesting, especially in the litigation rotation. It is exactly as I hoped it was going to be.

Phoebe Richards

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  • Graduate stories
I enjoy the fact that the work is really varied and that we are mostly asked for strategic advice rather than our legal interpretation about a particular piece of legislation.

Alana Hudson

  • Graduate stories
I enjoy the fact that the work is really varied and that we are mostly asked for strategic advice rather than our legal interpretation about a particular piece of legislation.

Alana Hudson

Read full story