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.
Brisbane
Aimed at penultimate year law students, our 4-week program gives you a comprehensive orientation and placements in 2
different practice groups. You'll also get additional training, networking opportunities, and be part of our social
activities.
Program Dates
We run three Clerkship Programs every year:
Winter: 22 June 2020 - 17 July 2020 (As a result of COVID-19 and a change in QLS dates, our Winter clerkship will not be offered this year. We have the ability to increase our Spring and Summer intakes for 2020 which will not have an impact on our overall program)
Spring: 17 August 2020 - 11 September 2020
Summer: 16 November 2020 - 11 December 2020
Recruitment
Dates
Applications open: 9:00am, 2 March 2020
Legal Careers Expo: 23 March 2020
Applications close: 5:00pm, 27 March 2020
Interviews: June 2020
Offers made: 9:00am, 9 July 2020
Offers must be accepted/declined: 5:00pm, 10 July 2020
Canberra
Our 11-week program gives you an orientation week in
the Sydney office, followed by two rotations in different practice areas. You'll also get additional training,
networking opportunities and be part of our social 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): Early August 2020
Round 1 Interviews: Mid-August 2020
Round 2 Interviews: Early September 2020
Offers made: 16 September 2020
Offers must be accepted/declined: 18 September 2020
Melbourne
Aimed at penultimate year law students, our 4-week program gives you a comprehensive
orientation and placements in 2 different practice groups. You'll also get additional training, networking
opportunities, and be part of our social activities.
Program Dates
We run two Clerkship Programs every year:
Summer: 23 November 2020 - 18
December 2020
Winter: 28 June 2021 - 23 July 2021
Recruitment Dates
Applications open: 6 July 2020
Applications close: 11:59pm, 31 August 2020
Networking Cocktail Evening (for interviewing candidates): September 2020
Video interviews (for selected candidates only): September 2020
Interviews: September/October 2020
Offers made: 10:00am, 28 October 2020
Offers must be accepted/declined: 2:00pm, 28 October 2020
Apply now
If you are a current Clayton Utz employee you will need to submit your application internally through
Workday.
Please contact careers@claytonutz.com if you have
any questions on how to do this.
Perth
Aimed at penultimate year law students, our 4-week program gives you a comprehensive orientation and placements
in 2 different practice groups. You'll also get additional training, networking opportunities, and be part of
our social activities.
Program Dates
We run three Clerkship Programs every year:
Summer 1: 16 November 2020 - 11
December 2020
Summer 2: 25 January 2021 - 19 February 2021
Winter: 21 June 2021 - 16 July 2021
Recruitment Dates
Applications open: 13 July 2020
Applications close: 11:59pm, 9 August 2020
Networking Cocktail Evening (for interviewing candidates): August
2020
Interviews: Late August/Early September 2020
Offers made: 9:00am, 25 September 2020
Offers must be accepted/declined: 1:00pm, 25 September 2020
Apply now
If you are a current Clayton Utz employee you will need to submit your application internally through
Workday.
Please contact careers@claytonutz.com if you have
any questions on how to do this.
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. 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