A&O’s Perth office is now accepting applications for penultimate year students, currently completing an Australian Law degree to join us for a Summer Clerkship in the 2020/21 summer period.
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Overview
A&O’s Perth office is now accepting applications for penultimate year students, currently completing an Australian Law degree to join us for a Summer Clerkship in the 2020/21 summer period.
Our Summer Clerkship program is key to our Graduate campaign and we envisage recruiting our 2022 graduate positions through the 2020/21 Summer Clerkship program.
We are pleased to confirm we will be offering two intakes for our upcoming 2020/21 Clerkship program.
Intake one will run from 23 November 2020 to 11 December 2020 (three weeks).
Intake two will run from 18 January 2021 to 5 February 2021 (three weeks).
What we look for
We realise that each applicant brings their own unique skills. However we do look for certain characteristics in all our applicants. Applicants should be in their penultimate year of an Australian Law degree and should have excellent academic results. Beyond this we want to see evidence of teamwork, communication skills, planning and organisation, problem solving, commercial awareness and commitment – to a career in law, and to a career with Allen & Overy.
Our preference is that applicants are in their penultimate year of university seeking a graduate start date in March 2022. We will also accept applications from students: in their penultimate year, however looking to defer as a graduate; and finishing mid-2021 and looking to defer their start date until March 2022. Applicants who fall into the above categories must state their university end date and preferred graduate start date in their cover letter.
Please note that the timing for our graduate intake(s) are at our discretion and will be discussed with those candidates selected for our Summer Clerkship program.
In addition to the above, we will also consider final year students finishing in November 2020, who are seeking graduate opportunities in either March 2021/22.
Applications from interstate and overseas students are welcome however you will need to demonstrate a commitment to starting your legal career in Perth and have the right to work in Australia at the time of the clerkship.
Applications will only be accepted through our website; by following the link below. Applicants must answer the application questions, include a cover letter, CV and most recent academic transcript (undergraduate and/or any non-Legal degree should also be included) as part of their application.
To assist in preparing your covering letter, please keep your letter to one page and you should focus on telling us:
- why you want a career in commercial law;
- why you are interested in Allen & Overy;
- what demonstrates your commerciality or interest in business;
- how you think Allen & Overy is different from other law firms; and/ or
- what sort of work environment motivates you to achieve your potential.
The closing date for applications is 11:59pm Sunday 9 August 2020 and interviews will commence the week beginning 25 August 2020.
Applications will be reviewed immediately after the closing date and we will contact applicants who are successful for an interview via email.
Applicants accepted to our Summer Clerkship Program will be subject to employment screening by Allen & Overy or by their external third party provider.
To apply, use this link: https://krb-jobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=30147&siteid=5040&Areq=3825BR.