MinterEllison
Sydney Clerkship Program (Nov 2025)
Sydney
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- AUD 75,000 - 80,000 / Year
- Competitive remuneration and corporate benefits
- 30 vacancies
- Apply by 13 Jul 2025
- Start date 23 Nov 2025
MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest legal and consulting firms, with nearly 200 years of business history. We're known for our legal and consulting expertise - and our inclusive and authentic character.
Our purpose is to create sustainable value with our clients, people, and communities. That means we have a proud history of providing excellence to clients, nurturing our people, and giving back to the communities in which we live and work.
Our Clerkship Program
Ready to practise law in the real world? We pride ourselves on giving clerks real work with real clients, so you can start your career with confidence and achieve your ambitions
As a Vacation Clerk, you will work alongside our experienced lawyers and gain valuable hands-on experience in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will have the opportunity to undertake exhilarating real-world legal work for clients. Clients who trust us to help them solve their most complex problems, in the most innovative and efficient way. You will collaborate with the best and be guided every step of the way by our industry-leading and commercially driven lawyers and partners. But your career is about more than just a job. We want you to be curious and driven with your career, we'll give you opportunities to grow personally – as well as professionally. And we’ll guide you every step of the way.
In our program, you will:
- get a taste of life at MinterEllison
- be empowered with all the practical tools you’ll need to succeed through our orientation program
- experience roles in our different lines of business, helping you decide which area is right for you
- be mentored by a partner, supervisor, and buddy.
Why MinterEllison?
Excellence, curiosity, and collaboration are at the core of our culture. We foster growth and development in our people, creating an environment where our people can excel and achieve their ambitions. We drive market-leading innovation and are at the forefront of technology and transformation in the legal industry.
We offer a range of benefits to encourage well-being and support for sustainable ways of working as well as social, financial, and health benefits, including free gym membership.
How to Apply
We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people,e and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.
We ask that you only apply once for our 2025 MinterEllison Clerkship Program, please ensure you submit your application to your preferred location. To be eligible to apply, you must be legally permitted to work in Australia. It is desirable, although not a requirement, that you are in the penultimate or final year of your law degree.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Junior lawyer in the corporate m&a team
Drafting advising attending conferences / basic court hearings.
As a graduate lawyer, i work across most matters the team takes on. Tasks generally include legal research, drafting correspondence, drafting court forms, attending hearings and assisting in management/discovery of documents. I am also able to solely assist the partner on smaller matters, which involves greater conduct of the matter in terms of managing the matter, the documents, client correspondence, providing advice and strategy considerations.
About the employer
MinterEllison
4.5
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Law
MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest law firms, with nearly 200 years of business history. We're known for our legal and consulting expertise.
Pros and cons of working at MinterEllison
Pros
Very supportive environment, months of training, amazing leadership, great benefits, flexibility, amazing opportunities.
The ability to rotate through different practice areas... build camaraderie the minute you step into the firm.
The culture is also welcoming and encourages personal and professional growth in all areas.
Great workplace culture that cares about staff's life outside 9-5.
High-quality work and clients
Cons
The long hours – although these are still more manageable than other top-tier law firms.
Salary is falling behind other top-tier law firms, but I do feel the work-life balances are sufficient compensation.
Limited networking/business development opportunities for juniors.
Graduates feel disappointed they will not be able to work within a team that is a key reason they aspired to come to Minters
My only issue is that we hot desk, meaning a different desk each day so we don’t have the opportunity to make or personalise our own space.