Ashurst
Sydney Seasonal Clerkship (Dec 2025)
Sydney
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- AUD 75,000 - 80,000 / Year
- competitive
- 30-35 vacancies
- Apply by 14 Jul 2025
- Start date 4 Dec 2025
Ashurst 2025/2026 Seasonal Clerkship Program
Looking to kickstart your legal career with a meaningful clerkship experience? At Ashurst, we're looking for students like you with a rare mindset: an openness to the way you work, an agility and curiosity to the way you think, and a strong desire to keep evolving as a professional.
Imagine stepping into the world of Ashurst—a global legal firm with a renowned legacy spanning over two centuries and 31 offices across the globe. Here, you'll find yourself at the forefront of legal excellence, advising corporates, financial institutions, and governments on a wide range of legal matters, from finance to mergers and acquisitions.
Here's where your story begins—a narrative of ambition, resilience, and boundless opportunity. As a trusted advisor, Ashurst's influence spans the breadth of Finance, Corporate Transactions Projects & Real Estate and Disputes. Ashurst is not just a law firm, but a canvas upon which to paint your legal masterpiece.
Picture yourself diving into real-world legal challenges, gaining hands-on experience in diverse practice areas, and honing your skills alongside top legal professionals. Our clerkship program is designed to provide you with the exposure and opportunities you need to thrive in your legal career.
But it's not all work! Join us for engaging workshops, team-building activities, and social events that foster camaraderie and connection. At Ashurst, we believe in nurturing talent and building lasting relationships.
Ashurst values diversity and seeks individuals with a variety of backgrounds and strengths, united by their passion for law and exceptional skills in communication, analysis, commercial awareness, teamwork, and resilience.
If you're a penultimate or final year law student with Australian citizenship or permanent resident, take the next step in your legal journey with Ashurst and unlock exciting opportunities for growth and development . If you want to enrich and expand your worldview, grow your skills and influence new ways of thinking, all within a global law firm, we'd like to hear from you!
For a full job description please see the link under 'Additional Documents' below.
Applications:
Applications will open in June 2025, pre-register now!
Please contact Joanne Dean if you require any adjustments to the online application process due to a disability or long-term health condition by emailing us at Graduate.Programs@ashurst.com
For technical queries, please email support@cvmail.net
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
My work varies depending on the team i'm in and the people i'm working for. i write advice, support litigation, draft sections of agreements and prepare business development work.
As a graduate i am able to assist on a range of interesting matters and tasks to support senior lawyers
I am graduate with the firm so am involved with any tasks that seniors hand to me.
About the employer
Ashurst
4.4
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Law
Ashurst brings together lawyers of the highest calibre; progressive thinkers driven by the desire to help our clients achieve business success.
Pros and cons of working at Ashurst
Pros
Investment in graduates who are early on in their careers is fantastic. Partners and senior lawyers are largely willing to mentor and take the time to give graduates opportunities to truly experience what their practice is like.
Being a part of a very supportive work environment, where I feel part of a team and valued as an employee.
Graduate culture and team environment surpasses other top tier firms with the opportunity to get involved with clients from the very beginning.
Strong remuneration Strong culture of junior support and continued learning. The firm puts a lot of time and resources into preparing academies and seminars to ensure graduates are informed and educated on their areas outside of just knowing how to perform the tasks.
The people are wonderful, and the work is of a very high quality. The international aspect is wonderful as it gives you exposure to numerous practice areas and people, as well as plenty of opportunities to work abroad.
Cons
Some of the technology used by the firm is outdated and needs to be modernised
Being an international firm means that sometimes general decisions are made that do not provide the best outcomes locally.
The hours can fluctuate but this is usually market driven.
Hours can sometimes be long, but rarely have they been unreasonable.
Due to the nature of working at a top-tier, high-performing law firm, the hours can be quite long and taxing as well as the balance of life and work commitments.