2025/26 Sydney Summer Clerkship
18 hours ago
A&O Shearman is a global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 28 countries worldwide. Our fluency in Australian, English, and US law and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
**Overview**
Our Sydney office has opportunities for penultimate year students, currently completing an Australian or New Zealand Law degree to join us for a Summer Clerkship from 24 November 2025 to 30 January 2026 (with leave between Christmas and New Years).
Our summer clerkship program is key to our graduate scheme. We aim to fill our graduate positions for 2027 from the 2025/26 Summer Clerkship Program.
**Requirements**:
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 or New Zealand Law degree and 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 A&O Shearman.
**How to apply**
**Important Dates**
- Thursday 7 August - Information Evening (for those who are invited to a first round interview)
- Saturday 9 August - First Round Interviews
- Wednesday 27 August to Tuesday 2 September - Second Round Interviews
- Monday 28 July - Cocktail Evening (for those invited to a second round interview)
- Wednesday 10 September - Offers extended
- Thursday 11 September - Offers to be accepted or declined by 1pm
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