Seasonal Clerkship 2025/2026 – Canberra

Your Clerkship Experience Program

As a seasonal clerk you will experience what its like to be a lawyer at a top tier international law firm. Youll gain hands-on experience working on market leading transactions and complex disputes where youll learn new skills and sharpen your edge.

You will get to know our people the way we work our culture practice areas clients and more and you will be supported every step of the way.

Most of our graduates are selected from our summer and winter clerkship programs making it one of the most important first steps in building your legal career.

Together we Learn. Together we Master. Together we Lead.

What youll learn

Throughout your clerkship you will:

Master essential skills like drafting legal documents and building professional relationships.

Gain insight into KWMs core practice teams and your role within them.

Explore our market leading technology tools.

Immerse yourself in our vibrant culture through various team social activities and events.

Be guided by supportive and knowledgeable people from all areas across the business.

Be allocated a supervising partner development coach and buddy who will share invaluable insights from their own careers guiding you through the early stages of yours.

Engage with leaders and industry experts in dynamic learning sessions designed to enhance your personal and professional growth.

About you

We celebrate the diverse backgrounds and experiences that enrich our one firm culture. A successful KWM clerk:

Communicates effectively.

Shows genuine interest in corporate or commercial law.

Embraces curiosity and a growth mindset.

Balances commitments and prioritises tasks.

Takes initiative and is committed to delivering quality work.

You dont need to be perfect; we thrive by learning from each others strengths!

Diversity and Inclusion

King & Wood Mallesons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from diverse backgrounds. We welcome value support and harness the positive benefits that peoples different life experiences bring especially as they relate to gender sexual identity culture faith disability and life stages.

Our standard recruitment process involves an online written application face-to-face interviews and networking events. We have a range of inclusive hiring practices. If you want to talk through options please feel free to contact Emily Jayamohan ().

Am I eligible to apply

Clerkship applications are open to penultimate or final year law students. To be eligible to apply for our Canberra clerkship program you must be an Australian citizen. Due to the nature of our clients at KWM Canberra you must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance to apply for this centres clerkship program. We are therefore unable to accept applications from international students for the Canberra centre. If you are not an Australian Citizen we strongly encourage you to apply for clerkship programs in Sydney Melbourne Perth or Brisbane.

By submitting an application you confirm that you meet or are reasonably able to meet the eligibility requirements.

Academic transcripts

We understand some universities will not release academic transcripts until close to the application deadline. For those students we ask that you hold off submitting your application until you receive your academics (and before the application deadline) if possible. Please note you can still commence your application and save and continue later. If your university will not be releasing academic results until after applications have closed please submit your application with your most up-to-date academic record that you have at the time. If you are invited to a first interview email through your latest official transcript when you receive your results.

Applications will close on Sunday 13 July 2025.

For more information on our Early Careers programs head to KWM Early Careers or our GradConnection profile.