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Vacation clerkships
Our vacation clerkships are held in our Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney offices over the summer and/or winter university breaks. The programs give clerks the unique opportunity to experience our firm, our practice areas and most importantly, our culture. Working as a vacation clerk with the firm can often act as a stepping stone to an ongoing position with the firm as a law clerk or graduate.
"The culture at Barry.Nilsson is extremely supportive and respectful. Despite being new to the firm and only there for 3 weeks, I felt extremely valued and assured that I was doing important work."
James Meehan, Vacation Clerk January 2019/Graduate 2020.
Brisbane clerks undertake a three week clerkship during which they will rotate through our insurance & health and family law teams. The Brisbane vacation clerkship program is open to penultimate year students. See 2022 recruitment dates below:
| Monday 18 July | Applications for clerkships open |
| Friday 12 August | Applications for clerkships close |
| Wednesday 12 October | Offers will be made |
| Thursday 13 October | Offers to be accepted or declined |
Our Brisbane Vacation Clerkship applications are now open. Click here to apply.
Melbourne clerks experience a clerkship program within our defendant insurance team. The Melbourne vacation clerkship is open to penultimate and final year students. See 2022 recruitment dates below:
| Monday 4 July | Applications for clerkships open |
| Sunday 14 August | Applications for clerkships close |
| Wednesday 19 October | Offers will be made |
| Thursday 20 October | Offers to be accepted or declined |
Our Melbourne Vacation Clerkship applications are now open. Click here to apply.
Sydney clerks experience a clerkship program within our defendant insurance team. The Sydney vacation clerkship is open to penultimate year students. See 2022 recruitment dates below:
| Monday 6 June | Applications for clerkships open |
| Sunday 10 July | Applications for clerkships close |
| Wednesday 14 September | Offers will be made |
| Thursday 15 September | Offers to be accepted or declined |
To submit an application, click here.
Graduates
Our graduates are our future. With that in mind we take our graduate program seriously.
Barry.Nilsson. graduates receive the best possible training so they have a balanced and well-grounded foundation for their legal career. If Barry.Nilsson. sounds like the firm you want to start your legal career with, please apply for our graduate program.
In some graduate intakes we will fill the positions directly from our vacation clerk program.
Applications
Applications for graduate and vacation clerkship positions should contain:
- a covering letter
- your resume
- a copy of your academic transcript
- any further material you feel may be relevant
Contact Details for Applications:
Please note that we will include a link on this page to our recruitment portal once clerkship applications in each office open.
Brisbane
Katie Guarrera
People & Culture Manager
katie.guarrera@bnlaw.com.au
Phone: 07 3231 6185
Melbourne
Simone Matthys
People & Culture Manager
simone.matthys@bnlaw.com.au
Phone: 03 9909 6309
Sydney
Marc Marino
People & Culture Officer
marc.marino@bnlaw.com.au
Phone: 02 8651 0263