Seasonal Clerkship

About Us

Carter Newell is an award-winning specialist law firm with offices across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. With 22 partners and more than 180 lawyers, management and support professionals, we deliver high-quality legal solutions to some of Australia’s largest corporations and leading international clients.

We are recognised experts across insurance law, dispute resolution and litigation, construction and infrastructure, and corporate and commercial law, and are consistently ranked among Australia’s best.

About the program

Our four-week seasonal clerkship runs in June/July and is open to penultimate year students (Brisbane only).

As a clerk you will:

• Work on real matters across our Insurance, Construction, Projects & Infrastructure and Commercial/Corporate teams
• Rotate through practice groups and gain genuine hands-on experience
• Meet other clerks and graduates, build your profile and grow your network in the legal industry
• Get a head start on the pathway to our Graduate Program

Why Carter Newell?

We have a people-first culture that celebrates authenticity, respect and inclusion. We work hard and take our professional integrity seriously, but we also have fun, achieve balance personally, and look after each other. Our people regularly describe the firm as a genuinely warm and supportive place to work — and career progression here is structured, well-defined and backed by practitioners who are genuinely invested in your growth.

Applications close on Friday, 7 August 2026. Offers are made and accepted in early October.