ACC Australia & The Learned Crew

In-House Clerkship Program

NOTE: STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2020 IN-HOUSE CLERKSHIP PROGRAM HAVE NOW CLOSED.

LEGAL TEAMS HAVE CHOSEN THEIR FINAL CLERKS for 2020 and the clerkships are underway.

given the current covid-19 situation, tlc is considering its options for the next program. please check back here and on social (@thelearnedcrew) for updates.

This is the first of its kind structured in-house clerkship program in Australia, complete with an in-built training component. The program is a turnkey solution that aims to make having an in-house clerk easy, efficient, flexible and value for money. We provide support, we review the applications, shortlist candidates and train law student clerks on the fundamentals of being an in-house lawyer so they are job-ready and adding value as soon as they begin their clerkship.

We started this clerkship program to create new and unique opportunities for law students to gain work experience in a growing segment of the legal profession, and for in-house lawyers to give back to the next generation of lawyers and have energetic young talent to help them within their busy in-house functions. 

Did we mention these are paid internships!?

Hear what our legal teams have to say about the program

• “amaysim was delighted to take part in ACC Australia and The Learned Crew’s pilot clerkship program.  Having never run a clerkship process in house, it was a great test case for us and we’ll be looking to participate again!  We’d love to see the program grow as this will ultimately benefit all in house teams.  Get involved!”

– Andrew Medlicott, Senior Legal Counsel, amaysim. 

• “MNF Group was delighted to take part in ACC Australia/TLC’s inaugural in-house clerkship program. The program was really well organised. The preliminary training gave our intern useful basic skills and set expectations well. Our intern was a pleasure to have in our team and assisted us with research, simple contract reviews, drafting simple advices, compliance related policies and tip sheets. We welcome the opportunity to provide law students a taste of the in-house experience through this well run program”

– Helen Fraser, General Counsel, MNF Group.

• “The Learned Crew presented us with three very highly qualified candidates and a hard decision to make. They made everything else about the program easy!”

– Lori Middlehurst, Associate General Counsel (Employment and Immigration), VMWare.

• “Our clerk has been fantastic! Enthusiastic, skilful and intelligent and has been a really great addition to our team.We have offered her an extension because she is doing such a great job.The Learned Crew should be commended for running such a great program – helping link graduate talent with business needs”

– Andrew Goldstein, Head of Legal (Product), Challenger.

• “I commend The Learned Crew on running a very efficient and effective corporate clerkship program. Our clerk was a perfect fit for our team and made a valuable contribution. We plan to participate again next year.”

– Daniel Krutik, Head of Legal (Corporate), Origin Energy.

• “Lily doesn't have the years of experience that the rest of the team has, but she's made up for that with hard work, attention to detail and enthusiasm - she turns up to meetings having done background research into the subject matter, she is willing to do every task we throw at her (irrespective of how exciting it is) and she even came in after class last week to help the team make DIY costumes for our quarterly all-hands meeting.”

  - Kirk Simmons, Head of Legal at Canva

hear from SOME OF our law student clerks

LEGAL TEAM CLERKSHIP EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Note: this form is for in-house legal teams only. If you are a law student, please visit our contact page.