ASIC Clerkship Application
Protecting consumers and markets through collaborative problem-solving and diverse talent
Program Overview
- Criterion: Australian citizen - Criterion: Relevant degree or Juris Doctor completed 2023, 2024 or 2025 - Criterion: Ability to obtain government security clearance and complete ASIC OSA - Criterion: Law, Finance/Business/Accounting/Economics, IT/Computer Science, Maths/Statistics/Analytics, or Arts/Communications background - Mentoring: Mentor assigned for each rotation - Mentoring: Graduate buddy system - Development: Professional membership support - Development: Further study assistance - Pathway: 24-month rotational graduate program with four 6-month rotations across different business units - Pathway: Internship pipeline (450 hours paid placement for 2nd to penultimate year students) leading to graduate program conversion - Program: Multi-disciplinary graduate streams across law, finance, IT, analytics, and communications
Locations
- NSW
- VIC
Firm Values
- - Identity: Australian financial regulator protecting consumers and markets since establishment
- - Identity: Government agency (not law firm) serving all Australians
- - Values: Fair and efficient financial system
- - Values: Public interest protection
- - Values: Consumer and market safeguarding
- - Culture: Diversity and inclusion across backgrounds and career stages
- - Culture: Collaborative problem-solving environment
- - Culture: Curiosity and complex challenge engagement
- - Culture: Flexible hybrid work (50/50 remote arrangement)
- - Differentiator: First Nations reconciliation and Noongar artist recognition
- - Differentiator: Seeks professionals at various career stages
- - Differentiator: Government security clearance and suitability assessment
Community & Pro Bono
- Program: Moneysmart Platform - Focus: Financial literacy and consumer education - Initiative: Free financial resources and guidance for Australian consumers - Impact: Broad-based consumer financial education across Australia - Partner: Australian consumers and community - Program: Graduate Fundraising Initiative - Focus: Health and cancer support - Initiative: Annual fundraising project by graduate cohort - Impact: $12,000 raised for Cancer Council (2024) - Partner: Cancer Council - Program: Reconciliation and Indigenous Engagement - Focus: Indigenous representation and cultural recognition - Initiative: Formal Acknowledgement of Country; commissioned artwork by Noongar artist Peter Farmer (Djooroot Moort) displayed across organisation - Impact: Organisational commitment to Indigenous reconciliation and cultural visibility - Partner: Noongar artist Peter Farmer (Djooroot Moort) - Program: Diversity and Inclusion Recruitment - Focus: Underrepresented groups in financial services regulation - Initiative: Targeted recruitment encouraging applications from Indigenous Australians and people with disability - Impact: Increased diversity in regulatory workforce - Partner: Indigenous Australians and people with disability communities - Program: Financial Services Regulation - Focus: Corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulation - Initiative: Government regulatory mandate protecting all Australians - Impact: Consumer protection and market integrity across financial services sector - Partner: Australian Government, financial services industry, consumers