DMAW Lawyers Clerkship Application
Beyond the law: partner in business, helping clients and people thrive
Program Overview
- Criterion: Penultimate and final year law students - Criterion: Interest in corporate/commercial law - Criterion: Strong legal research and drafting capabilities - Criterion: Client-facing communication skills - Mentoring: Direct mentorship from Senior Associates and Associates - Mentoring: Supervised cross-team rotation with principal oversight in graduate role - Development: Access to firm's continuing legal education programme - Development: Exposure to court attendance and client meetings - Pathway: Post-clerkship graduate role with 12-month structured rotation - Program: Paid summer clerkship (SA); 6 weeks, November–December
Locations
- SA
Firm Values
- - Identity: Mid-sized firm partnering with clients as business advisers
- not just legal counsel
- - Identity: Committed to helping clients and people thrive
- - Values: Commercial excellence with precise outcomes
- - Values: Pro bono and community engagement
- - Values: Environmental and reconciliation commitments
- - Culture: Collaborative approach across all levels
- - Culture: Sharp commercial focus in every engagement
- - Culture: Mentorship from principals to early careers
- - Culture: Youthful energy guided by senior wisdom
- - Differentiator: "Beyond the law" positioning as true business partner
- - Differentiator: Challenge
- develop
- grow framework for talent
- - Differentiator: Walk for Justice and active social responsibility
Awards & Recognition
- - Award: Best Lawyers in Australia (11 firm awards)
- - Award: Best Lawyers in Australia (4 individual awards)
- - Award: Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia (5 awards)
- - Ranking: Best Lawyers 2026 - Sam de Cure (ADR/Insolvency/Litigation)
- - Ranking: Best Lawyers 2026 - Nicole Mead (Litigation)
- - Ranking: Best Lawyers 2026 - Ben Millman (Construction)
- - Ranking: Best Lawyers 2026 - Abby-Rose Hill (Commercial Law)
- - Ranking: Best Lawyers 2026 - Callum Ritchie (Leasing/Real Property)
- - Ranking: Best Lawyers 2024 - Tom Dachs (Construction/Infrastructure Law, Litigation)
Community & Pro Bono
- Program: National Pro Bono Target Signatory - Program: Pro Bono Committee (multi-level seniority) - Focus: Vulnerable and disadvantaged South Australians - Partner: JusticeNet (self-representation support) - Partner: University clinic supervision and mentoring - Initiative: Workplace investigations for charities - Initiative: Bankruptcy prevention services - Initiative: Risk management guidance for NFPs - Initiative: Contractual guidance for care providers - Impact: Walk for Justice participation (2023, 2024); Australian Pro Bono Centre event host; Pro Bono Voco publication featured