Gilbert + Tobin Clerkship Application
Founded in 1988 with a merit-based culture and a track record advising high-growth companies
Program Overview
- Criterion: Strong character — resilience, ability to work under pressure - Criterion: Team player who is open to feedback - Criterion: Critical thinking and challenger mindset - Criterion: Who you are as a person and your personality - Criterion: New ideas, fresh energy and different perspectives - Criterion: Merit‑based, open culture without rigid hierarchy - Mentoring: Assigned partner for work allocation and review - Mentoring: Dedicated mentor and buddy for day‑to‑day support - Development: Structured training covering practice areas, technology and personal branding - Development: On‑the‑job rotations in one or two practice groups - Pathway: Opportunity for conversion to a graduate position after clerkship
Locations
- NSW
- VIC
- WA
Firm Values
- - Identity: Gilbert + Tobin is a leading Australian law firm with 1
- 100 people
- 800 fee earners and 119 partners founded in 1988
- - Identity: Operates across NSW
- VIC and WA
- - Values: Excellence
- - Values: Trust
- - Values: Respect
- - Values: Integrity
- - Values: Good corporate citizenship
- - Culture: Open merit‑based culture attracting the best legal talent
- - Culture: Courage to act on what matters most
- - Culture: Independence
- ingenuity and innovation
- - Culture: Champion people
- their talents and the goodwill they bring
- - Differentiator: First Australian law firm with a full‑time in‑house pro bono lawyer
- - Differentiator: Climate Active carbon‑neutral certified service
- - Differentiator: Challenger mindset seeking new ideas fresh energy and different perspectives
Awards & Recognition
- - Award: FT Innovative Lawyers 2025 Most Innovative Law Firm in Asia‑Pacific
- - Award: Recognition Pioneering technology use in legal services 2025
- - Award: Recognition Strong pro bono commitment with 28 000 pro bono hours FY2024
- - Ranking: Chambers Band 1 in Corporate & M&A (latest edition)
- - Ranking: Legal 500 Tier 1 in Banking & Finance (latest edition)
- - Ranking: AFR Best Law Firms top tier across multiple practice areas 2024
- - Matter: Advised CDC Data Centres on USD 2.75 billion multi‑jurisdictional debt transformation Corporate & Finance
- - Matter: Advised GenusPlus Group on $400 million acquisition of MPC Kinetic Holdings Corporate & M&A
- - Matter: Advised SkinKandy on $160 million ASX IPO Capital Markets
- - Matter: Advised Koala on $68 million ASX IPO and listing Corporate & Finance
- - Recognition: First national law firm to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan 2008
- - Recognition: Carbon neutral service certified Climate Active 2024
Community & Pro Bono
- Program: Full‑time in‑house pro bono practice since 1996 — first Australian firm to appoint a full‑time pro bono partner - Program: Dedicated pro bono partners and special counsel - Focus: First Nations legal support and advocacy (42,747+ cumulative hours, $27.57M+ value) - Focus: Refugee, asylum seeker and human rights matters - Focus: Disability rights and accessibility cases - Initiative: Reconciliation Action Plan — 60+ First Nations people recruited, 50+ cadetship placements - Initiative: Climate Active carbon‑neutral certified service and organisation - Initiative: 5.5‑star NABERS energy rating in Sydney, 5‑star in Melbourne and Perth - Impact: 28,000+ pro bono hours delivered FY2024 - Partner: Creating Chances and Football United - Partner: Women's Justice Network - Partner: SHINE for Kids