Hall & Wilcox Clerkship Application
Pioneering 'Smarter Law' through technology-enabled legal innovation
Program Overview
- Criterion: Creative mind with passion for technology and innovation - Criterion: Understanding of the changing legal landscape - Criterion: Strong and consistent academic performance - Criterion: Involvement in extra‑curricular activities - Criterion: Excellent communication, language and interpersonal skills - Mentoring: Strong mentorship with regular feedback for clerks - Mentoring: Dedicated partner mentor and junior lawyer buddy system - Development: Free daily breakfasts and fitness classes supporting wellbeing - Development: Social events and volunteering opportunities for networking - Program: Seasonal Clerkship program offering hands‑on legal experience
Locations
- NSW
- VIC
- QLD
- WA
Firm Values
- - Identity: Leading Australian independent law firm with national presence across 8 cities
- - Identity: Smarter Law brand promise — solutions that are better
- faster and cheaper through technology
- innovative pricing and creative resourcing
- - Values: Stay true — genuine
- open and absolutely honest
- - Values: Be remarkable — striving always to excel with deep knowledge
- - Values: Respect — great to be around
- decent people
- inclusive and empathetic
- - Values: Evolve Always — embracing disruption
- curious
- imaginative and tech savvy
- - Values: Better together — unleashing the potency of teamwork
- - Culture: Purpose is to enable clients
- people and communities to thrive
- - Culture: Collaborative environment with free daily breakfasts and fitness classes
- - Culture: Inclusive workplace supporting diversity and community engagement
- - Differentiator: Smarter Law approach integrating technology
- pricing innovation and creative resourcing
- - Differentiator: Deep community focus via extensive pro bono and social initiatives
Awards & Recognition
- - Award: Beaton Client Choice Best Australian Law Firm (>$200m revenue) 2025
- - Award: Australian Cyber Security Awards Winner Cyber Security Lawyer of the Year 2025
- - Ranking: Chambers Asia Pacific 2026 — 14 practice areas, 23 individuals ranked
- - Ranking: Chambers High Net Worth 2025 — Band 1 Private Wealth Law and Family Offices
- - Ranking: Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 — 17 practice areas ranked
- - Ranking: Best Lawyers in Australia 2027 — 105 recognised, 3 Lawyers of the Year, 36 Ones to Watch
- - Matter: Advised StoreLocal Group on $440M sale (M&A)
- - Matter: Advised Avolution on private equity transaction with Whiteoak $200M Fund II (Corporate)
- - Matter: Lead advisor Queensland largest social affordable housing project 490 homes Cairns (Infrastructure)
- - Recognition: Innovation through Smarter Law technology enabled solutions 2025
- - Recognition: Pro bono commitment minimum 35 hours per lawyer per year 2025
Community & Pro Bono
- Program: Pro bono practice supporting not‑for‑profit community groups - Focus: Homelessness assistance - Focus: Refugee and asylum seeker support - Focus: Disability rights advocacy - Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples assistance - Initiative: Minimum 35 pro bono hours per lawyer annually