Harmers Workplace Lawyers Clerkship Application

Australia's leading employment law practice, solving problems with innovation and integrity

Program Overview

- Criterion: Final and penultimate year law students - Criterion: Strong academic performance (ATAR results required) - Criterion: Interest in employment law - Criterion: Ability to work on real cases and appear in court/tribunals - Criterion: Willingness to engage with senior practitioners - Mentoring: Buddy system with junior solicitor mentor throughout program - Mentoring: Close working relationships with senior practitioners - Development: Court and tribunal appearance experience - Development: Firm meetings and training sessions - Pathway: Real employment law case work - Program: NSW Law Society coordination scheme

Locations

  • NSW

Firm Values

  • - Identity: Australia's largest employment and industrial law practice since 1996
  • - Identity: Offices in Sydney
  • Melbourne
  • and Brisbane
  • - Identity: Innovative
  • high-quality problem solving with preventive approach
  • - Values: Principled leadership
  • - Values: Human rights commitment
  • - Values: Corporate citizenship
  • - Culture: Non-hierarchical structure across all levels
  • - Culture: Clerks and graduates work closely with senior practitioners
  • - Culture: Mind/body/spirit wellbeing model integrated into practice
  • - Culture: Top 25 nationally for work-life balance
  • - Differentiator: Diversity Law Firm of the Year (2025
  • 2023)
  • - Differentiator: Formal equal employment opportunity commitment
  • - Differentiator: Holistic approach blending career with personal wellbeing

Awards & Recognition

  • - Recognition: Top Specialist Law Firm — Employment Law — Australasian Lawyer 2025 & 2024
  • - Award: Employment Law Firm Winner — HRD Readers’ Choice Awards 2025
  • - Award: Gold Medal Provider — Employment Law — HRD HR Service Provider Awards 2024 & 2023
  • - Award: Diversity Law Firm of the Year — Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2025 & 2023
  • - Award: Senior Partner of the Year — Michael Harmer — Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2025 & 2024
  • - Recognition: Special Counsel of the Year — Amy Zhang — Lawyers Weekly 2025
  • - Ranking: Top Ranked Global Law Firm Network (L&E Global alliance) — Chambers Global 2025 & 2024

Community & Pro Bono

- Program: National Pro Bono Aspirational Target signatory - Program: Unfair Dismissal Conciliation Project - Focus: Employment and industrial relations legal assistance - Focus: Community organisations and not-for-profits - Initiative: Employment law support for individuals facing gross injustice - Initiative: Pro bono matters as training opportunities for junior solicitors - Partner: Justice Connect - Program: Pro Bono Committee assessment based on public interest, case merit, client financial capacity, available alternatives and firm resource capacity - Initiative: Endorsement of Australian Pro Bono Centre principles

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