Jones Day Clerkship Application
One Firm Worldwide, delivering seamless client service across 2,500 lawyers.
Program Overview
- Criterion: Strong intellectual and analytical ability - Criterion: Excellent communication skills - Criterion: Resourcefulness, drive, dedication and ability to be a team player - Criterion: Commitment to a legal career - Criterion: Capacity to work internationally - Mentoring: Assigned mentor for questions, advice and guidance - Mentoring: Regular check‑ins with recruitment team - Development: Real work including research, drafting, client meetings and court visits - Development: Autonomy to work across various practices (non‑rotational) - Development: Training sessions, seminars and community events - Pathway: Summer clerks transition into graduate program - Program: 8‑week non‑rotational summer clerkship in Sydney
Locations
- NSW
Firm Values
- - Identity: Global law firm with over 2
- 500 lawyers in 40 offices worldwide
- - Identity: One Firm Worldwide slogan emphasizing seamless client service
- - Values: Integrity in dealings with clients
- courts and adversaries
- - Values: Personal accountability for decisions and actions
- - Values: Competence marked by creativity and judgment
- - Values: Dedication and intensity of effort for client interests
- - Values: Courage to represent clients in hostile environments
- - Culture: Non‑rotational summer clerkship offering continuous practice exposure
- - Culture: Assigned mentor and supervising partner throughout the clerkship
- - Culture: Regular feedback and review meetings with graduate recruitment team
- - Differentiator: Integrated global reach enabling seamless service across continents
- - Differentiator: Strong pro bono impact with over 200 000 hours contributed worldwide
- - Differentiator: Opportunity to work on high‑profile matters such as multi‑billion‑dollar acquisitions
Awards & Recognition
- - Matter: Advised Journey Beyond on A$300 million acquisition of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia (M&A)
- - Matter: Advised Parker Hannifin Corporation on US$9.25 billion acquisition of Filtration Group Corporation (Corporate)
- - Matter: Named to BTI Fearsome Foursome in 2026 BTI Litigation Outlook (Litigation)
- - Matter: Added projects construction partner Clive Luck in Perth and three litigation partners in Melbourne (Talent)
- - Recognition: Recognised for pro bono impact with over 200 000 pro bono hours contributed (Pro Bono)
- - Recognition: Featured in Jones Day awards for global integration One Firm Worldwide (Firmwide)
- - Award: Received industry recognition for integrated global reach (Award)
- - Ranking: Listed among top global law firms in Chambers (Ranking)
Community & Pro Bono
- Program: Ukraine Task Force providing legal aid to refugees - Program: The Border Project supporting migrant families and children - Program: Human Trafficking Initiative offering pro bono representation - Focus: Refugee and asylum seeker legal assistance - Focus: Migrant and family violence support - Initiative: Global Compendium of Human Trafficking Laws project - Initiative: Survivors Services program for trafficking victims - Impact: Over 200 000 pro bono hours contributed worldwide - Partner: Asylum Seeker Resource Centre collaboration - Partner: American Hospital Association anti‑trafficking partnership