Legal Services Commission (SA) Clerkship Application
Justice and legal aid for South Australians who need it most
Program Overview
- Criterion: Academic transcript required; Criminal History Check required; Working with Children Check required; Cover letter demonstrating motivation; CV highlighting relevant experience - Mentoring: Week 1 overview of all divisions; weeks 2–3 immersion in preferred practice area (Criminal, Family, Civil, Legal Information) - Development: Exposure to multiple legal divisions; specialised training in chosen practice area - Pathway: Summer Clerkship (paid, 4 positions); PLT Placements (unpaid, up to 6 students per block, three blocks annually) - Program: Summer Clerkship (1–19 February 2027; applications 3–30 August 2026); PLT Placements in three blocks per year, 3 weeks full-time each
Locations
- SA
Firm Values
- - Identity: Government legal aid provider delivering justice access across South Australia since establishment
- - Identity: Mandated to serve disadvantaged communities through multiple legal service channels
- - Values: Justice accessibility for underserved populations
- - Values: Community empowerment through legal support
- - Values: Purposeful
- impact-driven legal work
- - Culture: Inclusive workplace welcoming Aboriginal
- Torres Strait Islander
- LGBTQ+
- disabled staff
- - Culture: Flexible
- secure employment with comprehensive wellbeing support
- - Culture: Salary packaging and employee wellness programs
- - Differentiator: Integrated legal aid
- advice
- education
- and dispute resolution services
- - Differentiator: Duty solicitor and child support service provision
- - Differentiator: Community-focused mandate over commercial practice
Awards & Recognition
- - Award: iTnews Benchmark Awards 2020 – Top state government IT project
- - Award: Law Society Medal for Meritorious Service – Emma Shaw
- - Award: Premier's Excellence Awards finalist – Paul O'Connor (Connecting Communities category)
- - Recognition: Community education initiative on coercive control
Community & Pro Bono
- Program: Legal Aid Services - Focus: Access to justice for low-income and disadvantaged communities - Initiative: Subsidised and free legal services across criminal, civil, and family law - Impact: Provision of legal aid to South Australian community members unable to afford private legal services - Partner: South Australian Government - Program: Duty Solicitor Scheme - Focus: Criminal justice access - Initiative: On-site solicitor representation at police stations and courts - Impact: Immediate legal advice and representation for accused persons - Partner: South Australian Courts and Police - Program: Family Dispute Resolution - Focus: Family law and relationship matters - Initiative: Mediation and dispute resolution services for family conflicts - Impact: Reduced litigation costs and improved outcomes for families - Partner: Family law courts and community organisations - Program: Child Support Services - Focus: Family law and child welfare - Initiative: Legal advice and assistance with child support matters - Impact: Improved financial security for children and families - Partner: Department for Child Protection - Program: Healthy Relationships and the Law - Focus: Domestic violence prevention and coercive control awareness - Initiative: Community legal education targeting Aboriginal and CALD communities - Impact: Increased awareness of legal rights and support options for victims of coercive control - Partner: Aboriginal community organisations, CALD community groups - Program: Community Legal Education - Focus: Legal literacy and rights awareness - Initiative: Public education programs on legal rights and responsibilities - Impact: Enhanced community understanding of legal processes and available support services - Partner: Community centres, schools, local government
Legal Services Commission (SA) website
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