Piper Alderman Clerkship Application
Leading Australian commercial advisor with 170+ years of expertise across six offices
At a Glance
- Gender pay gap: 7.7%
Rankings & Recognition
- Commercial, Property, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Energy & Infrastructure — Firm Website
Workplace & Culture
Gender pay gap: 7.7%
Women in workforce: 82%
Primary carer parental leave: 26 weeks
Source: Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Employer Gender Pay Gaps 2024-25 — CC BY 4.0
Clerkship Programme
- 9 bullets populated: Perth 4-week seasonal Summer (Nov/Dec) and Winter (Jun/Jul)
- Adelaide 6-month rotational + ad hoc ongoing
- Sydney ongoing
- Brisbane and Melbourne ad hoc
- application process (CV+cover letter+transcript → 2 interview rounds: HR+Senior Associate then HR+Partner → reference checks → offer)
- Clerk Classroom training (comms, Litigation 101, ethics, drafting, negotiation)
- CPD events
- PLATFORM networking
- Melbourne Salvation Army pro bono (Emerging Lawyers group)
- historical Perth deadline: 27 Jul 2025
Awards & Recognition
- 8 bullets populated: Best Lawyers 2026 (57 lawyers
- 17 Ones to Watch
- 3 LoY — Nick Burkett ethics/professional responsibility Brisbane 2nd consecutive, Mark Gordon banking/finance Adelaide, Martin Lovell project finance Adelaide)
- Best Law Firms 2026 (91 recognitions, 45 practice areas, 9 national rankings, all 5 offices)
- 3 first-time 2026 recognitions (Entriken, Haar, McLean)
- Best Lawyers 2025 (52 lawyers
- 13 Ones to Watch
- Burkett LoY legal malpractice)
- Best Law Firms 2025 (79 recognitions, 42 areas)
- TAG-Law member international recognitions
Pro Bono & Community
- 8 bullets populated: dedicated pro bono provision across all firm levels
- access to justice (schools, educational institutions, charities, community legal centres)
- partner-led CSR Committee
- Melbourne Salvation Army pro bono service (Emerging Lawyers group)
- not-for-profit advisory work (e.g. Nuffield International case study)
- environmental sustainability initiatives
- D&I and Reconciliation Committees
- graduate program includes pro bono and CSR committee opportunities
Culture & Values
- 9 bullets populated: 4 core values (Collaboration & collegiality, Respect for others, Forward thinking, Excellence) confirmed from careers site
- 170+ year heritage
- 6 offices (Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney)
- responsive commercially decisive approach
- employee-led D&I and Reconciliation Committees
- partner-led CSR Committee
- environmental sustainability
- scholarship opportunities