Internship

Due to the limited partnered internship placements, students are encouraged to arrange their internship with a suitable organization and professional supervisor. This allows them to choose organizations and locations that best suit their future career interests, including local or remote locations or internationally.

A professional supervisor must supervise all interns. In a private sector workplace, the supervisor must be a lawyer with at least three years post-admission experience and a current practicing certificate. In other workplaces, the supervisor must be a lawyer, but they do not need to hold a practicing certificate. The research project may receive - but does not require - supervision from the internship host. The internship host has discretion in deciding whether to supervise the research project.

A remote internship can be arranged where the student can't undertake an on-premises or in-person internship.

Eligibility Requirements

To enroll in the internship course, you must be studying for the Bachelor of Laws and have completed or been completing LAWS courses or be studying the BALLB course.

 Workload

There is no requirement for a set amount of time to be spent in the workplace. However, a reasonable requirement would be one day per week during the semester and the equivalent if the internship is undertaken intensively. Ordinarily, this will be a minimum of ninety full days. Interns are encouraged to meet with their professional supervisor regularly to obtain feedback on their research progress and to spend time in the workplace undertaking tasks separate from the research paper.

Assessment

The main piece of assessment in the internship course is a research paper. Ideally, the research paper will be informed and enriched through the intern’s workplace experience and interactions with the professional supervisor and professional colleagues. We expect the intern and professional supervisor to discuss and agree on the research topic. As each intern has a different workplace experience, their performance in the workplace is not assessed directly. Assessment details are available in the Class Summary published two weeks before each session or semester offering.