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Welcome Addresses
Welcome to the 2023 UTS Law Student Society Clerkship Guide. As with previous years, this 2023 Guide is informative and comprehensive. It o ers insights and practical advice to assist you in the upcoming clerkship season.
Clerkships provide an opportunity to work across various practice areas, often in commercial law in private law rms. They o er an opportunity to experience legal work.
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Anita Stuhmcke
Dean of Law
The clerkship application process is in itself valuable. It will assist you to think carefully and assess your individual skills and attributes. In this latter sense, a clerkship application is an opportunity to gain experience presenting information about yourself and your experience in a manner targeted at a speci c legal employment opportunity.
Most importantly, do not talk yourself out of it before you have even started to apply. You have to have a ‘hat in the ring’ to have a chance – remember if you do not apply then you de nitely will not be successful. Of course, we all recognise that clerkships are not for everyone. There are many alternative careers and possibilities with a law degree. I myself, as Dean of the Faculty of Law, am in one such career!
If you do choose to, I extend my best wishes for success. I am sure you will be proud ambassadors for the UTS Faculty of Law and will join many successful UTS Law alumni who have trod this path before you.
Thank you for the LSS in putting this guide together. It is an excellent source of information and advice and con rms what I know – which is how exciting it is for all of us to be part of such a collaborative and caring community of students and sta at the UTS Faculty of Law.
Welcome to the UTS LSS Clerkship Guide for 2023! The UTS LSS Clerkship Guide is prepared by our wonderful Careers (Publications) Director, Alyssya Warty-Hasan, and the Careers (Publications) Subcommittee, who have all worked extremely hard to provide you with all of the tools to succeed in applying for clerkships in 2023!
Whether you are a rst year student interested in learning more about what future career opportunities are available to you, or a penultimate student gearing up to apply for clerkships this year, this guide o ers a wealth of information directly from rms, and a diverse range of past UTS summer clerks. The guide contains interviews from our student cohort who have participated in summer clerkships, giving you the inside
