Dobson Mitchell Allport offers Summer Clerkship opportunities to university students entering their second last or final year of a Bachelor of Laws (or similar) degree. Ideally, our future graduate lawyers will be sourced from our Summer Clerkship program.
A clerkship is about gaining general hands-on experience, in a dynamic and contemporary legal practice, potentially identifying your areas of interest, and forging relationships with staff. Our program will provide you with exposure and insight into how a top-tier, longstanding and reputable full-service Tasmanian legal practice operates.
During the two week placement, you will be matched with a mentor who will lead you through the program. You will work within our various practice groups and be offered a range of learning experiences, such as attending client consultations, observing court proceedings and/or mediations, and file-related work including conducting legal research tasks, preparing correspondence and drafting court documents. You will be given the opportunity to develop technical skills and utilise current innovations and technology within a legal practice environment. You will have support from and access to a range of professionals from early-career lawyers through to Principals.
For 2025/2026 there will be two intakes for the Summer Clerkship program:
- Monday 8 December – Friday 19 December 2025; and
- Monday 12 January – Friday 23 January 2026.
Applications are open from 1 July 2025 for both December and January placements. Applications close at 5.00pm on 30 August 2025.
If you wish to apply, please send a covering letter addressed to our Managing Director – David Harper, along with your CV and academic transcript by email to
Applications will be acknowledged when received, and applicants will be shortlisted for interview in late September / early October 2025.
Tune into a podcast with David Harper & Madeleine Webster from Dobson Mitchell Allport as they chat to Olivia and Cooper from the Tasmanian University Law Society (TULS) about what life is like working in a leading Tasmanian legal practice and the DMA Summer Clerkship program, including some special tips and suggestions on how to prepare a winning clerkship application.
Listen here: https://www.tuls.com.au/careers
Or via Spotify: TULS Careers Podcast with Dobson Mitchell Allport – TULS Podcasts | Podcast on Spotify