Dobson Mitchell Allport is a Tasmanian incorporated legal practice with offices in Hobart and Devonport.
DMA offers Summer Clerkship opportunities to university students entering their second last or final year of Bachelor of Laws. 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. The DMA program will provide you with exposure and insight into how a top-tier, longstanding and reputable full-service Tasmanian law firm 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. Application close at 5.00pm on 30 August 2025.
If you wish to apply, please send a covering letter addressed to the managing director David Harper, your CV, and academic transcript by email to
Applications will be acknowledged when received, and applicants will be shortlisted for interview in early November 2025.
Please note, a placement in DMA’s Summer Clerkship program is an unpaid opportunity.
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