Harmers’ summer & winter clerk program is specially tailored to provide an exceptional grounding in our areas of the law, as well as developing practical legal skills.

Our program is also fun and clerks have an opportunity to participate in many firm activities and social functions. Clerks work within a vibrant team and become closely involved in matters across our practice areas.

Harmers aims to give its clerks a unique experience of life in the law – combining thorough training and induction, in-depth legal knowledge, experience of working on real cases, and practical know-how about day to day legal practice. The firm's 2004/2005 summer clerk training program details the comprehensive agenda of meetings and activities the clerks experience. Clerks work with outstanding lawyers in employment law, many of whom are recognised as experts in their field. Harmers is a non-hierarchical firm and clerks have the opportunity to work closely with partners and senior lawyers.

Clerks are invited to attend the numerous meetings that occur at Harmers, such as LA Law, a legal information sharing forum held once a fortnight, a meeting of a legal team working on a particular matter, or simply a meeting of the Marketing or Pro Bono Committee.

All Harmers clerks have a “Buddy” – a junior solicitor who is a reference point and mentor throughout the Program. Clerks are introduced to their Buddies early in the clerkship and often refer to them for advice and assistance.

Sydney Clerk program:

Applications for our 2008/2009 summer clerkship program will open on Wednesday 2 July 2008.  If you are interested in applying for a Summer Clerkship please complete the following application form and submit it together with a copy of your CV and your academic transcript.

2008 Summer Clerkship Application Form

The following table outlines key dates in the recruitment process:

Summer Clerkship Scheme Deadlines 2008
Day	Date	Summer Clerkship
Wednesday	2nd July	Applications open
Friday	1st August	Applications close
Monday	1st September	Interviews commence
Friday	10th October	Offers can be made
Wednesday	15th October	Offers must be accepted/declined

Assessment Day:  

A shortlist of successful candidates will be contacted via telephone in early September and invited to an assessment day in our Sydney office, anticipated to be on Tuesday 23 September.  The assessment day includes briefing sessions from our Partners, an overview of the Summer Clerk Program from our National HR Manager, interviews with 2 of our staff, the opportunity to meet with a number of our current solicitors and a tour of our facilities.  The assessment day starts at 9am and concludes at approximately 2.30pm with a group lunch.  

Unsuccessful candidates will be advised via email in early September.

Melbourne Clerk program:    We will not be recruiting any clerks for the 2008 or 2009 articled clerk program in our Melbourne office.