Current Opportunities

The role

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with our leading Commercial group.  As a Law Clerk you will be given the opportunity to do hands on legal work in a supportive and collaborative learning environment which encourages you to balance and blend your university commitments with work experience. As an example, some key responsibilities include:

• Assist in Sale of Business Contracts: Provide assistance in business transactions, including preparing documentation.
• Commercial Contracts: Provide support in commercial transactions, including drafting, reviewing and applying relevant laws and regulations.
• Legal Research: Conduct research associated with matters.
• Conveyancing Transactions Support: Provide assistance in conveyancing transactions, including preparing documentation.
• Drafting Correspondence: Prepare and draft correspondence, including letters and emails

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• 3 year LLB student or JD student
• Excellent drafting and analytic thinking
• Strong time management
• A strong work ethic and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Exceptional attention to detail and communication skills
• A commitment to continually learning and developing

Please note that you must be in your 3rd year of legal studies to be eligible for this role.

The team

Our high performing, collegiate Commercial group is recognised in Legal 500 for their expertise and experience in Corporate and M&A transactions. Our team's strong commercial focus is key to achieving favourable outcomes for our clients. By combining sharp business acumen with extensive legal expertise and experience, we consistently deliver excellent results and now offering a highly sought after opportunity to join us.

About Us

Piper Alderman is a premier commercial law firm with offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, and Melbourne. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve practical commercial outcomes, innovate in service delivery, and engage deeply across multiple industries. We pride ourselves on being a collaborative law firm where high-achieving, ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals while performing challenging and rewarding tasks. At Piper Alderman, we promote a culture of excellence, collaboration, and teamwork. We recognize and support individuals and invest in their continued professional development.

Our perks

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

• A variety of health and wellbeing initiatives including our Thrive@PiperAlderman Wellbeing Program.
• Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
• An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
• Automatic acceptance into the group Salary Continuance insurance plan
• Purchased annual leave options.
• A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible!
• Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.

Apply today

Piper Alderman is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where those people can be their authentic self.  We value diversity of thought and experience and aim to ensure all our people are valued and respected.

Please submit an application by clicking the relevant link in this job advertisement. Please note, no applications will be accepted directly via email.

If you have questions or would like further information about this opportunity, please careers@piperalderman.com.au