Gadens

About Gadens

Gadens is a leading Australian law firm with more than 100 partners and 880 staff across offices located in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. We regularly undertake highly complex and day-to-day transactional legal work for a wide range of clients across multiple industry sectors. Our clients include major Australian and multinational organisations – we are advisors to a number of the Top 200 companies listed on the ASX – as well as many small to medium-sized businesses, and high-net-worth families and individuals. Our aim is to help our clients achieve their objectives – providing an outstanding client experience for every client, every time. This is underpinned by our intense focus on understanding our clients, their needs and expectations and building meaningful, long-term relationships – a number of which span decades. Our mission is to help people achieve their purpose in a complex world. To do so, we aim to lead by example, inspire others, innovate and build something we are all proud of.

Our practice areas include;

  • Real Estate and Construction;

  • Disputes and Investigations;

  • Corporate (including Tax Advisory);

  • Workplace Advisory and Disputes;

  • Intellectual Property and Technology; and

  • Banking and Finance.

Clerks@Gadens

It is an exciting time to join Gadens. In 2023, we are introducing clerkships to our Melbourne and Sydney offices.  Clerks will have the opportunity to get to know our people, our clients and our practice teams during the program, participating in a range of activities designed to give you insights into private practice in your preferred area of the law.  A dedicated mentor and buddy will guide and support you during your practice team rotation and you will gain practical experience through working directly with partners and experienced lawyers, who are leaders in their field.  You will also learn more about our firm, culture and how we support the wider community.  We will recruit graduates from 2025 who have participated in our clerkship programs.

Application dates for Clerks@Gadens

Gadens are signatories to The Law Society of New South Wales Clerkship Guidelines.  Applications open 5 June 2023, applications close 9 July 2023 and offers for clerkships made 13 September 2023. We will be accepting applications from students in their penultimate year of the JD or LLB. In Sydney, clerkships take place across one intake, eight weeks in duration from November 2023 to February 2024.

Application details

You can apply for clerkships directly through the Gadens website and will be required to upload your CV, cover letter, academic transcript and provide responses to short answer questions.  You will not be required to complete any psychometric testing as part of our recruitment process.  Successful clerks will be invited to attend a networking and information evening in our office prior to interview, to learn more about Gadens and to meet our people.  Interviews will be held in-person in our office with a Partner and member of the People & Development team.  We look forward to receiving your application.

For any further information, please don't hesitate to touch base with our Early Careers Partner, Jessica Parker, or email earlycareers@gadens.com.

To find out more, visit the Gadens website.