Faculty of Law

Current Students

Clerkships

Overview

The Faculty of Law is committed to encouraging law students to apply for Summer and Winter Clerkships (Clerkship/s) at law firms. It is important that students prepare early in their degree to plan for applying for Clerkships by liaising with the Graduate Development Manager.

Policy Guidelines

For those law students who successfully obtain a Clerkship and if that Clerkship is to be held during semester time, the Deputy Dean, will determine an acceptable study program that will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Each study program must be deemed appropriate by and approved by the Deputy Dean may include a variety of options for the student as follows:-

• deferring a semester or reducing the number of subjects studied in the appropriate semester;
• sitting Deferred Exams;
• undertaking external study. (This is not possible for all subjects. If possible then options may include utilising video streaming of lectures, accessing subject information from the Bond University website or submitting written responses to tutorial questions); or
• enrolling in the Individual Study elective and using the Clerkship to form the basis of research as per the assessment in the Individual Study. The topic and assessment for this elective is to be determined by the Deputy Dean.

The abovementioned options are available at the discretion of the Deputy Dean.

Policy Number: LAW016
Policy Name: Clerkships Policy
Contact Person: IT & Administration Manager
Date of Approval: 1998
Date Last Amended: 24 October 2005
Date of Next Review: Sept 2008