UTS Law student Cara Hegarty couldn't be happier. She'll be spending the weeks leading up to Christmas this year working for major London law firm Linklaters as part of her tertiary education in law.

Also President of the UTS Law Students' Society, Cara will spend four weeks at Linklaters, mentored by senior staff, involved directly on complex legal matters and soaking up the work and social life of an international law firm.

Linklaters provides legal advice to some of the world's largest companies, financial institutions and governments on the most challenging transactions and assignments. The company has 520 partners and more than 5,000 staff worldwide in 30 offices across 23 countries.

Cara said with business becoming increasingly global young graduates starting out as commercial lawyers needed to gain international experience and practice in different jurisdictions.

I like to think that I am fairly ambitious and working at Linklaters is an opportunity too good to miss out on," Cara said.

"The world of business and business law is becoming ever more complex and interconnected. It will be fascinating to see how an international law firm deals with these complex legal matters.

"Receiving the clerkship has really boosted my confidence and my parents are very proud of me too – they think the fact that the firm is willing to fly me half way across the world for just four weeks work says a lot about my potential."

At Linklaters Cara will be treated the same as if she were a trainee. She will sit with a principal of the company, be involved in real deals, be expected to work hard and also get to enjoy the lighter side of the Linklaters social life.

I will see first hand what trainees do in London and get a pretty clear impression of whether I want to go on and train further at Linklaters," she said.

"When I finish the clerkship I will be automatically offered an interview for a training contract. If all goes well and I am offered the training contract, I will be able to finish my degree in Australia with Linklaters' full support.

"It almost seems too good to be true."