Gain practical legal experience and develop professional skills through work with a local host organisation. Offered in Autumn and Spring.
Undergraduate: Local Internship (76097)
Postgraduate: Local Legal Internship (78292)
Subject requirements: Participation in an internship for 11 days during the teaching session as well as attendance at a preparatory workshop, completing reflective journals and a post-internship presentation. Students will need to be available for the COMPULSORY preparatory workshop on the Friday of O week before the placements start in Week 1 of term.
To apply: Apply through CareerHub. 76097 (UG) application and 78292 (PG) application.
Application deadlines:
- Autumn 2027 - Applications due COB, Friday, 30 October 2026.
Please note: You must undertake an internship with one of the host organisations listed below. Self-sourced placements will not be accepted. In your application please list three preferences.
Local internship opportunities
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Stockland: an ASX top 50 property company, to work in their legal department. Interns will be allocated to one or more projects relating to the review of legal precedents and processes across the five asset classes. Recent projects have included a review of marketing and consumer law advice and precedents and the implementation of a training program for internal business partners. During the internship opportunities will also be provided to attend internal and external meetings on active matters to provide interns with an insight into the nature of in-house legal work.
Stockland welcomes interest from students who can attend placement for 2-3 days per week for 4-6 weeks if possible, although 1 day per week may also be possible.
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Toyota Finance Australia Limited: is a motor vehicle finance and insurance company, with an in-house legal team. Interns will work closely with members of the legal team to gain an understanding of what it is like to work as part of an in-house legal team. Interns will gain exposure to a variety of different areas of law, including NCCPA, NCC, ACL, Corporations Act, ASIC Act, AML & CTF, Privacy and PPSA. Interns will have the opportunity to assist with legal research, review and draft legal documents (including agreements, contracts, deeds, letters, etc.), assist with preparing legal advice or guidance, engage in legal discussion with other departments within the business, and assist with other day-to-day activities. Interns will attend meetings, ask questions and work alongside experienced legal professionals.
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Marrickville Legal Centre (MLC): is a community legal centre which provides legal services to socially and economically disadvantaged members of the community across the inner west, south west and southern suburbs of Sydney. MLC operates a state-wide Youth Legal Service for young people across New South Wales under the age of twenty-five. The Centre also auspices a state-wide Strata Collective Sales Advocacy Service, and two tenancy services (the Inner West Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service and the Northern Sydney Area Tenants Service). MLC provides legal advice, advocacy and education to people with employment law problems and a range of other legal issues.
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Westpac is Australia’s first bank and supports 13 million customers with a range of banking products and services. Westpac’s in-house legal team supports all business lines and group functions. Depending on their placement, interns gain exposure to areas such as the Corporations Act, Banking Act, AML/CTF, privacy, and potentially dispute resolution.
Interns will collaborate and work closely with experienced legal team members, assisting with research, reviewing and drafting documents, and supporting day-to-day legal activities. Limited spaces now available for Spring 2026. Applications closed 5pm, Friday 19 June.
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NSW Department of Communities and Justice: DCJ Legal is the specialist legal function within the NSW Department of Communities and Justice. It has a number of practice areas and provides legal services to assist the NSW Attorney General and other Government Ministers.
An internship with DCJ Legal will enable students to apply legal knowledge and skills to real-life legal problems, affecting the citizens of NSW. This internship is an opportunity to develop valuable networks and build skills to assist in applying for future jobs in the Department of Communities and Justice. DCJ Legal strongly encourages students from vulnerable or disadvantaged groups, in particular people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and people with disability, to apply for this internship opportunity.
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Anti-Slavery Australia (ASA): is a leading research, policy and legal centre based in the Faculty of Law at UTS. The Centre takes an active role in transforming the Australian legal and policy response to human trafficking and slavery and has supported over 300 survivors of human trafficking, slavery, forced labour and forced marriage through its specialist pro-bono legal practice. An internship placement with Anti-Slavery Australia offers you a unique opportunity to be involved in our research and policy development work, as well as the work of our legal practice. This could include researching and drafting submissions and policy documents, preparing factsheets, training materials and online content relating to human trafficking, modern slavery and forced marriage, and could also include participating in client interviews and drafting legal documents.
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Wotton + Kearney (W + K) Pro Bono/Senior Rights Service: is mid-sized corporate law firm specialising in insurance, with a strong commitment to community. It has a dedicated pro bono partner, who leads the firm’s pro bono and corporate social responsibility program. Internship students will spend their time between the pro bono practice at the firm and the pro bono contribution the firm provides to one of its community partners at the Seniors Rights Service (SRS). The tasks are likely to be highly varied as the practice takes on matters in a variety of areas of need, including refugee law, seniors rights, human rights, self-represented litigants and community legal education. Previous interns have undertaken tasks including legal research, writing briefs, preparing community legal education material and supporting lawyers to provide advice to clients of the SRS.
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The National Justice Project: The National Justice Project is a not-for-profit legal service. We apply our expertise to strategic human rights litigation and legal services, representing and giving voice to vulnerable people. We work to secure access to health care for vulnerable people, including people in offshore immigration detention and indigenous people, as well as in inquests, personal injury and other matters of public interest. Our team are committed and passionate about the work that we do and look forward to training young lawyers who want to work in public interest law. In addition to assisting with administrative duties, you will also liaise directly with clients, take statements and participate in other legal work. As a small organisation, you will have exposure to all aspects of the legal practice. The practice operates in a context of significant family and refugee trauma and high emotions. Volunteers will be exposed to traumatic and graphic work, and need to be calm and impartial.
Please note: First Nations students are encouraged to apply for this opportunity.
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Redfern Legal Centre: Redfern Legal Centre’s UTS Student Clinic is back. Since 2011, Redfern Legal Centre's International Student Legal Service NSW (RLC ISLS) has been providing legal advice, advocacy, and law and policy reform to NSW’s international student community, an often-marginalised and vulnerable group who contribute so much to Australia.
As part of the clinic, you’ll be working with RLC ISLS’s lawyers, paralegals, and volunteers on legal research, client advice, law reform, and information resources. As RLC ISLS is a generalist practice, you’ll see and assist in a wide variety of legal matters, which often includes criminal, family, employment, tenancy, and credit and debt, as well as education provider disputes and migration issues.
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The Environmental Defender’s Office (EDO) is the largest public interest environmental legal centre in the Australia-Pacific, dedicated to protecting our climate, communities and shared environment through groundbreaking litigation and law reform advocacy. This is an ideal opportunity for law students who have an interest in environmental law, and passion for protection of the environment through legal mechanisms. In this position you will volunteer under the supervision of one of our experienced solicitors based at our office in Sydney.
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Migrant Justice Institute works to end exploitation of migrant workers and hold governments and business to account. The internship will provide the opportunity to undertake legal, policy, advocacy and community engagement work, under supervision of global experts in the field. Interns assist with proofreading and reference-checking legal research reports, articles and other publications, and undertake research tasks on migrant rights and labour rights in Australia and overseas. They also contribute administrative and media support on Migrant Justice Institute projects, including an upcoming major national online survey of migrant workers and will attend Migrant Justice Institute team meetings.
The placement is in person at UNSW on a Tuesday throughout the term.
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Law Health Justice Community Advocacy Clinic: Health and social welfare services are provided for, and guaranteed, in law. Nevertheless, these legal entitlements can remain unmet. Alternatively, if services are available, the means of accessing them can be difficult to navigate for many in the community. This includes those seeking help with their own health or welfare needs, or where services are sought to support the care of others. The Law Health Justice Community Advocacy Clinic is a collaboration between UTS and Health Justice Australia, the national body championing and supporting partnerships between health and law professionals to address complex needs. The Clinic brings together UTS interns, academic supervisors, community partners, and Health Justice Australia to explore unmet legal needs that impact on well-being and health. The clinic is not a source of one-on-one advice, rather it responds to shared community problems to provide information and advocate for change. The Advocacy Clinic will be of interest to students wishing to use their legal skills towards social change.
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Guzman y Gomez: is one of Australia’s fastest growing brands in the food industry with over 100 restaurants in Australia. With restaurants also in Japan, and Singapore and shortly the United States, GYG is opening its legal department to budding interns interested in being part of this growth journey. Interns will work directly with the Group Legal Counsel, who is performing both the General Counsel and Company Secretary role, in all areas of law relevant to the business including employment, immigration, intellectual property, contracts, leasing, liquor licensing, food safety and franchising, together with all aspects of corporate governance relevant to the corporate secretariat function.
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Public Defenders are salaried barristers appointed under The Public Defenders Act 1995 to provide legal representation to legally aided people charged with serious criminal offences. There are 29 Public Defenders in NSW, based in Sydney (Darlinghurst) and across 8 regional sites appearing in District and Supreme Court trials and sentence proceedings as well as Court of Criminal Appeal and High Court appeals. Public Defenders also:
- Provide advice to Solicitors and Barristers in relation to criminal law
- Contribute to law reform through submissions or participation on committees
- Give lectures and seminars, write papers, facilitate an annual criminal law conference, and provide student placement opportunities to law students
Public Defenders provide students with a wide range of experiences in the preparation and observation of criminal cases. Students are given real cases to work on and may be able to attend court to follow trial, sentence, and appeal cases, if the Judge permits access. Students may be given complex research tasks and all are encouraged to take an active role in the office and work independently, while still being provided with supervision and support.
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LawPath: is Australia’s leading online legal services provider. Each year, LawPath helps thousands of Australian businesses with their legal needs. We are making legal easier, more accessible and more affordable for small to medium sized businesses to get the legal solutions they need by creating efficiencies with technology. Interns will be immersed in all aspects of LawPath. They will also have the opportunity to experience non-traditional legal services and obtain a greater understanding of the disruption within the legal industry.
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The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited (‘ALS’) is a proud, Aboriginal community-controlled organisation (ACCO) and one of seven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) across Australia. The ALS was born out of the Aboriginal rights protest movement on the streets of Redfern on unceded Gadigal land and was the first free community legal service in Australia. Today we deliver free, culturally appropriate legal advice, representation, information and referrals to thousands of people each year. We also speak out to combat injustice, change laws and systems that cause harm and demand accountability from public institutions, and are recognised nationally for our strong advocacy and law reform work.
Placements will be at our Redfern office and undertaken with our Criminal Law team, Civil Law team and/or Policy team, subject to availability.
Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are encouraged to apply for this opportunity.
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Sports Advisory Partners Australia(SAPA) is a sports advisory start-up and legal practice with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. We provide valuable, considered and practical advice and support to our clients which leverages our extensive knowledge and experience in participating and working in all levels of sport. Our clients include (but not limited to) various national and state sporting organisations such as the A-Leagues, Football Australia, Football South Australia and Football West, Gymnastics Australia and Basketball Victoria. SAPA presents students with a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience to a broad range of client work within sports law, including conducting legal research, policy drafting, integrity and disciplinary review support, case briefing and regulatory compliance work. Students will work directly with the Legal & Regulatory Services Manager, with exposure to the rest of the legal team and the Executive Directors of SAPA and will develop understanding of how a small business operates.
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Volvo Car Australia is the local subsidiary of Volvo Cars Corporation, a global leader in premium automotive innovation and safety. We are committed to delivering exceptional Scandinavian design, cutting-edge technology, and a safer, more sustainable driving experience for Australian customers. Volvo Car Australia is seeking an intern to work with its Legal Counsel based in North Ryde. The Volvo Cars intern will be involved in researching a range of matters, including ACL, AI, electronic vehicles and more. The intern will also have exposure to local and regional projects, consumer disputes (including Tribunal attendance, if possible) and general legal matters. Interns will shadow the Legal Counsel and attend meetings as appropriate.
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TKO Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports & entertainment company and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
TKO owns iconic sports properties including UFC, the world's premier mixed martial arts organization, WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment, and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization.
TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports media and marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.
Interns will work directly with the Vice President & Counsel of TKO (Asia Pacific) who oversees commercial legal operations in the region, focusing in particular on broadcast production, media rights acquisition/sales and events. The internship provides a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience and insight into the legal and commercial operations of a global sporting juggernaut.
Students who have completed Sports Law will be given preference.
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Game Legalis a Sydney-based corporate and commercial legal practice that delivers trusted advice to clients across Australia, as well as in New Zealand, Singapore, China, Japan, Europe, the UK, and North America. Principal Lawyer, Mat Jessep, started Game Legal in 2019 to deliver focused legal services to clients in sport, media, entertainment, and startups. As well as teaching classes in the 'Sports Law' class in the UTS Faculty of Law, Mat has a deep expertise in managing a broad range of legal and governance matters, including: corporate structuring, shareholder/member relations, capital raising, regulatory compliance, M&A transactions and asset sales, IP protection and commercialisation, commercial contracts, athlete, employee, and contractor engagement, and dispute resolution. Mat also operates Game Integrity, a sports governance and integrity consultancy. As Lead Consultant at Game Integrity, Mat assists sporting organisations to manage their integrity frameworks from policy development, to case assessment, complaint management, independent investigations, dispute resolution, and education. Interns will work directly with Mat and gain a unique perspective on the practice of law, client relationship management, and the assessment of real world legal, governance, and integrity issues.
Students who have completed Sports Law will be given preference.
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Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia (HCA) is a leading provider of machinery and after‑sales support solutions to the mining, construction sectors, supported by a national network. We are offering a legal internship within our Corporate Support Group in the Paramatta office, where the student will gain practical, hands‑on experience in commercial contracting, including reviewing and standardising contract templates, identifying legal and commercial risks, drafting alternative clauses, and preparing briefing notes to support negotiations. This placement provides valuable exposure to contract law in a corporate environment and offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with multiple business units while developing professional communication and analytical skills.