Legal clinics
We partner with a wide range of community legal centres to offer you one of the most diverse clinical legal education programs in Australia. Each clinic offers you the opportunity to work in a social justice setting for academic credit through the elective law course, LAWS5180.
During your clinical placement, you will spend one day per week during semester undertaking legal work under the close supervision of experienced lawyers.
You must apply for a place in the Clinical Legal Education Program for the next semester.
The majority of clinics will only take undergraduates that have completed at least sixteen (16) units of LAWS courses, however, there are clinics that may take third year students. There is no minimum GPA required to participate in LAWS5180. Priority is given to students who are soon to graduate, and who demonstrate a genuine interest in social justice (including through participation in UQ Pro Bono Centre projects).
This page is for our semester-based clinical program. If you would like to read about our regional clinical program, please click here.
2. Program
During your clinical placement, you will spend one day per week during semester undertaking legal work under the close supervision of experienced lawyers.
Induction
If you are selected, you must attend a clinic induction on campus during O-Week. You must also be able to commence your placement in Week 1 of semester in order to attend an induction at the relevant Community Legal Centre.
Overseas opportunity
Through the elective law course LAWS5233 Transnational Perspectives in Law, students have the opportunity to engage in inter-jurisdictional learning in different parts of the world.
New Columbo Plan grants are available for a limited number of law students to undertake LAWS5233 internships.