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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. 

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Application dates

You must apply for a place in the Clinical Legal Education Program for the next semester. 

The application process for Semester 1 2024 will have two rounds. Apply before 31 December to be considered in the first round of applications and increase your chances to secure a spot in the Semester 1 2024 intake. 

  • Round 1 applications close: 31 December 2023
  • Round 2 applications close: 17 January 2024

Notifications will be sent out to successful applicants in the week of Monday 22 January to align with the timetable preferencing period. Timetable preferencing closes Monday 29 January. 

If you miss the closing date, you can still apply - places may yet be available, or you may be placed on a waitlist.  

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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.