Our summer clerk or graduate role applications are open on Tuesday 4 March.

Simpson Grierson is a great place to start your career. As a summer clerk or law graduate you’ll work alongside some of Aotearoa’s leading lawyers and have the opportunity to get involved in real client work, advise on leading commercial transactions and tackle major projects.

We’ll give you plenty of support and opportunities to shape your career.

The summer clerk experience

If you’re in your penultimate year of Law School, you are eligible to apply for a summer clerkship with us.

As a summer clerk you will rotate through two different teams, one before Christmas and one after. This gives you the opportunity to experience two different areas of law and decide where you want to begin your career. In your first few days as a summer clerk, you’ll be based in our Auckland office where we will welcome you to the firm and you’ll get to network with each other over some fun activities.

A lot of our summer clerks also join us as law graduates after they complete their degree

The graduate experience

Our law graduate cohort is a mixture of people who have summer clerked with us and students we hire into law graduate roles.

You will start by doing your professional legal studies for the first three months and will then join your team in April, where you will be placed permanently into a team and have the opportunity to get involved in meaningful client work.

You’ll get access to a comprehensive two-year training programme that has been described externally as 'leaps ahead' of our competition. None of our law graduates have fee budgets, which means you can settle into your new role without too much pressure.