Thank you to the generous support from our sponsors, UTS Law Students’ Society is able to facilitate enriching law school experiences for our members.
These are the firms that make UTS Law Students’ Society possible. We aim to create a balanced university experience for our members, and in doing so, we help students transition from an academic environment to a career in the legal industry. If your company is interested in engaging with bright and promising law students, please reach out to Selene Vuong, Vice-President (Sponsorships) at vps@utslss.com.
In May 2024, Allen & Overy and Sheaman & Sterling merged to create A&O Shearman, a global law firm built to achieve unparalleled outcomes for the world’s leading businesses. Building on the legacy of both firms and with some of the greatest legal talent around the world, A&O Shearman is the first fully integrated global industry-leading law firm.
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you’re helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Since 1964, long before other global or international law firms entered Australia, Baker McKenzie has been the local law firm of choice.
Our unique culture, developed over 75 years, enables our 13,000+ diverse people from different cultures and backgrounds to work together as trusted colleagues and friends to instil confidence in our clients.
We have an unrivalled ability to provide training and secondment opportunities across our global network, and an inclusive culture of learning, coaching and opportunity locally.
With 32 offces across the world and a rich history spanning 200 years, we’ve established ourselves as a leading adviser in all areas of the law.
We offer the reach and insight of a global network combined with deep local market knowledge, to help our clients navigate a complex and constantly changing global landscape.
DLA Piper is a global business law firm based in the Americas, EMEA and the Asia Pacific, operating across more than 40 countries. We help clients succeed through innovative and pragmatic legal solutions.
Leading businesses across the world trust us with their most complex matters and rely on our seamless cross-border prowess and sector knowledge. We’re creating exceptional experiences, outcomes and growth for our clients and people.
If you want same old, same old – we are not your firm
Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent Australian law firm. We are a firm of over 1200 people delivering outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia.
We recognise that today’s law graduates are tomorrow’s leaders of the firm. That’s why we offer programs that let you work with great people at all levels of the firm and do real work for real clients
We’re Herbert Smith Freehills, a leading global law firm delivering high-profile work that matters to our clients. We believe that today, there’s a real opportunity to do things differently and raise our ambition for our clients and for you.
When you work with us, we make your personal and professional growth our business. Wherever you are in your career, wherever you are in the world, you can grow and help the firm grow with you
HFW is an international law firm with a strong global presence and a reputation for providing an excellent service to an impressive list of domestic and international clients.
With over 600 lawyers working across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, we take a progressive approach to our role in commercial business – thinking creatively and pragmatically to support our clients.
With our head office in London, HFW provides a global and seamless service 24 hours a day. We are leaders in our specialist sectors, being Shipping, Construction, Commodities, Corporate & Commercial, Insurance & Reinsurance and Aerospace.
Johnson Winter Slattery is a leading independent Australian law firm.
We advise major corporations, funds and governments on their most challenging transactions and disputes. We are a firm of more than 450 people, including 85+ partners, located in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth.
Looking after people is our top priority. Our ethos is: “we’re in it together” – it’s the cornerstone of our business and it guides our approach to everything we do.
At Maddocks, our vision is to be the modern Australian law firm, invested in our clients and our people. To make this happen we have a culture that emphasises great work and rewarding career opportunities.
We are guided by our core values of integrity, stewardship, collaboration, innovation and respect for the individual and diversity.
A full service commercial law firm with offices in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra, we believe that old ways won’t open new doors.
Our innovative approach to the law ensures high quality outcomes for high quality clients, providing our teams with hands-on experience from day one.
Your career is a timeline of accomplishments. Big steps and little steps that mark how you’ve grown. First days. First deals. First mistake – and how you learned from it. So here’s your next big step – a first introduction to your future.
We’re Norton Rose Fulbright; pre‑eminent legal advisors to businesses and financial corporations across the world. And we might just be the right law firm to help you progress with purpose.
As a truly national, award-winning firm, we cover six core areas of law—Commercial Insurance, Corporate & Commercial, Government, Property Environment & Finance, Statutory Lines Insurance and Workplace—with more than 30 specialised areas of expertise. Covering a big country needs a big team. We’re more than 850 people strong across nine offices, servicing an enviable client base of Australian and global organisations.
As an independent Australian firm with a long history and a big heart, we have a rich story to tell. Our spirit is built on the power of relationships with our people, clients and communities.
UTS Practical Legal Training (PLT)
The UTS Faculty of Law offers a flexible and practical PLT program which is open to all Law students who seek to be admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of New South Wales. By doing PLT at UTS you will be taught by experienced clinical practitioners who will guide you in this crucial stage of your professional development. PLT is offered across Autumn, Spring and Summer sessions and can be taken full or part time, depending on your capacity! UTS students may benefit from a 10% alumni discount on fees and all LLB or JD students will be granted 6cp of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).