Summer Clerkship (Nov 2024)

About Lane Neave:

At Lane Neave we’re proud of our people! We tap into more than 150 years of experience and provide our hugely talented pool of legal experts with the opportunities to unlock their potential and “make the complex simple” for our clients.

Keeping people at the heart of Lane Neave defines who we are and how we operate. And this isn’t just an internal focus. We are committed to operating in a way that makes positive social and environmental impact. 

We’re also proud of our achievements, winning multiple awards for our technical expertise and culture including: Employer of Choice (<100 Lawyers) in the 2023 NZ Law Awards; NZ Firm of the Year and Work-Life Balance National Firm of the Year at the 2022 Women in Business Law Awards Asia Pacific. Further to this, Lane Neave have again been recognised across a very broad range of practice areas in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific directory of recommended firms and lawyers in New Zealand. 

Summer Clerk with us!

As a Summer Clerk you will complete two six-week placements from November 2024 to February 2025 with a three week break in the middle for Christmas and New Year. 

You’ll have the opportunity to work across two different practice areas, so you can get a real feel for what life working in a full-service law firm is like. We’ll take good care of your social needs too, ensuring you have time to build relationships with our staff and of course the other clerks - to share stories and compare notes about your experiences. 

You will be taken through a structured learning programme, to help you get the most out of your time. You will also receive regular feedback from Partners and be given a team buddy for each of your placements to guide you through the day-to-day.

As a Summer Clerk at Lane Neave, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself into everything the firm has to offer, including multiple social events. A highlight is our all-staff Christmas party in Christchurch!  

We are seeking talented and hard-working students in their penultimate year of study, who are passionate, will enjoy getting involved with everything our firm has to offer and have a desire to step out of their comfort zone to make an impression. This Summer, we have clerkships available in our Christchurch, Auckland and Queenstown offices.

About You:

By joining us, you will be comfortable analysing information from a range of sources, working collaboratively and entrenching yourself in our culture.

Key attributes for the role include:

• A strong grade average;
• Interests and experience outside of study;
• Critical and analytical thinking, alongside excellent communication skills;
• A friendly and positive attitude;
• A professional and discreet manner; and
• An ability to build strong, enduring relationships.

What does success look like at Lane Neave?

Productivity, accountability, straight and open communication, trust, respect, and an ability to build strong, collaborative relationships make our people successful. We are proud of our unique culture, and we work hard to recruit likeminded people. Clerking in our top performing, national firm is sure to be a fun experience and will provide you with a punchy start to your professional career. Plus, we pride ourselves on our ability to source the right calibre and number of Clerks to maintain our extremely high permanent graduate offer rate. 

So, are you ready to make an impact?

Apply online through our website including your CV, cover letter and academic transcript. 

As a successful candidate, you will move through four main assessment stages: 

1. application stage (now); 
2. video interviewing stage; 
3. psychometric assessment stage; and finally
4. formal interviews (scheduled for the week starting 29 April). 

Apply now and we will be in touch via email with any updates to your application and provide further details as the stages progress.