Legal Internship Program

Organising your own internship Dates

School Arranged Internship Dates 

Law-School arranged Internships are unpaid and take place in a 4 week block over the dates indicated by the placement dates above and you must be available for ALL specified dates (5 days per week total of 20 days). 

If School of Law arranged internship placement dates do not suit, we encourage you to organise your own internship around dates that suit you and your provider. 

A student arranged internship may take place anytime within the instance (within dates above) in which you will be enrolled and are subject to enrolment deadlines and approval requirements set out in the Student Handbook.  (Refer to the relevant session Handbook under the ‘Resources’ section).

You must have completed LLB 1197 and at least one of either LLB 220/2220, LLB 230/2230 and/or LLB 240/2240 to enrol in LLB 3397/3396.

Your internship start and finish dates must fall within the one instance.

How to apply

Students organising their own Legal Internship should ensure that they read the relevant Student Handbook under the ‘Resources’ section prior to submitting an application.

The School of Law now uses SONIA, an online student placement system to manage Student Arranged professional experience internships.

Please follow these procedures to organise your own internship:

1. Obtain a brief letter from your proposed internship supervisor, on the letterhead of the firm/organisation, confirming that:
   1. the internship will be of 20 days duration, indicating the exact dates of the proposed internship period;
   2. the nature of the work to be undertaken and,
   3. the supervisor has read the Guidelines for Supervisors booklet and agrees to the conditions; and confirms that the internship experience will meet the program requirements as set out in the booklet and has held a practising certificate for at least three years.
2. Send an email to the Internship Coordinator via law-internships@uow.edu.au advising that you intend to undertake an internship within a specific instance of LLB 3397/3396 (i.e LIP 1). This email should be sent a minimum of 10 working days before you plan start your internship. Do not send application forms or Supervisor letter at this stage.
3. You will then receive a ‘Welcome’ to the program email providing you with a link to SONIA, asking you to complete a Student Arranged Internship Application Form and other requirements via SONIA.
4. You are required to complete the Application Form and attach Supervisor Letter for Discipline Leader approval.
   1. If your Application Form is declined, you will receive an email to contact the Internship Coordinator to discuss the reasons why and to resubmit form.
   2. If the Application Form is approved, you and your Supervisor will receive separate internship CONFIRMATION emails.

SONIA Guidelines for Students (PDF)

Apply now via SONIA

The School of Law organises internships for students over the Winter and Summer breaks only.

Law-School arranged Internships are unpaid and take place in a 4 week block over the dates indicated by the placement dates below and you must be available for ALL specified dates (5 days per week total of 20 days). 

You must have completed LLB 197/1197 and at least one of either LLB 220/2220, LLB 230/2230 and/or LLB 240/2240 to enrol in LLB 3397/3396.

If School of Law arranged internship placement dates do not suit, we encourage you to organise your own internship around dates that suit you and your provider. Please contact us if you have any issues impacting you that might be relevant to where you are placed and attendance (such as a medical condition, carer’s responsibilities).

When an internship has been secured, the School of Law will manually enrol you into LLB 3397/3396.

For more information regarding LLB 3397/3396 please review the relevant session Handbook under the ‘Resources’ section.

LIP 2, 2026

The School can arrange your internship placement over the following LIP Winter session dates:

LIP 2, 2026 dates

29 June - 24 July 2026

Applications Open: 2 March 2026
Applications Close: 27 March 2026

Information Session: Tuesday, 10 March, 12:30 - 1:30 pm (Week 2 - Autumn 2026) 
Register now

How to apply

School of Law arranged internship applications are submitted via SONIA Online (UOW student placement system).  If you have any issues please contact
law-internships@uow.edu.au.

SONIA Guidelines for Students (PDF)

Apply now via SONIA

For more information register for one of our upcoming Information sessions.

Eligibility  

All Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB), either as a double or single degree, who commenced their course from 2023 onwards are required to complete LLB3396 Legal Internship Program (6cp).

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB), either as a double or single degree, who commenced their course in 2018 – 2022 (inclusive) were required to complete both LLB3397 Legal Internship (3cp) and LLB3399 Law, Justice and Professional Practice (3cp), However, students who have not yet completed either of those subjects will now instead enrol in the 6cp replacement Legal Internship subject LLB3396 from LIP Session 2 2025 and beyond.

Subjects requirements 

* Students who have already completed LLB3397 Legal Internship (3 cps) will need to complete LLB3399 Law, Justice and Professional Practice (3 cps) and vice versa.

** Students who have not completed either LLB3397 OR LLB3399, will need to complete LLB3396 Legal Internship Program (6 cps). 

If you have any queries on this, please seek the advice of the Law School's Head of Students by contacting ASK UOW.

You must have completed LLB 1197 and at least one of either LLB 220/2220, LLB 230/2230 and/or LLB 240/2240 to enrol in LLB 3397/3396.

• LLB 3397/3396 Student Handbook (PDF)
• Code Of Practice - Work Integrated Learning (Professional Experience)
• LLB 3397/3396 Guidelines for Supervisors (PDF)
• Become a Professional Provider
• SONIA Guidelines for Students (PDF)

• Confidentiality Agreement (PDF)
• Record of Attendance Form (PDF)
• Record of Absence Form (PDF) 
• Objectives Template (PDF)
• Statement of Objectives Example (PDF)
• Student Evaluation Form (compulsory) (PDF)
• Supervisor Evaluation Form (PDF)

Any questions relating to the program please contact the Internship Team via email:  law-internships@uow.edu.au