LLB397/3397: Legal Internship Program

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.
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 Student Handbook 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.
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 397/3397 (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

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

When an internship has been secured, the School of Law will manually enrol you into LLB397/3397.

For more information regarding LLB 397/3397 please review our Student Handbook.

The School can arrange your internship placement over the following LIP Summer 2023/24 session dates:

• Session 1: 20 November, 2023 - 15 December, 2023
• Session 2: 29 January, 2024 - 23 February, 2024

Application dates for LIP Summer 2023/24 School Arranged Internships:

• Open: 24 July, 2023
• Close: 18 August, 2023

Upcoming Information session: 

When: Tuesday 1st August, 2023, 12.30pm-1.30pm
Please email law-internships@uow.edu.au to register

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

• LLB 397/3397 Student Handbook
• Code of Practice - Student Professional Experience
• LLB 397/3397 Guidelines for Supervisors
• Become a Professional Provider

• 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)

To help you think carefully about the type of internship you want to undertake, how to get the most out of your internship  and what to take away from the internship to help you with future career choices, check out the following resources prepared by Careers & Employability (formerly Careers Central):

• Career Development learning Activities for LLB 397/3397
• LLB 397/3397 Pre-internship reflective activity
• LLB 397/3397 Post-internship reflective activity