Our summer clerk and law clerk programmes are designed for final year law students and graduates, most of whom are among the top ten percent of New Zealand's law students. Law clerks have graduated, but have not yet been admitted to the Bar, and work with partners and legal staff fulltime.
Law clerks choose three departments to work in for about six months each.
After that, we aim to place them permanently in the department of their choice. If any staff decide later that they want to change their area of law, we will help them move to another department. We believe it is important to recognise the strengths of our people and to create a working environment that allows staff to develop the skills required to advance in their careers. We also believe it is important to give clients information about the skills and experience of the Chapman Tripp lawyers with whom they are dealing. The designations of our solicitors, and the way in which they are conferred, offer a career structure that we believe is unique among New Zealand law firms.