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STUDENT PROGRAMS

CLERKSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS

The AALN partners with government and legal organisations to deliver paid, legal work experience for AALN members.

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VICTORIA LEGAL AID CLERKSHIP | APPLICATIONS CLOSED

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The AALN is proud to partner with Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) to run a clerkship program for African Australian law students. The clerkship program started in 2019 and aims to provide a practical and meaningful experience to AALN members to support their career development and provide opportunities to gain valuable skills, knowledge and a network within the justice sector. AALN's Past President, Amani Green, stated: 

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"The joint VLA and AALN clerkship program represents an opportunity for exceptionally talented students and recent graduates to gain invaluable professional experience, and it has been a pleasure to co-design the program with VLA.​ Their dedication to this program, and support for the AALN more broadly, is indicative of a genuine commitment to valuing diversity and combating institutional racism. We look forward to continuing to work with VLA, and deepening our partnership over the coming years."​

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The VLA Clerkship Program offers successful clerks the opportunity to undertake a 10-week structured, paid placement within specialised teams such as youth crime, family law, migration, and other practice areas across metro and regional Victoria. Designed to support students balancing study commitments, the program provides flexible work arrangements and is open to law students (preferably in their penultimate or final year) passionate about the legal assistance sector, with strong encouragement for African Australian students who may have faced barriers accessing legal experience.

 

Applications for the 2026 intake are now closed, but please stay tuned for updates regarding next year's program.

 

BMCLC AFRICAN AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM 

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BMCLC is inviting applications for the African Australian Assistance Project Volunteer Program!

This initiative, funded through the Victorian Legal Services Board Grant Program, provides legal assistance and community capacity-building support to young African Australians in the Brimbank and Melton regions. 

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Internship Overview

Volunteers will have the opportunity to work alongside lawyers like John Kon who has experience mentoring law students at Victoria University. 

 

commUnity+ endeavours to provide genuine service to local communities. Please note that applicants for this volunteer program must possess knowledge and understanding of the African Australian communities in Melbourne’s West

 
Eligibility

The internship is available to Law students/recent graduates with knowledge and understanding of African Australian communities in Melbourne’s West

 

All volunteers must commit to a minimum of one day each fortnight for a period of six months. A detailed volunteer position description is available online. 

Location

Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre. 

How to Apply

To apply please visit https://www.comm-unityplus.org.au/home/working-with-us/volunteering/​

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Expression of Interest: legal@comm-unityplus.org.au​

       

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AFRICAN AUSTRALIAN

LEGAL NETWORK

African Australian Legal Network Incorporated

Incorporation No: A0106223A

ABN: 34 902 497 690

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY​

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The African Australian Legal Network is based on Wurundjeri Land of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and pay our respects to Elders, as well as all First Nations peoples, past, present and future. As we are on stolen land, and because sovereignty was never ceded, we are committed to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the path towards recognition, reparation, reconciliation and self-determination. 

 

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