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Native Title Legal Internships
Overview The Program introduces law students and graduates to career opportunities in native title, policy, social justice and Indigenous affairs and aims to provide assistance to under-resourced and over-worked Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) and Native Title Service Providers (NTSPs) as well as various other organisations working in these areas including Indigenous corporations, government bodies, community groups, not-for-profit and policy organisations. Most NTRB and NTSP placements involve native title and land right-related work. Interns working in this area can also expect to deal with areas of law as diverse as constitutional law to local government regulations. Placements and internships in other organisations could encompass a wider range of issues relating to Indigenous affairs, such as Indigenous policy and governance, health, education and economic development. While these issues may arise as part of an internship at an NTRB or NTSP, they are more likely to be the core aspect of work as a policy intern. Interns placed at one of these other organisations should be aware that they may not be involved in any native title work whilst on placement. Applications are open to all law students and graduates who have completed, or are currently completing the property law component of their legal studies and are interested in working in native title, policy and Indigenous affairs. Most internships run for 5 to 6 weeks over the June to August and November to March university breaks. They are a full-time workload usually around 40 hours per week and are unpaid. Aurora Native Title Internship Program - Winter 2010
Applications are open to law students and graduates as well as qualified solicitors. Placements can start at 2 months and may continue for up to 1 year. Duties, conditions and remuneration vary from position to position. If you would like any further information or would like to be placed on our 'register of interest' click here to email the Placements Team. (Please note the selection criteria for locum positions may differ from those mentioned below - the information below applies only to unpaid student internships). Selection criteria Selection for an internship will require that applicants:
Locations of placements are Australia-wide at the 15 NTRBs and NTSPs as well as at around 20 other organisations. We request that interns provide their preferences at the interview stage. Placements are dependent upon the individual organisation's needs and while we do our best to accommodate them, we cannot guarantee interns’ preferences will be available. Click here to see a map of the NTRB regions. Click here to see a map of other placement organisations. Click here to see a list of the NTRBs, NTSPs and other placement organisations.
The internships are unpaid however, travel costs and accommodation will in, some instances, be covered either partially or totally, by the host organisations. Where this is not possible, internships will be available to those who can self-fund. Interns need to cover their own day-to-day expenses (e.g. food, entertainment, local travel etc.) The Aurora Project does not provide financial support for interns. Some universities have offered funding to students being placed through Aurora. It is the students’ responsibility to make enquiries directly through their university. As of December 2008 Griffith University, Macquarie University, Queensland University of Technology and the University of Melbourne offered such funding. >> back to top
Some universities provide course credit for undertaking internships or for a paper arising from internships. In some cases universities offer a Practical Legal Training (PLT) program to postgraduate students. As at December 2008 the following universities offered course credit:
Irrespective of whether you are placed at a NTRB, NTSP or other organisation, your role as an intern is to assist the host organisation. The nature of your tasks will vary depending upon the type of organisation at which you are placed. We encourage interns to adopt the attitude that they are volunteers at the host organisations; they are recipients of a really interesting and privileged experience. Although each placement is unique, some examples on the sort of work you may be asked to do as part of your placement are:
As a legal intern placed at a non-NTRB or non-NTSP, you will often be working on policy-related work and you may be required to undertake significant research and analysis. You may often need to work independently and should not expect to undertake any native title work. These placements are sometimes project-based and may involve the preparation and presentation of findings in a particular:
During your internship, a number of obligations will need to be fulfilled and as ambassadors of the program, interns will be expected to assist with the promotion of the internship program upon your return. These are to:
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