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Admission to Practise Law in Australia

New South Wales

Legal Practitioners Admission Board NSW
Provides information on the requirements for admission to practise in NSW - for law graduates, interstate and overseas practitioners.

Victoria

Admission to Legal Practise under the 2004 Legal Profession Act

Local Practising Certificates

Legal Services Board (Victoria)

Law Institute of Victoria

Practising in Victoria
Information at the Law Institute of Victoria site.

Articles

See law firms page - information about applying of articles typically found on individual law firms pages

Other paths to admission

New South Wales

Legal Practitioners Admission Board NSW
Provides list of accredited courses for admission purposes

Law Society of New South Wales

Requirements to practise law in NSW PDF
Detailed document - covers admission for local and overseas practitioners. See also requirements for practising in NSW.

College of Law
The College of Law conducts courses of Practical Legal Training and Continuing Legal Education. This site offers information about the College, continuing legal education, the professional program, college of law publications and legal information services amongst other things

Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics

Queensland

Bond University Professional Legal Training Program
Information about the program

College of Law
The College of Law conducts courses of Practical Legal Training and Continuing Legal Education. This site offers information about the College, continuing legal education, the professional program, college of law publications and legal information services amongst other things

Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics

See further the Griffith site

Victoria

College of Law
The College of Law conducts courses of Practical Legal Training and Continuing Legal Education. This site offers information about the College, continuing legal education, the professional program, college of law publications and legal information services amongst other things

Leo Cussen Institute (Victoria)
‘Excellence in Legal Education’ – information about the institute, legal news, Practical Training Course, Legal Professional Development, Online Program Registration, Perry’s Case Notes, Order Publications Online, Links to other sites and more.

Monash University Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics


Admission to Practise Law outside Australia

Contact details and information on how to apply to practice outside Australia


Practising as a Barrister

ACT

ACT Bar Association

New South Wales

New South Wales Bar Association

Victoria

The Victorian Bar

The Victorian Bar Inc. One Profession, Two Branches PDF
Nice 7 page PDF article on the Victorian Bar web site explainting the role of the Bar. It also briefly explains how to obtain membership to the Victorian Bar. The article was written by DL Harber QC (now Mr Justice Harber), AJ Kirkham QC and AJ McIntosh in 1990 and has been edited to take account of developments since 1990.

The Work of a Barrister PDF
Three page PDF article.

The Independent Bar and the Rule of Law PDF
Two-page extract from Victorian Bar Council, The Victorian Bar Its Work and Organisation (1990)


Continuing legal education

Information on postgraduate university courses, such as masters degrees, graduate certificates, PhDs and SJDs can be found on university web sites. See the law schools page for relevant links.

College of Law (NSW)
The College of Law conducts courses of Practical Legal Training and Continuing Legal Education. It was set up by the Law Society of NSW. This site offers information about the College, continuing legal education, the professional program, college of law publications and legal information services amongst other things

Leo Cussen Institute (Victoria)
‘Excellence in Legal Education’ – information about the institute, legal news, Practical Training Course, Legal Professional Development, Online Program Registration, Perry’s Case Notes, Order Publications Online, Links to other sites and more.