Requalify for practice

Law graduates may also enrol in single units (non-award) at Deakin for the purposes of requalifying for practice in Victoria.

Australia's six States and two Territories each have separate admission boards with varying requirements for law practitioners. The first step is to contact the governing body in the state in which you intend to practice.

In the State of Victoria, this body is the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB). If you are an overseas law graduate VLAB will assess your qualifications and determine which areas of study you need to undertake in order to qualify for practice in the State of Victoria. VLAB will supply you with a letter outlining unit/s you need to enrol in. This letter must be supplied with your application.

Note, if you wish to undertake a law unit you must check the VLAB table below for equivalent units of study offered at Deakin. For example if VLAB have instructed you to enrol in Property, you must undertake both MLP327 Property and MLP325 Land Law to comply.

Deakin Law School offers units which are endorsed by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board as meeting the areas of knowledge required for admission to practice in Victoria. Those wishing to practice in states other than Victoria may still undertake Deakin units, however they may be required to undertake study at a particular institution to satisfy a specific state requirement. In order to determine your requirements you must contact the relevant admission board in the state in which you intend to practice.

Students seeking Recognition for Prior Learning (RPL) must note that relevant consideration in granting specified credit for the 'Priestley 11 subjects' as noted by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB), is that the areas of knowledge in Schedule 2 have been satisfied to 100% equivalency. Please refer to the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) website for further information