Resources
The Law Admissions Consultative Committee (LACC) recommend PLT National Standards and Guidelines to admitting authorities in Australia and these include;
For further information on accreditation as a PLT provider, please enquire with the admitting authority relevant to your jurisdiction, listed below.
Regulatory Admission Authority and Association links
- Australian Capital Territory: Legal Practitioners Admission Board
- New South Wales: Legal Profession Admission Board
- Northern Territory: The Legal Practitioners’ Admission Board
- Queensland: Legal Practitioners Admissions Board
- South Australia: The Law Society of South Australia
- Tasmania: Legal Profession Board of Tasmania
- Victoria: Victorian Legal Admissions Board
- Western Australia: Legal Practice Board of Western Australia
- New Zealand: https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/starting-as-a-lawyer/joining-the-legal-profession/admission/
- The Pacific: https://judiciary.gov.fj/ and https://fijilawsociety.com/
- Papua New Guinea: https://www.pngjudiciary.gov.pg/index.php/supreme-court
- Hong Kong: In Hong Kong, there are separate admission requirements for solicitors and barristers, which are set out respectively below in the websites of the Hong Kong Law Society and Hong Kong Bar Association.
- Hong Kong Law Society (Maintain Standards) https://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/en/Maintain-Standards
- Hong Kong Bar Association (Becoming Barristers) https://www.hkba.org/content/becoming-barristers
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