Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

SUPREME COURT (ADMISSION OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS) RULES (NO. 15 OF 1998) - REG 5

(1)     For the purposes of subsection 11 (1) of the Legal Practitioners Act, the prescribed requirements to be met by an applicant for admission are—

        (a)     the completion of a course of studies that—

              (i)     qualifies the applicant for admission to the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the Australian National University or the University of Canberra; or

              (ii)     includes the study of law for not less than 3 years on a full-time basis or the equivalent on any other basis, whether undertaken over a greater or lesser period of time, at a tertiary institution in a State or the Northern Territory that is recognised in that State or Territory as satisfying an academic requirement in that jurisdiction that is equivalent to subparagraph (i);

        (b)     the passing, whether or not as part of a course referred to in paragraph (a), of approved examinations in courses in the following areas of law:

              (i)     criminal law and procedure;

              (ii)     the law of torts;

              (iii)     the law relating to contracts;

              (iv)     the law relating to property, both real (including the law relating to Torrens system land) and personal;

              (v)     equity, including trusts;

              (vi)     company law;

              (vii)     administrative law;

              (viii)     constitutional law of—

    (A)     the Commonwealth; and

    (B)     the Territory, a State or the Northern Territory;

              (ix)     civil procedure;

              (x)     evidence;

              (xi)     professional conduct and the maintenance of trust accounts; and

        (c)     the satisfaction of rule 6 in relation to practical professional training.

(2)     In paragraph (1) (b)—