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Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Overview
This course provides law graduates with the opportunity to complete, through a flexible learning delivery mode, the admission requirements to practise as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
A University of Wollongong LLB degree, a Diploma in Law from the Legal Practitioners Admission Board or a law degree from an accredited tertiary institution, including the successful completion (pass level) of the equivalent of the University’s skills training and legal profession studies subjects (ie, skills training, conveyancing, litigation practice and professional responsibility/ethics).
However, students who have not completed equivalent subjects as described above will have appropriate skills training in the GDLP program offered by the Legal Practice Unit in the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong.
Course Requirements
Satisfactory completion of all coursework and professional experience components of the Practical Legal Training Course.
Course Program
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points |
LLB843 |
Professional Practice |
Autumn/ Spring |
8 |
LLB844 |
Practice Management |
Autumn/ Spring |
8 |
LLB845 |
Conducting Litigation |
Autumn/ Spring |
16 |
LLB846 |
Commercial and Property Practice |
Autumn/ Spring |
16 |
Professional Recognition
The Legal Practitioners Admission Board recognises this course for graduates applying for admission as legal practitioners in New South Wales.
Other Information
International law graduates should first contact the Legal Practitioners Admission Board for directions as to what requirements they must meet in order to qualify for admission in New South Wales. They may be required to complete some additional law studies, and it is usual to complete them before commencing the practical legal training requirements. |
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