About Us
The Council of Legal Education and the Board of Examiners jointly regulate entry to the Legal Profession in Victoria.
The role of the Council is to determine the requirements for admission, approve law courses and practical legal training providers and assess the qualifications of overseas practitioners.
The Board determines the eligibility of individual applicants for admission and provides the certificate upon which the Supreme Court relies when admitting an applicant to practice as an Australian lawyer.
Next Admission
The next Admission Ceremony will be held in the Banco Court (Court 1), Supreme Court of Victoria, 210 William Street, Melbourne on Tuesday 13 August and Wednesday 14 August 2013. Floor plan (PDF 491KB) of the Supreme Court.
Admission Lists for the August ceremonies will be available early August.
Applicants and their guests must be seated in the courtroom no later than thirty minutes prior to the time fixed for the Admission Ceremony.
When the admission fee dates open and you have paid your second fee at the Supreme Court Library, you will be provided with a copy of your Board Certificate. Attached to this will be tickets for your guests to attend the admission ceremony. Tickets must be produced to gain entry into the court.
Applicant’s clothing should be appropriate to the formality of a Supreme Court hearing. Therefore, professional attire is required. Male applicants must wear a jacket and tie. Female applicants must wear a jacket. Practitioners moving admissions must be appropriately robed in wig, gown, bar jacket and jabot.
Admission Ceremony dates and times are subject to change.
Notice Board
SWT Workbook (DOC 625KB) is available. All trainees must produce their workbooks at the time of filing final documents.
Notice of Intentions for the 10 September ceremony close on 14 June 2013. Final affidavits for 13 & 14 August ceremony close on 23 July 2013.
The Scheduled Admission Calendar for 2013 is now available
The web stream of the admission ceremony of 21 May is now available.
All Notice of Intentions to Apply for Admission and Affidavits of Disclosure must be filed no later than 3 months prior to the intended admission date to prevent delay in your admission.
All documents provided by you to the Board as part of your admission are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (Vic) 1982. As such, we strongly recommend that you take photocopies of ALL of your documents as under the Act we may not be able to provide copies back to you.
Applicants who fail to file their final documents and pay fees by the due date will be removed from admission and must file a new Notice of Intention to apply for admission.
Applicants wishing to be together in the same ceremony or a preference for a particular time of the day for their admission ceremony may write to the Board by the cut-off date for the Notice of Intention.