Overseas Applicants for Admission
If you are applying to be admitted to the legal profession in NSW with overseas academic qualifications, you need to be assessed by the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) to find out what further study you must complete in the academic areas of knowledge as described in Schedule 1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW). If you are seeking to be admitted to the legal profession in another jurisdiction, please contact the Admission Board for that State / Territory.
Overall guidance is provided on this issue in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee Uniform Principles for Assessing Qualifications of Overseas Applicants for Admission to the Australian Legal Profession.
The table below compares the academic areas of knowledge to the equivalent study as offered by the LPAB in its Diploma in Law Course and the UNE School of Law equivalent units.
Academic Area of Knowledge | LPAB Equivalent Subject | UNE School of Law Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
Criminal Law and Procedure | 02 Criminal Law and Procedure | LAW162 - Criminal Law |
Torts | 03 Torts | LAW131 - Torts Law |
Contracts | 04 Contracts | LAW172 - Contract Law |
Property | 05 Real Property and | LAW283 - Property Law - This unit covers real and personal property |
Equity | 07 Equity | LAW340 - Equity and Trusts |
Company Law | 10 Law of Associations | LAW351 - Corporations Law |
Administrative Law | 09 Administrative Law | LAW400 - Administrative Law |
Federal and State Constitutional Law | 01 Foundations of Law and 06 Australian Constitutional Law | LAW399 - Constitutional Law |
Civil Dispute Resolution | 15 Practice and Procedure | LAW310 - Civil Dispute Resolution |
Evidence | 11 Evidence | LAW313 - Evidence and Proof |
Ethics and Professional Responsibility | 17 Legal Ethics | LAW320 - Professional Conduct |
