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Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice

  • Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice is 24-week full-time professional and practical training course conducted by the Centre for Legal Studies in Hobart. The course runs from February to July each year, preparing law graduates for the conduct of legal practice.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
0.5 - 0.5 years full-time
Course Code
L6B, 040663G
Study Mode
In person
International Fees
$24,250 per year / $24,250 total

About this course

The Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice is 24-week full-time professional and practical training course conducted by the Centre for Legal Studies in Hobart.

The course runs from February to July each year, preparing law graduates for the conduct of legal practice.

It is an approved course of practical legal training in the duties of a legal practitioner, for the purposes of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021.

Entry requirements

In accordance with section 8(2) of Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021 to be eligible to enrol in the post-graduate Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice applicants need to have EITHER:

  • successfully completed an academic qualification in law leading to admission to the Australian legal profession, OR
  • have no more than 2 academic subjects to complete:

(i) where none of the outstanding subjects is one of the academic areas of knowledge referred to in Schedule 1 of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021; and

(ii) for which the applicant must be enrolled while undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice; and

(iii) the applicant has received the prior permission of the Board of Legal Education to commence the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

If the applicant has completed their academic qualifications in law at a time that will be more than five years before their application to the Board of Legal Education for assessment of their academic qualifications for the purposes of admission, the applicant must, before entry to the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, apply for assessment of their academic qualifications under rule 4(3) of the Legal Profession ( Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021, and receive the Board's approval.

Admission to most postgraduate coursework courses at the University of Tasmania require qualifications equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree.

If you have completed your Bachelor of Laws or equivalent in a jurisdiction other than Australia, you will need to have your qualification assessed by the Law Society of Tasmania for assessment of overseas qualification through the Tasmanian Board of Legal Education https://lst.org.au/about/contact-us/

English Language Requirements

For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship or prior studies in English in an approved country, evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided. See the English Language Requirements page for more information.

Course Specific Requirements

In accordance with section 8(2) of Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021 to be eligible to enrol in the post-graduate Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice applicants need to have EITHER::

  • successfully completed an academic qualification in law leading to admission to the Australian legal profession, OR
  • have no more than 2 academic subjects to complete:

(i) where none of the outstanding subjects is one of the academic areas of knowledge referred to in Schedule 1 of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021; and

(ii) for which the applicant must be enrolled while undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice; and

(iii) the applicant has received the prior permission of the Board of Legal Education to commence the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

If the applicant has completed their academic qualifications in law at a time that will be more than five years before their application to the Board of Legal Education for assessment of their academic qualifications for the purposes of admission, the applicant must, before entry to the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, apply for assessment of their academic qualifications under rule 4(3) of the Legal Profession ( Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021, and receive the Board's approval.

Study locations

Hobart

What you will learn

  • 1 Apply complex legal concepts, procedures, rules, and principles essential in the conduct of professional legal practice to achieve client-focused outcomes
  • 2 Formulate and implement solutions to legal problems in a client's interests in a professionally responsible, ethical and creative manner
  • 3 Utilise appropriate legal communication strategies to advocate effectively for clients in a range of legal and professional contexts
  • Career pathways

    "Most firms have some involvement with the course, so they know that the skills we get taught here are desirable and some firms hire exclusively out of the Tasmanian Legal Practice Course."

    Meghan Scolyer
    Trainee, Tasmanian Legal Practice Course


    Successful completion of the course is a normal prerequisite for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

    Professional Accreditation

    The Centre for Legal Studies is an approved practical legal training provider for the purposes of Rule 9 of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021.

    Course graduates are eligible to apply for admission to the legal profession in Tasmania or in any other Australian jurisdiction.

    The Centre for Legal Studies is an approved practical legal training provider for the purposes of Rule 9 of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2021.

    Course graduates are eligible to apply for admission to the legal profession in Tasmania or in any other Australian jurisdiction.

    Course structure

    The Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice require the completion of 100 credit points of Core units.

    Graduate outcomes

    Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Law & Paralegal Studies courses at University of Tasmania.
    80.8%
    Overall satisfaction
    80.8%
    Skill scale
    53.9%
    Teaching scale
    74.3%
    Employed full-time