Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

Testamur Title of Degree:	Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Abbreviation:	GDipLegPrac
Home Faculty:	Law
Duration:	20 weeks full-time or part-time equivalent
Total Credit Points:	48
Starting Session(s):	Autumn/Spring
Location:	Wollongong
UOW Course Code:	637, FP637
CRICOS Code:	030380A

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

Students should have 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 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice program offered by the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong.

Course Requirements

Students are required to satisfactorily complete all coursework and professional experience components of the Practical Legal Training Course.

Course Program

Subjects	Credit Points
LLB 843	Professional Practice or	8
LLB 847	Professional Experience*	0
LLB 844	Practice Management	8
LLB 845	Conducting Litigation	16
LLB 846	Commercial and Property Practice	16

*Students who have completed the subject LLB396 Professional Practice as part of the LLB at UOW are required to enrol in LLB847.

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 these before commencing the practical legal training requirements.