Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

HighlightsThe Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice provides you with the practical legal training (PLT) that you need for admission to the legal profession in Australia.Learn in-demand skills from experienced lawyers.We can source a 4-week placement for you in a law office in the Brisbane metropolitan area or assist you in you finding a placement elsewhere in Australia.Study full time on campus. Our courses include a compulsory 5 day intensive to satisfy professional admission requirements.Professional recognitionThe course is approved by the Queensland Legal Practitioners Admissions Board as satisfying the practical legal training requirements for admission to the legal profession in Queensland.Possible careersBarristerCrown law officerIn-house lawyerSolicitor

A completed bachelor degree, higher award or equivalent study in law, which is approved for admission to the Australian legal profession; orCurrently studying for such a degree, award or equivalent with no more thantwo units to complete by the date the course commences and neither of those units is a unit commonly known as the "Priestly 11"; andYou have the permission of the Queensland Legal Practitioners Admissions Board to commence the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice while you complete those units.Applicants with overseas law qualificationsA recognised completed bachelor degree, higher award or equivalent study in law, which is approved for admission to the Australian legal profession.Applicants with law degrees completed overseas will need to have their degree assessed by the Legal Practitioners Admission Board (LPAB) in Queensland before applying to QUT. Please refer to the instructions on the Queensland Law Society website.The LPAB will assess your qualification and provide you a letter outlining the law undergraduate/Priestly 11 units you must study prior to commencing LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. You must include this letter with your application to study at QUT.