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Overview  2021

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Duration

Minimum

Duration

Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.

Location

Hobart
Legal Practice

Entry Requirements

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Duration

Minimum

Duration

Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.
Entry requirements

Location

Hobart
Legal Practice

For years prior to 2015, please view the Course and Unit Handbook Archive

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The Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice is 26-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. It prepares 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 2010.
"Through interacting with senior people in the legal community the course has given me a lot more confidence. To have that opportunity is something that shouldn’t be taken for granted."

Monica Otlowski
Trainee, Tasmanian Legal Practice Course

To ensure that aspiring practitioners have the essential knowledge, values, attitude and skills to practice law competently.

Career outcomes

“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 normal prerequisite for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

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