Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (WA)

Western Australia Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 Western Australia Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Objective and authorising provision 1 4. Definitions 1 Part 2 — Qualifications and training required for admission 5. Specified academic qualifications prerequisite 3 6. Specified practical legal training prerequisite 3 7. Accrediting law courses and practical legal training providers 4 8. Monitoring and reviewing accredited law courses and practical legal training providers 6 9. Supervised legal training 8 10. Determining whether someone is a fit and proper person 8 11. Directions about qualifications 9 Part 3 — Admission procedure 12. Application for a compliance certificate 11 13. Admission of New Zealand practitioners in Victoria 11 14. Application for readmission 12 15. Evidence of qualifications 13 16. Evidence of character 14 17. Disclosure statement 14 18. Police reports 15 19. Student conduct reports 16 20. Certificate of good standing 16 21. Early assessment of suitability 17 22. Further inquiries and hearings 17 23. Health assessments 18 24. Health assessment reports 19 25. Documents to be provided directly 20 26. Compliance certificates 20 Part 4 — General 27. Dispensing power 21 28. Documents 21 29. Review of decisions 21 30. Committees 21 31. Acting on the advice of others 21 Part 5 — Transitional and savings provisions 32. Transitional and savings provisions 23 Schedule 1 — Academic areas of knowledge Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Objective 25 2. Interpretation 25 Part 2 — Academic areas of knowledge 3. Criminal Law and Procedure 25 4. Torts 26 5. Contracts 27 6. Property 27 7. Equity 28 8. Company Law 29 9. Administrative Law 29 10. Federal and State Constitutional Law 30 11. Civil Dispute Resolution 30 12. Evidence 31 13. Ethics and Professional Responsibility 33 Schedule 2 — Practical legal training competencies for entry-level lawyers Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Objective 34 2. Definitions and interpretation 34 Part 2 — Requirements for applicants for admission 3. Required competencies 36 4. When PLT may be commenced 37 Part 3 — Requirements for each form of PLT 5. Programmed training and workplace experience 38 6. Common requirements 38 7. Level of training 38 8. Qualification of instructors and supervisors 39 9. Assessment of applicants 39 10. Resilience and well-being 39 Part 4 — Competency standards 11. Administrative Law Practice 40 12. Banking and Finance 41 13. Civil Litigation Practice 43 14. Commercial and Corporate Practice 46 15. Consumer Law Practice 49 16. Criminal Law Practice 51 17. Employment and Industrial Relations Practice 53 18. Ethics and Professional Responsibility 56 19. Family Law Practice 59 20. Lawyer's Skills 60 21. Planning and Environmental Law Practice 65 22. Problem Solving 67 23. Property Law Practice 69 24. Trust and Office Accounting 71 25. Wills and Estates Practice 73 26. Work Management and Business Skills 75 Schedule 3 — Supervised legal training 1. Definitions 78 2. Persons eligible to be a supervisor 78 3. Where training must occur 79 4. Obligations of a trainee's employer 80 5. Number of trainees 80 6. What training requires 81 7. Employment during training 81 8. Leave of absence 82 9. Content of training plan 82 10. Required information 83 11. Approval of training and training plan 84 12. Termination of training plan 85 Notes Compilation table 86 Defined terms Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015