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Practising Certificates

2024-25 Application for grant of an Australian practising certificate as a soli…
2024-25 Application for Grant of an Australian Practising Certificate as a Volu…
2024-25 Variation application to practise as a principal
Application to remove condition 2 (supervised legal practice) online form
2024-25 Scale of Fees
Refund Policy and Schedule of Refunds 2024-25

Membership

2024-25 Solicitor Membership Application
Student Member Application Form
2024-25 Associate Membership Application
Life Membership Nomination Guidelines

Foreign lawyers

2024-25 Application for grant of an Australian registration certificate

Professional indemnity insurance

2024-25 Undertaking by a solicitor engaging in legal practice as a principal at…

Changing your details

Change in employment details form
Change in personal details form

Continuing Professional Development

Record of activities
Application for exemption from CPD requirements
Rectification of non-compliance CPD plan

Specialist Accreditation

2025 Specialist Accreditation - Guide to Application & Assessment
2025 Specialist Accreditation - Letter In Support for Boards Discretion
Information for Accredited Specialists
Accredited Specialist – Branding Guidelines
Specialist Accreditation - Leave of Absence Form

Notification of offences and show cause events

Notice of an automatic show cause event - holder of an Australian Practising Certificate
Statement of an automatic show cause event - applicant for an Australian Practising Certificate
Notice of charge with serious offence or tax offence
Notice of conviction for summary offence
Bankruptcy undertaking

Interstate practitioners

Notification by an Australian legal practitioner employed in NSW by a law practice with no NSW principal
Notification by an interstate legal practitioner offering and providing legal services from an office in NSW

Incorporated legal practices

Notice of intention to engage in legal practice
Notice of ceasing to engage in legal practice

UNINCORPORATED LEGAL PRACTICES

Notice of intention to engage in legal practice
Notice of ceasing to engage in legal practice

Trust accounting

Trust money and trust records handbook
Notification of appointment or cessation of external examiner - Rule 66 (2) Legal Profession Uniform Rules
Request for approval for termination of external examiner - Rule 66 (3) Legal Profession Uniform Rules
Notification of opening of general trust account - Rule 50(1) Legal Profession Uniform Rules
Notification of closure of general trust account - Rule 50(3) Legal Profession Uniform Rules
Notification of closing law practice, ceasing to engage in legal practice or ceasing to receive trust money - Rule 51(1) Legal Profession Uniform Rules
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