Part 1Preliminary matters

Part 1 Preliminary matters 1 Citation These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession Admission Rules 2007. Part 2 Interpretation 2 Definitions In these Rules: articled clerk means a person serving under articles. articles means articles of clerkship. Board means the Admission Board. certificate of good fame and character, see rule 3. competency standards, see Schedule 4, item 5. Court means the Supreme Court. local applicant means a person applying for admission to the legal profession on the basis of academic qualifications and practical training and experience obtained in Australia. overseas applicant, see rule 12. principal, for an articled clerk, means the person with whom the articled clerk enters into articles. registered, for an overseas applicant, see section 170 of the Act.

Part 2 Interpretation Legal Profession Admission Rules 2007 2 3 Certificate of good fame and character (1) A certificate of good fame and character for an applicant may be given by a person: (a) who is of standing in the community; and (b) who has known the applicant for at least 3 years; and (c) who is not closely related to the applicant by blood or marriage. (2) The certificate must: (a) specify the name, address and occupation of the person giving the certificate; and (b) specify the period during which, and the circumstances in which, the person giving the certificate has known the applicant; and (c) acknowledge any matter that might adversely affect the question of whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to be admitted; and (d) specify whether, in the opinion of the person giving the certificate, the applicant is of good fame and character. Example for subrule (2)(c) If the applicant has been convicted of an offence, the certificate must specify the person giving the certificate is aware of the conviction. (3) In this rule: applicant means a person applying: (a) to the Court under Part 4 for admission as a local lawyer; or (b) to the Board under Part 6 for approval of entry into articles. 4 Approved academic qualifications (1) For section 10(1) of the Act, the approved academic qualifications for admission is the completion of a tertiary academic course in Australia, whether or not leading to a degree in law, that: (a) includes the equivalent of at least 3 years full-time study of law; and