SCHEDULE 2 - Matters Relevant SCHEDULE 2 - Matters Relevant to State Qualifications

Rule 4(4)

rule 4(4) rule 8(7)

(a) the nature and quality of the applicant’s previous academic and practical legal training qualifications, including the results obtained in academic or practical legal training subjects undertaken in Australia;

(b) the length of time since the applicant successfully completed a particular academic or practical legal training requirement;

(c) the applicant’s subsequent verifiable experience in the subject matter of a particular academic or practical legal training requirement;

(d) the nature, duration and currency of the applicant’s experience in law-related occupations, including experience gained –

(i) in working in an Australian jurisdiction, or with Australian lawyers or in Australian law; or

(ii) in an environment requiring the regular public or objective testing of the applicant’s judgement and knowledge of the relevant law;

(e) whether there have been significant changes in the relevant law since the applicant completed an academic or practical legal training requirement;

(f) other factors that may bear on the currency or relevance of the applicant’s knowledge or experience in relation to a particular academic or practical legal training requirement.