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Congratulations on your admission, and welcome to the ACT legal profession!
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If you are in your first five years of practice, you are considered an 'early career lawyer', ‘new lawyer’ or 'young lawyer'. The ACT Law Society's Early Career Lawyers Committee is dedicated to helping early career lawyers navigate the often challenging waters of everyday legal practice.
The Law Society, through its Early Career Lawyers Committe, provides a range of services for new and early career lawyers. These include a range of networking events and a training program. The committee also offers a New Lawyers Workshop twice a year for recently admitted lawyers, law graduates, and law students close to graduating.
You can stay up to date with committee events and information on the Law Society's LinkedIn and Instagram pages.
Next steps
Being admitted to practise is just the first step in your career as a legal practitioner. Once you have been admitted into an Australian jurisdiction and have commenced employment in a role that requires an ACT Practising Certificate, you are eligible to apply directly to the Law Society for a restricted practising certificate. You are required to attach a copy of your Certificate of Admission. Section 50 of the Legal Profession Act 2006 and Regulation 13 of the Legal Profession Regulation 2007 sets out the requirements for supervised legal practice. View here for more information on applying for your first Practising Certificate.
Under the Legal Profession Act 2006 (ACT), it is a requirement that certain matters be disclosed to the Law Society. For more information about matters which lawyers must disclose to the Law Society, see here.
When applying for a practicing certificate you will become a member of the Society, click here to view the benefits of membership.
A practising certificate type relates to your employer (i.e. private, in-house, government, volunteer) and the applicable fees for each practising certificate can be found here.
You do not need to be a practising solicitor in order to be a member of the Law Society and enjoy the many benefits we offer.
