| You may apply to become a member of the Victorian
Bar on the prescribed Application
Form. You should also read and familiarise yourself with
the:
Applications by persons who expect not to have to complete
the Readers' Course should be directed to the Project Officer,
Victorian Bar Office, 205 William Street, Melbourne 3000.
Applications by persons who expect to be required to complete
the Readers' Course should be directed to the Legal
Education Officer, Victorian Bar Council, 205 William
Street, Melbourne 3000.
Generally, each Readers' Course intake has a maximum of 46
available places.
Applications to sign the Roll and attend the Readers' Course
can be submitted at any time together with the deposit for
the Course fee. A person is not eligible to lodge an application
form under the Application Regulations unless he or she is
an Australian lawyer within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act 2004 or expects on reasonable grounds to become an Australian lawyer within one year after lodging the form.
Only one application to attend the Readers' Course need be
made. Applications will only be accepted by post or by delivery
to the Bar Council Office. The fixed fee for the Readers' Courses commencing 3 March 2008 is $3771 (inc. GST). A deposit by way of cheque in the sum of $903 is required to accompany an application. Please note that the deposit is forfeited should an applicant choose to withdraw their application at any time.
The balance of the Course fee, namely $2868, must be paid no later than one month before the date the Course is to commence.
You are asked in the application form amongst
other things to confirm that, save as there stated, there
are no facts or matters:
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which may show or tend to show that you are not of
good character, not of sound mind or insolvent; |
| b. |
which indicate or may indicate that if you become a
member of the Victorian Bar you may be unable to maintain
or may be in conflict with any provision of the constitution
of the Victorian Bar or of any practice rules or regulations
made by the Bar Council;
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| c. |
which otherwise may show or tend to show that you are
not a fit and proper person to become a member of the Victorian
Bar.
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Failure to make proper disclosure may prejudice the prospects of your application to sign the Bar roll.
You are also asked to give a number of undertakings
including:
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not to practise in Victoria or elsewhere otherwise
than exclusively as counsel; and |
| b. |
to abide by the constitution of the Victorian Bar and
all practice rules and regulations made by the Victorian
Bar Council.
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At the time of making application, an applicant is also required to nominate within a 3 year period their first and second preferred Readers' Course intakes. The applicant will be notified as soon as practicable of confirmation and availability of nominated preferences.
Applicants are obliged to advise the Honorary Secretary of
the Bar if any statement or matter referred to in the application
ceases to be accurate and if anything arises after the application
is made and which would otherwise have needed to be disclosed
in the application.
If an applicant decides to withdraw their application to sign
the Bar Roll, it is imperative that Deborah Morris, Legal Education Officer at the Bar, be immediately advised.
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