If you wish to become a member
of the practising list of the Victorian Bar, you must first:
| a. |
have graduated in law from an approved university; |
| b. |
have satisfactorily completed approved practical legal training requirements or corresponding practical legal training requirements;
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| c. |
have been admitted to practice as a lawyer by a Supreme Court of Australia; and |
| d. |
be entitled to practise as a barrister in Victoria. |
| a. |
Read the attached Notes for Persons Contemplating Practice at the Bar; |
| b. |
Apply in the prescribed application
form to sign the Bar roll. You should also read
and familiarise yourself with the Constitution
of the Victorian Bar, Application
Regulations, Application (Amendment) Regulations 2006, Reading
Regulations and Exemption
Regulations; |
| c. |
Unless exempted, agree to read for 9 months (including
the Readers' Course) in the chambers of a member of the
Bar who is of not less than 10 years' standing at the Bar
but who is neither Queen's counsel nor senior counsel;
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d. |
Unless exempted, complete satisfactorily the Readers'
Course conducted by the Bar commencing at the beginning
of either March or September in each year;
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| e. |
Otherwise agree to be bound by the constitution, rules
and regulations of the Victorian Bar; and
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| f. |
Upon the Bar Council resolving to accept your application,
sign the roll. |
The Bar Council shall not resolve to consent
to an applicant's name being entered on the Bar roll unless-
| a. |
the Council is satisfied that the applicant:
| i. |
intends to practise law, either in the State of
Victoria or elsewhere, only as a barrister and not otherwise;
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| ii. |
does not intend to carry on, engage in or practise
any business, profession or occupation that is inconsistent
with practice as a barrister;
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| iii. |
does not intend to practise as a barrister in partnership
with any person or as an employee of any person;
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| iv. |
does not intend to share profits from practice as
a barrister with any other person; and
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| b. |
it has obtained from the applicant such undertakings
as are required by any regulations made pursuant to the
Bar's constitution;
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| c. |
it is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper
person to practise as counsel; and |
| d. |
it is satisfied that the applicant satisfies the requirements
of the regulations made pursuant to this constitution. |
Once you have signed the roll of Counsel, you must comply
with the Continuing Legal Education requirements of barristers
- see Continuing Professional Development Rules.
Rule 10 is the general requirement of ten (10) CPD points each CPD year. Rule 11 sets out specific requirements for different streams of CPD.
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