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Practical Legal Training - Leo Cussen Centre for Law
Practical
Legal Training

Phone 1300 039 031
Email pltadmin@leocussen.edu.au
Visit www.leocussen.edu.au
Practical Legal Training - Leo Cussen Centre for Law
2   Overseas   Qualified
    Practical Legal      Lawyers Training
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CRICOS Provider Code: 02224A | CRICOS Course Code: 039593D

Contents
Since its establishment in 1972,
                                                                         01.              About Leo Cussen
Leo Cussen Centre for Law has been                                                        Centre for Law
and continues to be recognised as a                                      About
centre of excellence for legal education.                                Leo Cussen
Our training is highly respected by the                                  Centre for Law   Leo Cussen Centre for Law is recognised as a             Leo Cussen also offers Supervised Legal Training
legal profession.                                                                         centre of excellence for practical legal training and    (SLT) Workshops in Melbourne, as well as some of
                                                                                          continuing professional development for all legal        the required training for overseas qualified lawyers
                                                                                          practitioners from entry-level lawyers through to        seeking admission in Victoria or Western Australia.
                                                                                          senior practitioners.
                                                                                                                                                   We enjoy lasting contact with our alumni, through
                                                                                      3   Leo Cussen Centre for Law provides high quality          ongoing professional relationships and attendance
                                                                                          education, training and professional development         at our popular Continuing Professional
                                                                                          to strengthen and support the administration of          Development programs.
                                                        02.              03.              justice and the legal system.

                                                        Graduate         Supervised       Our training programs, which focus on ‘learning
                                                                                          by doing’ with a strong emphasis on practical
                                                        Diploma in       Legal Training
                                                                                          experience, are highly respected by the legal
                                                        Legal Practice   (SLT)            profession and taught by leading professionals.
                                                        (PLT)            Workshops-
                                                                                          We offer both onsite (full-time) and online
                                                                         Victoria
                                                                                          (part-time and full-time) practical legal training for
                                                                                          law graduates seeking admission to the legal
                                                                     4              10    profession through our Graduate Diploma in Legal
                                                                                          Practice, taught from our training facilities in the
                                                                                          CBDs of Melbourne and Perth.
    04.                              05.                06.              07.
    Swinburne                        Overseas           Meet Some        Apply
    Program                          Qualified          of Our           Now
    Dual Award                       Lawyers            Graduates
    (PLT)                            Training

                          14                     18                 20              21
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Graduate Diploma in
Legal Practice (PLT)
Real Practical Legal Training Leo Cussen Centre for Law
has been preparing law graduates for practice since 1972.

About the course
Leo Cussen has an excellent reputation, training                      Leo Cussen offers a friendly, supportive
law graduates for admission to the legal profession                   environment where you’re constantly interacting
since 1972. We are widely recognised by legal                         with expert, well-connected lawyers, and talented
employers as providing comprehensive and high                         and ambitious fellow trainees, so building
quality legal training for entry-level lawyers, with a                professional networks and starting lifelong
strong emphasis on the practical.                                     friendships comes naturally.

At Leo Cussen we offer personalised mentoring,                        Graduates are entitled to apply for admission to
where you will work in small groups with a diverse                    legal practice in Victoria or Western Australia with
range of lawyer trainers. We find this very effective                 reciprocal admission in other Australian states. Our
in building confidence and skills in critical areas                   graduates have gone on to fill a wide variety of
such as client communication, drafting, and                           legal and professional roles.
practice management.

                      Kevin Zhou                                                                                                             We believe that Practical
                      Associate, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
                      In Leo Cussen’s onsite course, they arrange the             settlement, and compiled folders for filing. The PLT is
                                                                                                                                             Legal Training should be
                      professional placement for trainees. I found this
                      particularly important at the time, as I lacked the local
                                                                                  all about practice. As an international student, I found
                                                                                  my training at Leo Cussen set me up very well. I have
                                                                                                                                             just that – practical.
                      connections. I enjoyed the simulation of real tasks in a    worked as a lawyer at Minter Ellison and Clayton Utz.
                      legal practice.
                      In conveyancing, we interviewed the client, managed
                      the transaction, wrote letters, supervised the
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Your Choice
Online or Onsite, full-time or part-time                                                                                                          Intake dates                                                                 Whether you study
At Leo Cussen you can choose the learning style                          Leo Cussen’s Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice                          Full-time courses                                                            onsite or online, you
that best suits you: full-time or part-time; online or                   is approved by the Victorian Legal Admissions                            (onsite and online)                                                          will learn through:
onsite.                                                                  Board and the Legal Practice Board of Western                            Melbourne
                                                                         Australia, and is recognised by the legal profession                     There are two intakes a year for our full-time courses, in January
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • face-to-face classroom instruction in
In our online blended learning program, you                                                                                                       and July.
                                                                         as providing comprehensive and high quality                                                                                                              small groups
work principally online with 13 days face-to-face                                                                                                 Perth
                                                                         training.
instruction broken into intensive blocks. These                                                                                                   There is currently one intake a year commencing in March.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • self-directed learning
                                                                                                                                                  From 2019 the course will run from January each year.
days are run in both Melbourne and Perth CBDs.                           The emphasis of Practical Legal Training (PLT)
Alternatively, you can attend the Leo Cussen                             is around ‘learning by doing’. You will complete                                                                                                      • running multiple simulated client files
                                                                                                                                                  Part-time course (online)
campus in the Melbourne CBD, in the heart of the                         exercises to develop your understanding of legal                         Melbourne                                                                    • role plays
legal precinct, for the full-time onsite course.                         practice such as advising your client, drafting                          There are two intakes a year for our part-time course, in January
                                                                         legal documents and communicating with other                             and July.                                                                    • o
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ne-on-one and group mentoring with
Leo Cussen Centre for Law offers practical legal                                                                                                                                                                                 an experienced legal practitioner
                                                                         parties. You complete highly interactive simulated
training for LLB graduates (or equivalent) leading to
                                                                         files, which means you run the file from opening
admission to the legal profession as an Australian
                                                                         instructions to the closing letter. You participate in                   Applications                                                                 You will also be helped with job search and
Lawyer. All law graduates must complete practical                                                                                                                                                                              preparation by our dedicated Graduate
                                                                         settlements, negotiations, will signings and court                       Melbourne                                                                    Placement and Careers Advisor.
legal training as a prerequisite for admission to the
                                                                         hearings.                                                                Open around February/March for July intake.
legal profession. This training can be undertaken                                                                                                 Open around August for January intake.
either as ‘supervised legal training’ known as                                                                                                    Perth
Traineeships in Victoria, or a practical legal training                                                                                           Open around October for January intake.
course such as the Leo Cussen Graduate                                                                                                            For the most up to date list of application and intake dates, please
Diploma in Legal Practice.                                                                                                                        visit:
                                                                                                                                                  www.leocussen.edu.au/apply

Onsite PLT                                                               Online PLT                                                               Fees
Delivered face-to-face at our premises in Melbourne’s CBD, the           The Online PLT is a blended learning course with a combination of
Onsite PLT offers intense collegial training with the opportunity for    online and onsite activities. It is particularly suited to people used   FEE-HELP is available for this course for domestic applicants. For
daily contact with Mentors, other PLT trainees and visiting expert       to working independently. You have an Online Mentor who is in            all domestic and international course fees and further important
legal practitioners.                                                     regular contact with you and you attend an equivalent of 13 face-        information please visit:
                                                                         to-face contact days. You also work with practising lawyers from         www.leocussen.edu.au/dates_fees
                                                                         our staff and visiting expert legal practitioners.

                        Francine Clancy                                                                                                                                   Molly McCaffrey
                        Senior Solicitor, Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office                                                                                         Legal Officer, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

                        Commercial litigation had always seemed a “scary”            personality were much better suited to litigation rather                             Leo Cussen’s PLT is the ideal bridge between the              compulsory and elective options so I had an informed
                        thought, as I had barely been inside a court room let        than advisory. The skills I obtained through the PLT                                 solo student life at university and the collaborative         view on many different areas of the law.
                        alone appeared in one as an advocate! During the PLT,        definitely helped me to “hit the ground running”.                                    professional world, because you work intensively with         The Leo Cussen PLT made me feel confident when I
                        I received some very positive feedback in the litigation                                                                                          other graduates on truly practical assessments.               obtained my first role with the State Ombudsman of
                                                                                     I was offered employment in the Madgwicks Litigation
                        and advocacy modules, which started to build my              team at the end of my PLT. I now work as a Senior                                    The staff at Leo Cussen were passionate about                 Western Australia as the strategic decision making, file
                        confidence.                                                  Solicitor for the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office.                           passing on their experience to budding lawyers in             and client management skills I acquired during my PLT
                                                                                                                                                                          addition to preparing trainees for admission to practice.     were invaluable.
                        As time went on, I realised that I was still passionate
                                                                                                                                                                          Although I did not intend to practise law after University,
                        about commercial law, but my skills, strengths and
                                                                                                                                                                          the course has the most comprehensive raft of
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     Graduate Diploma              Training (PLT)
                            Legal Practice                                                                                Practical Legal Training   9

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Course Structure

    A. Compulsory

    Skills & Values                                 Trust & Office Accounting
                                                    Lawyer’s Skills
                                                    Work Management & Business Skills
                                                    Problem Solving
                                                    Ethics & Professional Responsibility
                                                    Resilience + Wellbeing

    Core Practice Topics                            Civil Litigation
                                                    Commercial & Corporate
                                                    Property Law
                                                    Criminal Law

    +
    B. Elective Topics

    Choose one of                                   Employment & Industrial Relations
                                                    Wills & Estates
                                                    Banking & Finance (Victoria only)
                                                    Planning & Environmental Law (Victoria only)
                                                    Consumer Law (Victoria only)

    Choose one of                                   Administrative Law
                                                    Family Law

                                                                                                   A rigorous practical
    +                                                                                              training program to
    C. 3 Week Professional Placement (for Victorian trainees)
    	 4 Week Professional Placement or 9 Weeks Professional Placement if exemption                better prepare you.
       from Career Planning + Profession Module is given (for Western Australian trainees)
Practical Legal Training - Leo Cussen Centre for Law
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Supervised Legal Training (SLT)
Workshops – Victoria

Leo Cussen Centre for Law has an enviable record in helping
firms and legal practices meet their Supervised Legal Training
(SLT) requirements.

About the workshops                                          • designed for Trainees to demonstrate                 Bookings
                                                                understanding and competence in the
Leo Cussen has given thousands of lawyers                                                                            Our workshops are competitively priced, and most
                                                                National Competency Standards for
the essential skills and knowledge needed for                                                                        topics are scheduled a number of times each
                                                                Entry-Level Lawyers
admission and to reach their career potential.                                                                       year. Places in each workshop are limited, so we
Trainees attending our programs receive guided               • suitable for overseas qualified lawyers              suggest booking in early to avoid missing out. For
and intensive training from friendly, supportive and            and requalifying lawyers, subject to the             upcoming dates and to register, please visit our
experienced legal practitioners. These programs                 relevant Admitting Authority                         website:
allow Trainees to experience the benefits of
                                                             • comprehensive course materials provided               store.leocussen.edu.au/supervised_legal_trainees
face-to-face workshop style training, delivered
by prominent lawyers who will guide them along               • catered as required, depending on the                Fees
the path to excellence. We treat our Trainees as                length of the workshop
                                                                                                                     Our program offers competitively priced training
individuals and work with them to draw out their
                                                             Admission requirements                                  and assessment. For our most up to date fees,
individual strengths and skills.
                                                                                                                     please visit:
                                                             The admission requirements for trainee lawyers,
Key benefits                                                                                                         store.leocussen.edu.au/supervised_legal_trainees
                                                             overseas qualified lawyers and requalifying
• intensive, modular and designed to suit 		                lawyers should be checked with the Victorian
     firms and legal practices                               Legal Admissions Board before registering for SLT
                                                             workshops: www.lawadmissions.vic.gov.au.
• held at Leo Cussen in Melbourne’s CBD
         or, by agreement, at a firm or practice
                                                             Workshop delivery
• instructed face-to-face and assessed by                    Trainees experience the benefits of face-to-face
         leading practitioners                               training in an intimate setting, receiving intensive,
                                                                                                                                       Elizabeth Salpietro
• an exam-free zone; performance is                          guided training from respected lawyers.                                   Legal Officer, Royal Australian Air Force
         assessed as you go                                  All training and assessment is conducted during                           I was attracted to Leo Cussen because of                     In the workplace, while you get a practical
                                                                                                                                       recommendations from other trainees. The program             understanding, there is not always a chance to cover
                                                             the program, which is run from Melbourne’s CBD –                          was very well run with excellent opportunities to            all elements and questions you may have.
                                                             there are no exams. Comprehensive materials are                           practise skills in a simulated and safe environment. It
                                                             supplied, and catering provided for each full day                         was very beneficial learning from barristers and judges
                                                                                                                                       with such a wealth of knowledge.
                                                             of training.
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Course Structure

     Leo Cussen Centre for Law provides training in all mandatory topics pursuant to the Legal
     Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015

     Core Practice Topics                     Lawyer’s Skills*
                                              Ethics and Professional Responsibility*
                                              Problem Solving
                                              Work Management and Business Skills
                                              Risk Management*
                                              Trust and Office Accounting
                                              Civil Litigation
                                              Property Law
                                              Commercial and Corporate Practice

                                              *Must be provided (subject to VLAB) by an approved provider such as Leo
                                              Cussen, but firms and practices may use us as the provider for all of these
                                              topics.

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     We also provide two topics from the Optional Practice Areas

     Topics                                   Administrative Law
                                              Employment and Industrial Relations

                                                                                                                            Small group training –
                                                                                                                            to provide the
                                                                                                                            finest practical
                                                                                                                            training experience.
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                                                                                                         Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
                                                                                                         As part of the Bachelor of Laws (Swinburne) +
                                                                                                         Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice                   More Information
                                                                                                         (Leo Cussen)
                                                                                                                                                              Learn more about the great range of
                                                                                                         Leo Cussen has an excellent reputation,              Swinburne law degrees:
                                                                                                         training law graduates for admission to the
Swinburne Program Dual Award (PLT)                                                                       legal profession since 1972. We are widely
                                                                                                                                                              www.swinburne.edu.au/business-law/
                                                                                                                                                              schools-departments/swinburne-law-school/
                                                                                                         recognised by legal employers as providing
                                                                                                         comprehensive and high quality legal training for    Phone 03 9214 8444
                                                                                                         entry-level lawyers, with a strong emphasis on
                                                                                                                                                              Swinburne students – Apply for the Leo
Bachelor of Laws (Swinburne) + Graduate Diploma in Legal                                                 practical experience.
                                                                                                                                                              Cussen Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
Practice (Leo Cussen) Dual Award                                                                         Our Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
                                                                                                         (Practical Legal Training) program is focused        Apply by 1/5/2018
About the program                                     There are also a diverse range of Swinburne        on ‘learning by doing’, with a rigorous hands-       Course start date 16/7/2018
                                                      double degree law programs to choose from:         on training program to better prepare you as         Course end date 30/11/2018
Students who study Law at Swinburne University
                                                                                                         a lawyer. You will develop your legal practice
of Technology are now able to integrate their Law     • Engineering                                                                                           Leo Cussen CRICOS
degree with the Leo Cussen Graduate Diploma                                                              skills such as advising clients, drafting legal
                                                                                                                                                              provider number: 02224A
in Legal Practice, giving them the qualifications
                                                      • Arts                                             documents and communicating with other
required to apply to be admitted to practice law as                                                      parties. You will run simulated files, from taking
                                                      • Aviation Management
soon as they graduate.                                                                                   initial instructions through to rendering accounts
                                                      • Business                                         and sending the closing letter. You will also
Swinburne is the only Victorian law school to offer                                                      participate in settlements, negotiations, will
this option, making their students career-ready       • Business Information Systems
                                                                                                         signings and court hearings.
from the day they graduate. This exciting new         • Computer Science
dual award program will be available to Swinburne                                                        Once you complete your Priestly 11 law
students from 2018.                                   • Innovation and Design                            subjects at Swinburne, and have no more
                                                                                                         than law two electives outstanding, you can
Swinburne and Leo Cussen share similar teaching       • Media and Communication
                                                                                                         start your Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
philosophies where students benefit from the          • Science                                          through Leo Cussen, giving you a clear and
experience of supportive blended learning                                                                efficient pathway to admission to legal practice.
environments. The integrated course will produce      This dual award has been accredited by the
law graduates who are job ready through practical     Victorian Legal Admissions Board and will be       When you train at Leo Cussen you will
legal training that is industry relevant.             offered from 2018. The new arrangement will be     learn through:
                                                      open to any Swinburne LLB student, including
                                                                                                         • Face-to-face small group instruction
                                                      single degree, double degree and graduate entry.
                                                                                                         • Running multiple simulated client files
                                                                                                         • Role plays
                                                                                                         • Self-directed learning
                                                                                                         • Personalised mentoring with an experienced
                                                                                                            legal practitioner
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04.
Course Structure

     A. Compulsory

     Skills & Values                        Trust & Office Accounting
                                            Lawyer’s Skills
                                            Work Management & Business Skills
                                            Problem Solving
                                            Ethics & Professional Responsibility
                                            Resilience

     Core Practice Topics                   Civil Litigation
                                            Commercial & Corporate
                                            Property Law
                                            Criminal Law

 +
     B. Elective Topics

     Choose one of                          Employment & Industrial Relations
                                            Wills & Estates
                                            Banking & Finance (Victoria only)
                                            Planning & Environmental Law (Victoria only)
                                            Consumer Law (Victoria only)

     Choose one of                          Administrative Law
                                                                                           Build your skills and
                                            Family Law                                     confidence with a
                                                                                           mentoring program
                                                                                           you won’t find
                                                                                           elsewhere.
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Overseas Qualified
Lawyers Training
If you hold a law degree from outside Australia and wish to be admitted to the Australian legal profession,
you must first obtain guidance and approval from the admitting authority in the State in which you wish
to practise. That authority can then direct you to complete individual training programs at Leo Cussen
Centre for Law.

Admitting authorities for Victoria:                                                                             Admitting authorities for Western Australia:
In Victoria, you may be referred to Leo Cussen Centre for Law to undertake particular Practical Legal           Online
Training topics under the authority of the Victorian Legal Admissions Board. In some cases you may be
required to complete a full, 24-week Practical Legal Training course. Before you apply for a determination      In Western Australia, you may be referred to Leo Cussen Centre for Law to undertake particular Online
from the Victorian Legal Admissions Board, you may wish to check the Uniform Principles for Assessing           PLT Single Topics, under the authority of the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia.
Qualifications of Overseas Applicants to the Australian Legal Profession.

                                                Program Delivery
                                    You may choose the delivery that best suits you:

                    Face-to-Face                          Or                       Online
All assessment is conducted throughout                         Online PLT Single Topics are completed online.
the training. Comprehensive training materials                 Your completion is closely monitored
are supplied and catering is provided. There are               and assessed.
no exams as most of the training is delivered
                                                               • Ethics and Professional Responsibility
face-to-face with assessment taking place during
                                                                  (a minimum of 20 hours including all topic
topic delivery.
                                                                  work and assessment).                         To make a booking visit:
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility                                                                                                                              Fees
                                                               • Trust and Office Accounting                    Face-to-Face (SLT)
     (2 day workshop).
                                                                  (a minimum of 15 hours including all topic                                                        Our program offers competitively priced training
• Trust & Office Accounting (1.5 day workshop).                   work and assessment).                         store.leocussen.edu.au
                                                                                                                                                                    and assessment.
                                                                                                                /supervised_legal_trainees
                                                                                                                                                                    For our most up to date fees go to:
                                                                                                                Online PLT Single Topics
                                                                                                                                                                    store.leocussen.edu.au/supervised_legal_trainees
                                                                                                                leocussen.edu.au/practical-legal-training
For other topic’s durations please visit:
                                                                                                                /about-our-plt/overseas-lawyers/
store.leocussen.edu.au/supervised_legal_trainees
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06.
Meet Some
                                                                                                                                    07.
                                                                                                                                    Apply Now
of Our Graduates

                                                                                                                                    Our Practical Legal Training Programs are
                                                                                                                                    highly respected by legal professionals and
                                                                                                                                    taught by leading legal practitioners.

The Hon Julia Gillard MP      Murray Baird                    William Lye, OAM                  Tom Vasilopoulos
Former Prime Minister         Assistant Commissioner          Barrister at Law, Winner of the   Barrister, Victorian Bar - Greens
of Australia                  General Counsel, Australian     2017 Lawyers Weekly Barrister     List Barristers
                              Charities and Not-for-Profits   of the Year Award
                              Commission

                                                                                                                                    Apply
                                                                                                                                    To apply and for more information
                                                                                                                                    visit www.leocussen.edu.au/

                                                                                                                                    P 1300 039 031
                                                                                                                                    E info@leocussen.edu.au

                                                                                                                                    For international student enquiries:
                                                                                                                                    Fonda Gazis - Overseas Student Coordinator
                                                                                                                                    fgazis@leocussen.edu.au or
                                                                                                                                    visit www.leocussen.edu.au/overseas
Julia Tonkin                  Mercia Mitchell                 Trish Cameron                     Claire Wong
Senior Associate, Maddocks    Lawyer, K&L Gates               Legal, Development and            Criminal Law,                       Fees
                                                              Protection Advisor - Refugee      Papa Hughes Lawyers
                                                              and Asylum Seekers                                                    Please visit:
                                                              Information Centre Indonesia                                          www.leocussen.edu.au/dates_fees
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Notes

                                          Address:                                                           Enquiries:
                                          360 Little Bourke Street                                           Tel:    1300 039 031
                                          Melbourne, Victoria, 3000                                                  +61 3 9602 3111
                                          DX 460 Melbourne                                                   Fax:    +61 3 9670 3242
                                          GPO Box 853                                                        Email:  info@leocussen.edu.au
                                          Melbourne, VIC, 3001                                               Web:    www.leocussen.edu.au

                                                            The information contained in this brochure is accurate as at January 2018 and subject to change.
                                                                             Please check website for any updates www.leocussen.edu.au
Cricos Provider Code: 02224A | Cricos Course Code: 039593D
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Address:                                                 Enquiries:
360 Little Bourke Street                                 Tel:    1300 039 031
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000                                        +61 3 9602 3111
DX 460 Melbourne                                         Fax:    +61 3 9670 3242
GPO Box 853                                              Email:  pltadmin@leocussen.edu.au
Melbourne, VIC, 3001                                     Web:    www.leocussen.edu.au

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