Priestley 11

The Priestley 11 are eleven law subjects required to be successfully completed for candidate status for admission into practice as a legal practitioner in Australia. They are named after the Law Admissions Consultative Committee (LACC, commonly known as the Priestley Committee as it was chaired by Lancelot John Priestley) which in 1992 determined the minimum academic study requirements for legal practice. The Priestley 11 list is set out in LACC, Uniform Admission Rules 2008, Schedule 1. A law degree or diploma will be recognised as a qualification for admission to practice only if every student has to study all of these subjects. However, the subjects do not have to be taught separately: it is sufficient if they are covered within the syllabus.

Priestley 11 subjects—"Prescribed Areas of Knowledge"

• Administrative Law
• Civil Procedure
• Company Law
• Contracts
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Equity (including Trusts)
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Evidence
• Federal and State Constitutional Law
• Property
• Torts

Places offering Priestley 11

Currently, the Priestley 11 are offered by the following law schools -

In the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra):

• Australian National University College of Law
• University of Canberra Faculty of Law

In Tasmania:

• University of Tasmania

In New South Wales:

• Thomas More Academy of Law, Australian Catholic University (North Sydney Campus)
• Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
• Southern Cross University
• Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
• University of New England
• University of New South Wales
• University of Newcastle
• University of Notre Dame, Sydney
• University of Technology, Sydney
• University of Western Sydney
• University of Wollongong

In Victoria:

• Thomas More Academy of Law, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus)
• Deakin University
• La Trobe University
• Monash University
• RMIT University
• University of Melbourne
• Swinburne University of Technology
• Victoria University, Australia

In Queensland:

• Bond University
• CQUniversity
• Griffith University
• James Cook University
• Queensland University of Technology
• Southern Cross University
• University of Queensland
• University of Southern Queensland

In South Australia:

• Flinders University of South Australia
• University of Adelaide
• University of South Australia

In the Northern Territory:

• Charles Darwin University

In Western Australia:

• Edith Cowan University
• Murdoch University
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Western Australia

External links

• Law Admissions Consultative Committee, Uniform Admission Rules 2008 Schedule 1 (pp. 5–11) "Prescribed Areas of Knowledge". Retrieved 23 July 2013.
• Council of Legal Education (Victoria), Admission Requirements. Retrieved 23 July 2013.