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.

Priestley 11 subjects

• Criminal law
• Tort law
• Contract law
• Land and property law
• Equity and trust law
• Administrative law
• Constitutional law
• Civil procedure
• Evidence
• Company law
• Legal ethics

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:

• Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
• University of New South Wales
• Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
• Southern Cross University
• University of Newcastle
• University of Technology, Sydney
• University of Wollongong
• University of New England
• University of Notre Dame, Sydney

In Victoria:

• Monash University
• Deakin University
• La Trobe University
• Victoria University, Australia
• The University of Melbourne
• RMIT University

In Queensland:

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

In South Australia:

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

In the Northern Territory:

• Charles Darwin University

In Western Australia:

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

External links

• The Supreme Court of Victoria Board of Examiners Legal Training