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Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
A Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice is the practical legal training most law graduates complete before applying to be admitted as a lawyer.
- How long it takes
- 6 months
- full time
- Level
- Graduate diploma
- University
- Leads on to
- Solicitor
- $107,600 median pay, In demand
- Taught by
- 2 providers
- NSW, TAS
Is this course right for you?
What the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice asks of you, and what you might want to check first.
Before you start
Each provider sets its own entry requirements, so check the ones you are considering.
Where this course can take you
The study that can follow this course.
Jobs you can do with it
Barrister
Barristers are independent advocates who appear in court and give specialist opinions on how a matter is likely to be decided.
A step towards this job. What else you need
Median pay$181,700
Solicitor
Solicitors advise clients on their legal rights and obligations, then do the drafting, negotiation and filings that turn that advice into action.
A step towards this job. What else you need
Median pay$107,600
In demand
Pay is the median for everyone in the job, and “In demand” means the job is on the national shortage list.
Where you can study this course
There are 2 places you can study this course. When you compare them, check they teach it the way you want to study, how far you'd be from a campus, what it will cost you and what past students say about the teaching and support. They're listed by how often people search for them, and none of them pays to be here or to move up.
- Website for University of Tasmania (opens in a new tab)
University of Tasmania
Hobart, TAS
4.2from 775 Google reviews
The College of Law
TCOL Limited (Higher Ed Operations), NSW
What you’ll learn
The main topics covered in the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.
- Legal drafting and research
- Advocacy and dispute resolution
- Professional ethics and responsibility
- Trust and office accounting
- Property and commercial practice
- Supervised legal workplace experience
Questions to ask before you enrol
Providers run this course differently, so the answers change from one to the next.
- When is the next intake, and how many are there each year?
- What is the total cost, including materials, checks and any placement costs?
- Can I study part time or online, and how does that change the length?
- Do the units count towards a higher qualification if I go on to study further?