Course Overview
The commencement of the Legal Profession Uniform Law on 1 July 2015 introduced the requirement for persons to be appointed as an external examiner, that person must be a member of a class of persons as designated in Rule 65 of the Legal profession Uniform General Rules 2015 and have successfully completed a course of education approved by the Legal Services Council from time to time after consultation with the relevant designated local regulatory authority.

An external examiner is required to be appointed by a law practice to complete the External Examiners Report. The report is required to be lodged by a law practice that has received, held or disbursed trust money (excluding Transit Money), once in every financial year.

Rule 65(2) of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 provides that the following classes of persons may be appointed as external examiner under Part 4.2 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law.

Course Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for accreditation you must be: 

• A member of CAANZ, or 
• A member of CPA Australia, or 
• A member of IPA,  

with a current certificate of Public Practice, or 

• A registered company auditor. 

Eligibility based on review of your registration entitles you to sit the course approved by the Legal Services Council and conducted by the Law Society of New South Wales. 

For eligible applicants:

• You will be required to attend a on-day online webinar
• After attending the webinar, you will be required to complete an online assessment within 2 weeks
• On successfully completing the course a certificate will be issued to confirm that the person named in the certificate is a designated person pursuant to Rule 65 of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 and is eligible to be appointed to a law practice as an External Examiner.

Please register for this course here. 

Course price: $750 

Important Note: You will require a LawID account, please click here for further details on how to create a free non-member account.