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How do I find a
placement?
What kind of
placement will be approved for Legal Practice Experience?
Can I do
my placement overseas?
How do I
get my placement approved?
What
is a retrospective placement?
What is
LPEOnline?
What do I
do when I have finished my placement?
Can I
change my approved placement arrangements?
If you have a question which is not addressed here pleace contact Rose Coppin at
LPE@law.anu.edu.au
For more in depth information please refer to the
Legal Practice Experience Rules
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How do I find a placement?
It is the student's responsibility to secure their own placement. Legal
Workshop may be able to offer help to those students looking for placements in
the ACT. If you require help finding a placement in the ACT you must notify Rose
as soon as possible. Please be aware that any assistance we can provide with
placements is dependant on availability.
Finding and arranging placements can take time,
please do not leave finalising your placement to the last minute.
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What kind of
placement will be approved for legal practice experience?
The placement must
involve you in legal work, exercising legal skills in a legal environment (in
contrast to administrative, financial or research/academic work).
Ideally you
will:
• Be exposed to the systems, procedures and work commonly found in legal
practice, which applies equally to government
legal practice,
• Have contact
with, and responsibility to, clients – which includes government and corporate
clients, and
• Be exposed to the professional responsibilities of a lawyer.
Subject to the LPE rules you may do a placement with:
• a legal practitioner in
private practice
• a government, semi-government or corporate legal office
• a
community legal service
• a legal aid service
• a state or Commonwealth
Prosecuting authority
• a judge or magistrate
• a Tribunal member (who is a
legal practitioner)
• the Legal Workshop’s Legal Aid Clinic Program or
• any
other place which the LPE Convenor is satisfied provides appropriate practical
experience.
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Can I do my placement overseas?Overseas placements may be approved
by the LPE Convenor if the placement meets the placement requirements in these
rules and:
• The placement would be undertaken in an English speaking work
environment; and
• The placement would occur in a common law country, or
• The
student would be working on common law matters.
The overriding consideration is
that the work is comparable to the delivery of legal services in Australia,
involves the exercise of legal skills and is appropriately supervised.
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How do I
get my placement approved?
You must fill out the
Application for
Approval of Legal Placement form
. This requires information regarding the work you will be undertaking and must
have your supervisor’s signature. This form must be returned to Rose:
Rose Coppin
LPE Administrator
ANU Legal Workshop
ANU College of Law
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
E: LPE@law.anu.edu.au
F: (02) 6125 8990
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What is a retrospective placement?
Placements can be approved
retrospectively. Placements must have been undertaken in the 2 years preceding
your application for retrospective approval to be considered, not your enrolment
in the GDLP. You will usually be given retrospective credit for up to 50% of the
total placement period. For example, if you are applying for 80 days of LPE you
may be approved 40 days retrospectively.
Retrospective credit for more than 50%
of the placement period is only likely to be granted where you are not able to
undertake placement during the GDLP. Your reasons for being unable to undertake
placement will be considered in making a decision about any retrospective
credit.
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What is LPEOnline?
Either during or after your placement you will be required to participate in a
series of web based discussion postings where you share your experiences of
legal practice with other students. We will advise you further about this
discussion forum when your placement is approved. You do not enrol in LPEOnline.
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What do I do once I have finished my placement?
When you complete
your placement, you must submit a Placement Report, unless instructed otherwise
by the Legal Workshop supervisor of your placement. Your Legal Workshop
supervisor will be allocated to you when your placement is approved. An
electronic copy of a pro forma report is accessible here You must submit your
placement report within 2 weeks of completing your placement.
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Can I change my
approved placement arrangements?
It is possible to change placement
arrangements. If there is any change to your placement details, including a
change in supervisor arrangements, you must let Rose Coppin know immediately.
Please note that if we haven’t approved any variation the placement period may
not count towards LPE requirements.
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