Law Council Supports National Practical Legal Training Survey
25 November 2025
The Admissions Committee of the Legal Services Council and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee (LACC) have launched a national survey of legal practitioners as part of a joint comprehensive review of Practical Legal Training (PLT).
The Law Council of Australia supports this review and encourages all eligible legal practitioners to complete the survey.
There has been growing interest in considering how effectively PLT equips new lawyers to enter legal practice. Earlier this year, the Admissions Committee and the LACC resolved to undertake a National Review of PLT, particularly incorporating issues of cost and quality, and to develop and consult on proposals for reform.
To support this work, the Legal Services Council has engaged Urbis to conduct a national survey of legal practitioners.
Through the survey, the Admissions Committee and the LACC are seeking to:
- identify the legal skills and values that are essential for new lawyers to be ready to enter supervised legal practice;
- understand when and how these skills and values should be taught; and
- explore opportunities to enhance the delivery of PLT nationally.
Legal practitioners are invited to participate if they have:
- completed PLT in the past ten years (including supervised legal training or legal traineeships); and/or
- supervised an early career lawyer during their first two years of practice.
This review is being run concurrently with the ongoing review of PLT in New South Wales led by the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB). Legal practitioners in New South Wales are not being asked to complete the survey, as their feedback has already been captured through an earlier survey commissioned by the LPAB.
The deadline for responses has been extended. The survey will now close on Sunday, 30 November 2025.
Last Updated on 25/11/2025
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