Victorian Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PRACTICE (ADMISSION) RULES 1999 - SECT 3.10.

Approval of articles with other practitioners

3.10. Approval of articles with other practitioners



(1) A corporate practitioner2, or other legal practitioner who is not
otherwise entitled under these Rules to enter into articles as Principal under
the articles, may apply to the Council for a direction that, or as to the
extent to which, the qualifications, experience and practice of the
practitioner may be regarded as sufficient to permit articles to be served
with the practitioner.

(2) An application under subrule (1) must be accompanied by an affidavit
setting out particulars of-

   (a)  the course or courses of legal study undertaken or completed by the
        practitioner; and

   (b)  the practitioner's experience of legal practice within and outside
        Victoria; and

   (c)  the experience in legal practice which it is expected an articled
        clerk serving with the practitioner would obtain; and

   (d)  the range of legal practice to which an articled clerk serving with
        the practitioner would be exposed; and

   (e)  the intended plan of training for the articled clerk.





(3) The Council may make any further inquiries it thinks fit in relation to an
application under this rule as to-

   (a)  the nature and adequacy of the practitioner's qualifications and
        experience in legal practice; and

   (b)  the nature and extent of the experience in legal practice likely to be
        obtained by any articled clerk serving with the practitioner; and

   (c)  the range of legal practice to which an articled clerk serving with
        the practitioner would be exposed.

(4) Without limiting the Council's discretion in relation to an application
under this rule, the Council may assess the application against the experience
which an articled clerk would be expected to obtain and the range of legal
practice to which an articled clerk would be expected to be exposed under
articles served with an eligible legal practitioner.

(5) A practitioner approved by the Council under this rule must not, except
with the approval of the Board of Examiners, engage more than one articled
clerk at any one time.