The Legal Practitioners Education and Admission Council (LPEAC) is established pursuant to section 14B of the Legal Practitioners Act 1981.

     

Membership is determined in accordance to the Legal Practitioners Act 1981.

The presiding member of the LPEAC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Attorney-General and Law Society appoint their representatives to the Chief Justice (CJ does not invite renewal of their membership directly)

The Honourable Chief JusticeThe Hon Chief Justice Laura Stein
The Honourable Attorney GeneralMr Sam Abbott KC – AG’s Deputy
3 years appointed by Chief JusticeThe Honourable Justice C Bleby
3 years appointed by Chief JusticeThe Honourable Justice K Bochner
3 years appointed by Chief JusticeThe Honourable Justice N Charlesworth
The Dean (or acting Dean) of the faculty or school of law at Adelaide UniversityProfessor Judith McNamara
The Dean (or acting Dean) of the faculty or school of law at The Flinders University of South AustraliaProfessor Tania Leiman
Presiding member of the Board of ExaminersThe Honourable Associate Justice G Dart
3 years appointed by the Attorney GeneralMs Gabrielle Canny
3 years appointed by Law SocietyMs Gillian Walker SC
3 years appointed by Law SocietyMs Madeleine Harland
3 years appointed by Law SocietyMr Stephen Rainieri
3 years appointed by Law SocietyMr Raffaele Piccolo
Adelaide University - Student RepresentativeMs Leah Schlein

View the LPEAC rules

For further information about individual variations, please refer to the Legislation SA website.

If you are seeking further information about Admissions, please view The Law Society of South Australia website.

Admission Rules

Refer to Chapter 20 Part 7 of the Uniform Civil Rules 2020

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Notice of Applications for Admission

View the current list of applicants

Admission Dates

The Notice should be filed to leave sufficient time to place an advertisement and to prepare a Statutory Declaration before the due date.

The filing date for the Statutory Declaration is date critical and documents will not be received after this date.