You will need this certificate if you intend to practice law in Tasmania. Practising law means being paid to do any work in connection with the administration of the law, including preparing deeds, instruments or contracts relating to legal proceedings of any kind.
Depending on the type of legal practice you intend to undertake, there will be different certificate classes:
- principal practitioner (such as a partner in a firm)
- employed practitioner (such as an associate at a firm)
- community legal centre practitioner
- barrister
- locum practitioner (such as a substitute lawyer)
- volunteer practitioner
- government practitioner.
