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antisheep · 1 Apr 2009, 10:17 PM

We actually just learnt about this in legal ethics a few weeks ago... we had someone from the Law Society come in to talk to us...

the main factor according to our lecturer is going to be candour... so if you are willing to admit what you did was wrong and demonstrate an attempt to change since then, then you can practice. They said a big factor in things like this is community service etc and you probably will have to demonstrate this to a judge of the supreme court...

also according to them... you can apply before you finish your studies (assuming you're in nsw... unsure about other states) and they can tell you now whether or not you will be denied on the basis of that incident... I'm not sure if that decision is binding or just a guide though... that way you don't waste time/money studying for something you can't do. (Turns out the person above me provided a link and everything... just noticed)

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antisheep Member HSC: 2006 Gender: Female Location: Cherrybrook Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 176 Last Activity: 25 Feb 2010, 2:24 PM	Re: Practising law with criminal record We actually just learnt about this in legal ethics a few weeks ago... we had someone from the Law Society come in to talk to us... the main factor according to our lecturer is going to be candour... so if you are willing to admit what you did was wrong and demonstrate an attempt to change since then, then you can practice. They said a big factor in things like this is community service etc and you probably will have to demonstrate this to a judge of the supreme court... also according to them... you can apply before you finish your studies (assuming you're in nsw... unsure about other states) and they can tell you now whether or not you will be denied on the basis of that incident... I'm not sure if that decision is binding or just a guide though... that way you don't waste time/money studying for something you can't do. (Turns out the person above me provided a link and everything... just noticed) __________________ B Commerce (mktg) /LLB @ mq. in walked a man in the shape of a man, wearing a hat shaped hat. He held up two fingers and said "How many fingers?" and i said "peace man... that's where it's at"