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Enrolment Information
Enrolment packages are posted to all students about two or three weeks before the start of the enrolment period. Prior to enrolling, you should give careful consideration to the work associated with your proposed course of study, including attendance at lectures and preparation of assignments. If you are a new student, you should note that a standard workload for the first two years is two subjects per session. Many students, especially those taking the course part-time or without a strong background in tertiary level studies, would be better advised to begin with one subject.
Enrolment Period
The enrolment period for the 2008 Summer session will be between Thursday 24 April and Friday 2 May 2008, both dates inclusive.
Late Enrolment Period
If you have made application to the Examinations Committee for relaxation of the tuition, progression or exclusion rules, you may attend lectures but you may not attempt to enrol in any subject before your application has been determined. The Committee will, if necessary, extend the enrolment period when communicating the result of your application to you. Other than this:
a) an application for enrolment which reaches the LPAB's office later than Friday 2 May 2008 but no later than Friday 9 May 2008 will be processed, but only upon payment of a late fee of $50.00 in addition to other fees payable; and
b) applications which reach the LPAB's office later than Friday 9 May 2008 cannot not be processed.
Enrolment Fees
The enrolment fees payable in respect of each subject consist of:
- a tuition fee, which has been set for the 2008 Winter Session at $395.00 and;
- an examination fee of $120.00 per subject.
The combined tuition and examination fees are $515.00 per subject.
Payment must be made in full at the time of enrolment.
An enrolment will be cancelled where a cheque is not met upon presentation. A re-enrolment following the dishonour of a cheque will incur a dishonour fee of $33.00. If the re-enrolment is received after the normal enrolment deadline the late fee is also payable.
You should note that a student who withdraws from a subject or who fails to sit for the examination in a subject, is not entitled to a refund of fees, nor to have fees transferred to a later session.
Enrolment Procedure
In order to enrol you must:
(a) complete an application for enrolment, giving student number, full name and address, phone number and nominated examination centre;
(b) obtain a cheque, money order, international money order or bank draft in Australian dollars payable to the Legal Profession Admission Board for the necessary fees;
(c) if you are a new student:
(i) complete a library card application form
(ii) obtain a passport size colour photograph of yourself; and
(d) return the completed application form for enrolment, the necessary fees and, if you are a new student, the library card application and the photograph to the Board by one of the following methods:
(i) by sending them by post to:
Legal Profession Admission Board
GPO Box 3980
SYDNEY NSW 2001;
(ii) by sending them via the Document Exchange to:
Legal Profession Admission Board
DX 602 SYDNEY;
(iii) by depositing them in an envelope in the red enrolment box at the Board's office at the following address:
Level 4, 37 Bligh Street
Corner of Hunter and Bligh Streets
SYDNEY
Please note:
- Applications for enrolment which are incomplete will not be processed.
- Credit card and eftpos facilities are not available.
- Cash must not be sent or tendered to the Board in payment of enrolment fees.
- Enrolments will not be accepted across the counter at the Board's office.
EARLY AND ACCURATE ENROLMENT INCENTIVE!
Many students wait until near the cut-off date to enrol. This leads to some delays in students having their enrolments confirmed. Some delay is inevitable but it can be lessened if as many students as possible enrol on the first few days of enrolment rather than the last few days.
To encourage early and accurate enrolment the Board holds a draw on each of the first three enrolment days. At 5pm on Thursday 25 October, Friday 26 October and Monday 29 October, the Board's enrolment box will be opened and two enrolment applications received by the Board that day will be drawn from the bin. The enrolment applications will be checked for completeness and validity. For the first two complete and valid enrolment applications drawn on each day, 50% of the Board's Examination Fees ($60 per subject) will be waived. If an incomplete or invalid enrolment application is drawn, the waiver will not apply and another application will be drawn. Students are welcome to attend the Board's office to witness the draw.
Post Enrolment Matters
A letter confirming your enrolment and a receipt of your fees will be posted to you as soon as practicable after your application for enrolment has been received and processed by the Board. If you have not received the letter within 28 days of the last day of enrolment, you should contact the Board's Student Services Officer (tel. (02) 9338 3505) to confirm that your enrolment application has been received and processed.
Exclusion Rules
Rule 64 of the Legal Profession Admission Rules provides that any candidate who, without prior leave of the Examinations Committee, fails to sit for examination in at least two subjects in any two successive sessions shall be excluded from taking any further examination.
Rule 66 provides that a candidate who fails any subject a second time shall be excluded from taking any further examination.
Rule 67 provides that the Examinations Committee may in special circumstances relax the exclusion rule upon such conditions as it considers appropriate.
Students wishing to apply under Rule 67 should read the information in the Course Information Handbook on page 13 before making an application.
Progression Rules
Rules 59(1) and 59(2) provide that a student must present himself or herself for examination in the subjects appearing on the curriculum in sequential order until he or she has passed or been credited with or exempted from 11 subjects. The student may then take the remaining subjects in any order.
Rule 59(3) provides that a student must not, at any one sitting, enrol and sit for examination in more than two subjects until that student has passed eight compulsory subjects after which he or she may not at any one sitting, enrol and sit for more than three subjects.
The Examinations Committee may relax the progression rules. Students wishing to apply for relaxation of the progression rules should read the information on page 12 of the Course Information Handbook before making an application.
Tuition Rules
Rules 60 & 63A provide that a student who wishes to undertake any examination under the rules must enrol for and satisfactorily complete a course of instruction in the corresponding subject conducted by the LEC in the session immediately preceding the examination.
The Examinations Committee may relax the tuition rules. Students wishing to apply for relaxation of the tuition rules should read the information in the Course Information Handbook on page 12 before making an application.
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