Fees & Funding

1. Fees

The Legal Practice Board has set the fees for courses commencing after 1 July 2007 as follows:

Core Course - 4 weeks $2,300.00
Basic Accounting Course - 2 ½ days $300.00
Commercial & Corporate Practice Course - 3 days $800.00
Property Law Practice Course - 3 days $800.00

The Legal Practice Board has set the fees for courses commencing after 1 January 2009 as follows:

Core Course - 4 weeks $2,800.00
Basic Accounting Course - 2 ½ days $650.00
Commercial & Corporate Practice Course - 4 days $1,000.00
Property Law Practice Course - 3 days $1,000.00

As an educational institution, the ATP fees are GST exempt. The applicable fee is payable on enrolment. The ATP Director may, on application, allow payment by instalments in cases of exceptional hardship. Details of the application procedure can be obtained by contacting the Course Administrator.

2. Liability for Fees

It is not for the Board or the ATP to say who, of the articled clerk and the employer, should pay the course fees.

3. Funding

The ATP is funded by a portion of each practitioner’s annual practice certificate fee, and by course fees paid by articled clerks or for them by the employers. The profession’s contribution through practice certificate fees is just over half of the total operating cost of the Program.

At present, there is no Government funding, State or Federal, for the ATP. Most of the establishment expenses of the ATP were met by substantial grants from the Public Purposes Trust. The ATP is grateful for this vital support by the Trust.

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