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Registered Foreign Lawyers
If you hold a practising certificate overseas and want to practise foreign law in Australia you may apply for registration as a foreign lawyer.
Registered foreign lawyers are only entitled to practise foreign law and are not entitled to practise Australian law. Overseas admitted practitioners who wish to practise Australian law must gain admission in Australia. For admission information
click here
.
Refer to Part 8 of the
Legal Profession Act 2008
Act
(
Act
) for the scope of practice allowed by a registered foreign lawyer and other relevant provisions.
The application form
LPB Form A11
may be emailed or faxed to the Board, however, the original signed application must be received before your registration will be confirmed.
Applications require consideration by the Admissions and Registrations Committee which meets approximately monthly.
The Committee does not have the power to approve a registered foreign lawyer to practise in an
in-house capacity
as an employee of a corporation that is not an incorporated legal practice. However, pursuant to
section 152 of the Act
, provided a foreign lawyer is subject to a restriction imposed under the
Migration Act 1958 (Cth)
that has the effect of limiting the period during which he may work in Australia, and provided he does not maintain an office for the purpose of practising foreign law, or become a partner or director of a law practice, he is not required to register with the Board.
Related Documents and Forms
Registered-Foreign-Lawyers
LPB-Form-11-Application-for-Grant-or-Renewal-of-Registration-as-a-Foreign-Lawyer