In your application, please include the following:

  1. A copy of a current local or interstate practising certificate entitling you to practise exclusively as a barrister; and
  2. Your undertaking that you are not currently and have not been the subject of any disciplinary action as a legal practitioner. If you are unable to give the undertaking, you should provide full details of the action and the determination (if any) of the relevant disciplinary authority.

Please attach files as well as any additional supporting documents below.

  • Drop files here or
    Accepted file types: pdf, doc, Max. file size: 4 MB, Max. files: 3.

    After submission, the Bar Council will consider your application and notify you whether or not it has been approved.

    In Tasmania you can apply to the Law Society of Tasmania for a barristers’ practising certificate, which may be subject to conditions relating, amongst other things, to a period of pupillage.

    Download The Law Society of Tasmania Barrister Pupillage Policy.