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The Legal Practice Unit offers or hosts these professional training courses: Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice LP41 (our PLT course) The Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice is a postgraduate course that satisfies the practical training requirement for admission to legal practice in Queensland. We offer you the choice of full-time on-campus study and part-time online study. Our part-time (in-practice) course is especially designed for people who are already working in law offices. Our part-time (general) course is for people who wish to study part-time online but who are not working in law offices. Our PLT courses are highly practical and they are effective in giving graduates confidence in their ability to practise law. The Legal Practice Unit hosts the Bar Practice Course on behalf of the Queensland Bar Association. The Bar Practice Course is usually a prerequisite to being able to practice as a barrister in Queensland. The Trainee Solicitor Program satisfies the 'approved training' requirement for law graduates in 'Supervised Workplace Experience' programs (formerly 'articles of clerkship') in law firms. The QUT Legal Practice Unit has been providing quality practical legal training to law graduates for 30 years. We have close relationships with many leading Queensland solicitors, barristers, judges and other professionals, who assist us with our courses by teaching students, by providing materials, by assessing advocacy skills, and by providing on-going advice about how to keep the course up-to-date and relevant. Our full-time on-campus students have access to many modern facilities including fully networked PCs for their sole use during the ‘Office Program’ component of the course. Our part-time on-line students have access to interactive materials delivered via QUT Blackboard. Our staff has expertise in providing professional training as well as ‘real-life’ experience in practising law. Staff members have authored ‘practical’ legal texts and they have made many presentations at professional legal education conferences. Some staff have won awards for teaching excellence. More details of our staff are available in the Faculty Staff Directory. You can obtain a great deal of personal and professional satisfaction from practising law - from doing challenging professional work well. But to succeed in practice you need the skills and knowledge that a quality PLT experience can provide. Maximise your chance of succeeding as a lawyer by choosing a PLT course that will provide you with up-to-date, practical and effective training.
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