Admission sittings

Important Information - Changes to the Admissions Process

Required Documentation in Support of Suitability for Admission - ALL Applicants:

Please be advised the Board has recently implemented changes effective from 22 January 2025 as follows:

  • If applicants have obtained documentation supporting suitability matters as a digital original (for example, received by email or an online portal), ALL applicants MUST provide a certified copy of the digital original. An electronic document can also be referred to as a download, or digital document. You may obtain a certified copy with the term ‘download’, and this is acceptable for use certified copies of electronic documents.
  • Previously, you were not required to provide a certified copy of digital original supporting documentation.

Further, please be advised the Board will be implementing changes, to take effect for any admission sitting listed to be heard on or after 1 September 2025 as follows:

  • ALL applicants seeking admission to the legal profession in Queensland, MUST obtain student conduct reports in relation to any academic misconduct matters from ANY university and PLT provider at which they have been enrolled, to be provided directly to the Board, regardless of whether they have an incident of academic misconduct to disclose.
  • PLEASE NOTE if an admission sitting is listed to be held on or after 1 September 2025, applicants will be required to obtain and provide student conduct reports at least 42 days prior to the sittings. Further information regarding this requirement will be published within the Board’s Supplement Admission Kit in due course (found here).

Admission Dates and Deadlines

Important dates for the admission sittings in Queensland for the first half of 2025:

Important dates for the admission sittings in Queensland for the second half of 2025:

For more information, please find relevant information here.


Please be advised the admission dates are set by the Honourable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland and are published on the Court website once they have been determined. Typically there are four admission sittings in the first half of the year (January to June) and five admission sittings in the second half of the year (July to December).


The Supreme Court releases the Daily Law List on the Courts website no later than 6.00pm the day prior to the admission date therefore, applicants and the Board are not aware what time each application will be heard until the list has been released.


NOTICE OF ADMISSION MATTERS AND HOW TO MAKE AN OBJECTION HERE

Payment of the Board's fee for consideration of your application - Important Information

Applicants will receive an email from no-reply@bpoint.com.au requesting payment of the Board's fee.  This email will be issued to the email address included on their Form 1, and will contain a link to arrange payment of the Board’s fee by debit/credit card to be processed through a secure BPoint payment portal. 


Once your payment is approved, you must ensure you save a copy of the receipt for your records, and exhibit a copy of your receipt to your affidavit of compliance as evidence of compliance with Rule 13(3)(b) of the Supreme Court (Admission) Rules 2004.


If you swear/affirm your affidavit of compliance before receiving the BPoint link, you should at least depose in your affidavit that you intend paying the Board’s fee in compliance with Rule 13(3)(b).  In these circumstances, once you have paid the Board’s fee, you MUST provide a copy of the receipt to the Board via email for inclusion in the Board’s file for your application.  

 

Please be advised the Board's staff issue payment links by close of business (5pm), 31 days prior to the sittings. The Board's staff are unable to issue payment links prior to this date therefore, please only contact the Board if you do not receive a link by close of business 31 days prior to the sittings. 


If you are seeking admission and your firm wishes to make a bulk payment (i.e. for more than one applicant), please see the following options available:

  • CHEQUE: Provide a cheque made out to ‘Legal Practitioners Admissions Board’. The cheque may be provided by post or over the counter to Reception at Law Society House. The cheque should be accompanied by a list of applicants (may be provided via email) for which the payment is applicable. Please provide each applicant’s full name as per their Form 1.
  • DEBIT/CREDIT CARD: Email the Board a list of applicants for which the payment is applicable (please provide each applicant’s full name as per their Form 1) and the Board’s staff will contact the firm to arrange payment by debit/credit card over the phone. 

A receipt will be issued via email to the relevant person at the firm, which can then be forwarded to each applicant. 

Admission Fees

Our fees and charges typically increase on 1 July each year. On 1 July 2024, our fees and charges were indexed by zero per cent (i.e. remain unchanged from 2023-24) in line with Government’s indexation policy. You can contact us to find out details about specific fees, charges or prices.

$694.00 for Board's consideration of application
$78.65 for filing application in Supreme Court Registry (please contact the Registry for further information regarding filing)

Admission fees are effective 1 July 2024

Enquiries

Please send all enquiries to admissions@qls.com.au and we will endeavour to respond as soon as possible.