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Legal Profession Admission Board
About LPAB
The Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) is responsible for:
• determining the eligibility and suitability of people seeking to be admitted as a lawyer in NSW
• accrediting academic law courses and practical legal training courses in NSW
• registering, enrolling and examining students in the Board's Diploma in Law course
• appointing public notaries in NSW, and
• maintaining the Roll of Lawyers and the Roll of Public Notaries in NSW.
The LPAB is a self-funding statutory corporation constituted by the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014. It is supported in the exercise of its functions by a number of Committees and Sub-Committees, as shown in the chart below.
Last updated:
21 Jun 2024
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.