Frequently Asked Questions - Subject Enrolment

Applicants must first register as a student-at-law through STEMS. Once registered, students can then to enrol in and pay for their subjects each semester. 

STEMS will automatically forward your registration to the LEC, and you will be granted access to your subjects in Canvas.

Prior to Term 1, 2025, students were required to also register with the LEC after enrolment with the LPAB. However, this is no longer necessary.

Please select the 'Enrolment' button on the home page in the STEMS portal.  Follow the prompts to enrol in your courses. You will be asked to pay by credit or debit card towards the end of the process.  

You can enrol in a maximum of 2 subjects per semester until you have passed or been exempted from 8 compulsory subjects. Afterward, you can enrol in a maximum of 3 subjects per semester.

Please see the Diploma in Law Course Information Handbook for more information on course progression rules. 

If you want to enrol in more subjects then you are eligible to you will need to seek permission by lodging a 'Student Course Application' in STEMS and paying the associated $110 application fee.

Before completing this application, please read the Fact Sheet - Applying for relaxation of the Progression Rules.

Subjects must be completed in a specific order until you have passed or been exempted from at least 11 subjects. You must have already passed 11 subjects. If you are completing the full Diploma this means you mut have passed 11 Evidence. 

Please see the Diploma in Law Course Information Handbook for more information on course progression rules. 

If you want to enrol in subjects in a different order then prescribed you will need to seek permission by lodging a 'Student Course Application' in STEMS and paying the associated $110 application fee.

Before completing this application, please read the Fact Sheet - Applying for relaxation of the Progression Rules.

Student are permitted to change the subjects they are already enrolled in no later than three weeks after the late-enrolment deadline for the term in which you enrolled in (Friday, week 3 of lectures). After this no changes are permitted. 

Any changes must still be inline with the progression rules. 

Please send an enquiry via your STEMS home page outlining which subjects you would like to change to. 

Yes. You may withdraw from a subject or subjects and must request a refund no later than three weeks after the late-enrolment deadline for the term in which you enrolled in (Friday, week 3 of lectures). After this you are not entitled to a refund of enrolment fees. 

To complete a request select the 'Miscellaneous' button on the 'Welcome' page in STEMS. Then select 'Subjects Withdrawal' from the drop-down menu

Upon enrolment you should have received two emails from notifications.lpab@justice.nsw.gov.au: one confirming your enrolment and one confirming your payment.  Each email will have a pdf attached with details. Please check your email, including junk folders.

If you are unable to locate the original email you are able to access these documents in STEMS. To do so follow these steps:

1. On the STEMS home page scroll down until you get to 'My Cases'  

2. Select the appropriate ENROL and PYMNT cases.  

3. Once you are in the case go to the Files & documents section at the top right hand side of the page.

4. Select the email and / PDF created by the system.

5. Double click to open document or click on the three dots at the right to download.