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Legal Profession Admission Board
Semester 1, 2025-2026 (Summer) Examinations
Examination Information and Resources for the Semester
Important Dates & Deadlines
Stay on top of key dates for Semester 1, 2025-2026 (Summer). You can view the full calendar of important dates and application deadlines here (PDF, 191.9 KB).
Examination Timetable
Examinations will be held Thursday 6 March to Thursday 13 March 2025. Check the Examination Timetable for the date and time of your exams, available here (PDF, 155.5 KB).
Examination Centres
All candidates are required to sit their exams in person at an LPAB examination centre. You can view a list of exam centres with location information here. (PDF, 197.0 KB)
The final day to make any changes to your examination venue is 16 January 2026.
Examination Format (Open or Closed)
At the beginning of each term, LPAB examiners determine whether each subject will be assessed as open or closed book. A list specifying the exam format for each subject in Semester 1, 2025-2026 (Summer) will be available soon.
Examination Mode
Candidates at LPAB examination centres will be able to choose to handwrite their exam or type their exam on their own device.
You can find detailed information on each mode here (PDF, 226.5 KB).
Online exams in the LPAB's Diploma in Law Course are only available in exceptional circumstances and application should be made immediately after enrolment. Please refer to the Online Examinations by Exception Policy for more information.
The final day to make any changes to your examination mode is 16 January 2026.
Requests to sit the examination online after this deadline will only be considered under exceptional circumstances that could not have been anticipated at the time of enrolment.
Examination Rules
It is essential that all candidates read and understand the Examination Rules (PDF, 268.3 KB) before sitting their exams. These rules outline the standards of conduct expected during examinations and form part of the conditions for participation in the Legal Profession Admission Board’s Diploma in Law program.
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.