The Priestley 11 are eleven law subjects required to be successfully completed for candidate status for admission into practice as a legal practitioner in Australia. They are named after the Law Admissions Consultative Committee (LACC, commonly known as the Priestley Committee as it was chaired by Lancelot John Priestley) which in 1992 determined the minimum academic study requirements for legal practice. The Priestley 11 list is set out in LACC, Uniform Admission Rules 2008, Schedule 1. A law degree or diploma will be recognised as a qualification for admission to practice only if every student has to study all of these subjects. However, the subjects do not have to be taught separately: it is sufficient if they are covered within the syllabus.
Administrative Law
Civil Procedure
Company Law
Contracts
Criminal Law and Procedure
Equity (including Trusts)
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Evidence
Federal and State Constitutional Law
Property
Torts
Currently, the Priestley 11 are offered by the following law schools -
In the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra):
Australian National University
University of Canberra
In Tasmania:
University of Tasmania
In New South Wales:
Australian Catholic University (North Sydney Campus)
Macquarie University
Southern Cross University
University of New England
University of New South Wales
University of Newcastle
University of Notre Dame, Sydney
University of Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
University of Western Sydney
University of Wollongong
Sydney City School of Law
Charles Sturt University
In Victoria:
Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus)
Deakin University
La Trobe University
Monash University
RMIT University
University of Melbourne
Swinburne University of Technology
Victoria University, Australia
In Queensland:
Bond University
Central Queensland University
Griffith University
James Cook University
Queensland University of Technology
Southern Cross University
University of Queensland
University of Southern Queensland
In South Australia:
Flinders University of South Australia
University of Adelaide
University of South Australia
In the Northern Territory:
Charles Darwin University
In Western Australia:
Curtin University
Edith Cowan University
Murdoch University
University of Notre Dame
University of Western Australia
