Continuing Legal Education

Advanced Standing into LLM

Marketing

Conferences

Accredited Specialists

Congratulations on being an accredited specialist.

As an accredited specialist you may be called on for assistance by members of the public, other solicitors, community welfare agencies and businesses.

To help you maintain your accreditation and promote your status, the following publication Information for Accredited Specialists has been developed.

Renewal of Accreditation

Specialists renew annually and the accreditation year runs from 1 April to 31 March.

The due date for 2008/09 Specialist Accreditation renewal form was Monday 31 March 2008. Completed forms were required to have the following information:

• Declarations (including: current practising certificate, continued substantial involvement in the area, membership of the Law Society,…etc)
• CLE Report as evidence of compliance
• Payment of annual fee

Specialists who renewed their accreditation in March 2008 were required to show proof of their CLE points in their specialty area. The time period for accruing these points was 1 September 2006 (the date of their last CLE report) to 31 March 2008.

Thank you to all those Specialists who have renewed their accreditation for 2008/09.

For more information

For general enquiries related to the renewal process please contact Mathew Zikpi, Specialist Accreditation Administrative Assistant at specialists@lawsocnsw.asn.au.

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Continuing Legal Education

The constant upgrading of performance is at the heart of the program, and the continuing legal education requirement seeks to maintain quality. To be eligible for re-accreditation, specialists are normally required to complete 10 units of CLE at the specialist level by 31 March each year.

For further information on CLE seminars you may contact either Young Lawyers NSW or The College of Law.

http://cle.younglawyers.com.au
Level 6, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9926 0270
Fax: +61 2 9926 0282

The College of Law CLE
2 Chandos Street, St. Leonards NSW 2065 Australia
Ph: + 61 2 9223 7111
Fax: + 61 2 9223 7377

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Advanced Standing into LLM

As of 26th April 2007, Accredited Specialists have been granted Advanced Standing into the LLM degree by coursework at several universities in NSW and Victoria.

For further information or to receive a brochure, contact the relevant University's Law Faculty.

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Marketing

The use of logos and post-nominals (the abbreviated form of a person's qualifications) on stationery and advertising materials is important for the identification of an accredited specialist. The Specialist Accreditation Board recommends the use of the title in full i.e. Mary Smith Accredited Specialist, Family Law or the following post nominals:

The Specialist Accreditation logo can be downloaded as EPS or PDF (right-click and select 'Save Target As'):

• Specialist Accreditation logos (EPS, 1.8Mb)
• Specialist Accreditation logos (PDF, 3.0Mb)
If you would like to enquire about logos for a specific specialist accreditation, please contact Michelle Dodd: mdodd@lawsocnsw.asn.au

It is the responsibility of each practitioner to use accreditation in his or her own interest, and much of the marketing value of accreditation will depend on the individual practitioner's efforts.

There is a range of products available exclusively to Accredited Specialists in the Law Society's Online Shop

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Conferences

The College of Law provides conferences at the accredited specialist level.

These occasions are designed to allow accredited specialists to meet their peers and to give them an opportunity to access high level education covering a wide range of performance standards.

For further details on the 2008 Conferences please visit http://www.collaw.edu.au/cpe/SpecialistAccreditationConference2008.htm.

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