2024 Student and Graduate Initiatives
Registrations are now open for the Law Society of NSW 2024 student and graduate engagement initiatives. Initiatives include the Graduate and Clerkship Recruitment Programs, Law Students Careers Summit, Ready for Practice Day and more. Participating employers in either of our recruitment programs will receive a substantial discount to attend the Law Students Careers Summit. Find out more and register now to secure your place.

New ways to complete a Commonwealth statutory declaration
Amendments to the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 (Cth) commenced as of 1 January 2024. These enable a Commonwealth statutory declaration to be validly made in one of three ways:

(a) traditionally, as a paper-based interaction requiring wet-ink signatures and in person witnessing;
(b) electronically, through the application of an electronic signature and witnessing via an audio-visual communication link; and
(c) digitally verified, through the use of the myGov platform which authenticates the declarant’s Digital Identity through myGovID.

The new approved form should be used for the making of a Commonwealth statutory declaration that has been witnessed (either in-person, or remotely by video link).

Supervised Legal Practice (condition 2)
An application for the removal of supervised legal practice (SLP) (condition 2) from a practising certificate can now be completed and submitted online. Please ensure you have completed the statutory period of SLP before you apply. Visit our SLP page for more information.

40th Annual Pan-Orthodox Church Service - Opening of the Law Term for 2024
The 40th Annual Pan-Orthodox Church Service to mark the Opening of the Law Term for 2024 will be held on:

Date: Tuesday 6 February 2024
Time: 6.30pm
Address: Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, 242 Cleveland Street, Redfern

Practitioners and their family members are welcome to attend.

Supreme Court announcement regarding the increase in remuneration of cost assessors
The Attorney General has released a determination increasing the rate of remuneration of costs assessors to $355.00 per hour (exclusive of GST). See the announcement on the Supreme Court website. The increased rate will take effect for all cost assessment applications filed on or after 1 February 2024. Learn more.

NCAT Deputy President and Division Head recruitment
The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment to the following role within the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The links to the advertisement have been posted on DCJ Careers site and on Iworkfornsw.  

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