International practice requirements

Students wishing to practise as a lawyer overseas should refer to the individual jurisdiction’s representative body or law society.

Canada

• Law Council of Australia Fact Sheet: Canada
• Representative body (federal level): Federation of Law Societies of Canada
• Representative body (province or territory level): see list at Federation of Law Societies of Canada

India

• Law Council of Australia Fact Sheet: India
• Representative body: Bar Council of India

New Zealand

• Representative body: High Court of New Zealand (see the New Zealand Law Society)

Sri Lanka

• Representative body: Sri Lanka Law College and Bar Association of Sri Lanka

United Kingdom (England and Wales)

• Law Council of Australia Fact Sheet: United Kingdom
• Qualified solicitors and barristers from other jurisdictions: Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme
• Representative body (solicitors): Solicitors Regulation Authority and The Law Society of England and Wales
• Representative body (barristers): Bar Standards Board and The Bar Council

United States of America

• Law Council of Australia Fact Sheet: United States of America
• Representative body: American Bar Association