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Professional association for ACT barristers providing membership services, CPD, a reading programme and practice resources. Its website includes a public register, barrister search, practising-certificate information and guidance on briefing barristers, wellbeing and parental support.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Bar association

The ACT's civil and administrative tribunal.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Court level

Tribunal

Filing portal

ACAT Online Forms

The state peak body for community legal centres in ACT.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

State peak body — community legal centres

The shared administration for the ACT Supreme Court and ACT Magistrates Court.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Court level

Superior and summary

Filing portal

eLodgment

Access Canberra's search of the ACT land titles register.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Pricing model

Per search or free

Deployment

Cloud

The law reform body for ACT. Publishes references, consultation papers and reports, and accepts public submissions on open inquiries.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Law reform body

The ACT Law Society represents the ACT legal profession and provides member services, continuing professional development and practice-support resources. It runs CPD seminars, on-demand webinars and professional and social events, and publishes Ethos and Hearsay.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Law society and legal profession regulator

Admission to the legal profession in the Australian Capital Territory, administered through the ACT Courts.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Admitting authority

The official legislation register for ACT — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Pricing model

Free

Deployment

Cloud

Prosecutes criminal cases in the Australian Capital Territory.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Public prosecution service

Handles complaints about ACT Government agencies; the function is performed by the Commonwealth Ombudsman under agreement.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Ombudsman or external dispute resolution scheme

ACT referral point for pro bono legal help and lawyer participation.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Pro bono clearing house

The tertiary admissions centre for ACT, through which applications to law degrees are made.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Tertiary admissions centre

ANU College of Law — its public events and seminar program is open to practitioners, and much of it is free.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of provider

University law school

Representative body for all ANU law students; one of oldest student organisations at ANU; hosts Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot 2025–2027.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Law student society

Representative body for University of Canberra LLB and JD law students; ALSA member.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Law student society

Canberra-based Chamberlains Law Firm covers family law privacy data breaches and general legal topics; active to 2025.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of publication

Podcast

Paywalled

No

Canberra public law practice advising on administrative decision-making and information access.

Jurisdiction: ACT

• Law practices
• Practice
• government_public

Statutory body under the Legal Aid Act 1977 (ACT), providing free legal advice and assistance, duty lawyers and community legal education.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Statutory legal aid commission

Not-for-profit association promoting the interests of women lawyers in the ACT. It offers professional events, awards and individual and corporate membership, and publishes policy work on diversity, pay and conditions, flexible work and judicial appointments.

Jurisdiction: ACT

Type of body

Affinity network