Guides
Guides to the profession
Find a starting point for the work ahead, with guides to the organisations, services and resources in your jurisdiction.
- Australian family law associations and resourcesThe associations family lawyers join, the courts and rules they work under, and the accreditation, registers and referral services around family law practice.
- Barristers' chambers in MelbourneHow chambers work at the Victorian Bar: the BCL buildings, other chambers, the thirteen clerks' lists, briefing counsel, and where a reader sits.
- Community legal centres in MelbourneMelbourne's community legal centres by area and specialty: catchments, statewide specialist centres, Victoria Legal Aid, and how to refer a client.
- Legal associations in VictoriaThe bodies a Victorian lawyer can join: the Law Institute of Victoria, the Victorian Bar's eleven bar associations, fifteen local law associations and more.
- Legal awards, scholarships and writing prizesThe standing awards, scholarships, grants and essay prizes open to Australian lawyers and law students: who runs each, who is eligible and how to enter.
- Legal volunteering opportunities in VictoriaWhere Victorian lawyers, graduates and law students can volunteer or take pro bono work, and the certificate and insurance rules to settle first.
- Women's legal networks in AustraliaWomen lawyers associations in every state and territory, women barristers' bodies, the Equitable Briefing Policy, and who can join each network.