Queensland Consolidated Regulations

SUPREME COURT (ADMISSION) RULES 2004 - REG 8

8 Approved academic qualifications—foreign country

(1) Academic qualifications attained in a foreign country and approved by the board are approved academic qualifications for admission to the legal profession under the Legal Profession Act 2007 .

(2) However, subrule (1) does not apply if the person applying for admission is not able to satisfy the board’s requirements about proficiency in the English language.

(3) The board may require that particular foreign academic qualifications are supplemented with other academic qualifications before approving the aggregate academic qualifications as approved academic qualifications for admission to the legal profession under the Legal Profession Act 2007 .

(4) When deciding whether to approve academic qualifications for this rule, or deciding requirements about proficiency in the English language for subrule (2) , the board must have regard to the admission guidelines for assessing overseas applications.