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THE COLLEGE OF LAW ANNOUNCES

COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT WITH

BAR COUNCIL MALAYSIA

“We are tremendously pleased to be working with the Bar Council Malaysia. Having spent some
years teaching in Malaysia, I welcome the opportunity to forge close ties with the profession through
education initiatives and to support the development of new programs, which can assist lawyers
develop their careers.”

Neville Carter, CEO & Principal

HISTORY AND HERITAGE

FOUNDED BY THE LEGAL PROFESSION

FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION

OVER 40 YEARS SERVICING THE

LEGAL PROFESSION

The College of Law was founded in 1974 by The Law Society of New South Wales. It was established by the
legal profession to develop and provide an innovative six-month, full-time Practical Legal Training (PLT)
course to prepare law graduates for practice. This replaced the Articles of Clerkship system, which until
then had been the pathway to admission as a solicitor in NSW.
The College of Law Limited is a company limited by the guarantee of its 31 Members and is a not-for-
profit company regulated by the Australian Charities and Not For Profit Commission (ACNC). It receives no
funding from government.

In place of shareholders, the College has 31 Members who are drawn from the College’s key stakeholder
groups across Australia and New Zealand. Stakeholders include alumni and legal professional communities
in both countries.