
<p> FORM 2</p><p>STATUTORY DECLARATION of [FULL NAME OF APPLICANT] an applicant for admission to legal practice in Victoria</p><p>STATUTORY DECLARATION OF [FULL NAME OF APPLICANT]</p><p>Date of document: [Day/Month/Year] Filed on behalf of: [Full name of Applicant]</p><p>I, [FULL NAME OF APPLICANT] of [insert your residential or business address, phone and email], do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. Purpose of Statutory Declaration I make this declaration on the basis of my own knowledge and belief, save where otherwise stated, in connection with my application to the Victorian Legal Admissions Board as a qualified overseas applicant, under Rule 11 of Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015. 2. Academic Qualifications I attended [insert name of University] between [insert date] and [insert date] and was awarded a [insert title of degree]. I studied the following subjects: [Insert names of subjects and relevant information about their content, referring to any attachments about those subjects and their content.] I attach an original or certified degree copy transcript of my academic record showing the results received in each of the above subjects. I also attach a copy of my [title of degree] degree certificate issued by [insert name of University]. [Explain how your academic qualification is relevant to qualifying for admission to legal practice in the country where you obtained that qualification]. 3. Practical Legal Training [If you have undertaken a practical legal training course, briefly set out the relevant institution, the title of the qualification and the date on which you completed the course].</p><p>I also attach a copy of a certificate of satisfactory completion of that course, issued by [insert name of institution].</p><p>1 [If you obtained your practical legal training as a law clerk, or by reading in the chambers of a lawyer, or through other workplace experience, explain the nature of that experience and where and when it occurred. Also explain how that experience was relevant to you qualifying for admission to legal practice in your home country.] 4. Further Legal Qualifications [If you acquired further academic or practical legal training qualifications, or successfully completed bar exams, provide details of each qualification, the area studied, and the relevance (if any) to qualifying for admission to legal practice in your home country. Also attach a copy of any certificate received]. 5. Details of Admission I was admitted to practice in [insert place of admission] on [insert date of admission]. No conditions were imposed on my admission by the [insert name of admitting authority]. [Alternatively, if conditions were placed on your admission, set out those conditions and state whether or not you have subsequently satisfied them.] I am currently entitled to practise in [insert jurisdiction]. I have not been struck off the roll of practitioners in [insert jurisdiction] or elsewhere. I am not at present and have never been subject to any disciplinary enquiry or proceedings in relation to my legal practice. 6. Subsequent experience in practice I set out the following details of my experience in legal practice since admission, for the purpose of the Victorian Legal Admissions Board determining what additional practical legal training I may require before applying for admission: Has the lawyer practised as an Australian registered foreign lawyer? [If, after studying Schedules 3 and 4 of the Uniform Principles you believe that the Victorian Legal Admissions Board might exempt you from studying one or more of the Competencies for Entry-level Lawyers again in Australia, set out the particular details of your experience and the particular Competency to which that experience relates.] 7. Other Applications for Admission I confirm that I have not made any other applications for admission in any other Australian jurisdiction.</p><p>2 [Alternatively, if you have applied for admission elsewhere in Australia, state where and when the application was made and the result of that application. Attach any relevant correspondence]. 8. Consent to Provide Information to Other Admitting Authorities I consent to the Victorian Legal Admissions Board providing any documents relating to my application for assessment of my qualifications and experience for admission to the legal profession, including, but not limited to, any documents provided to the Victorian Legal Admissions Board by me and records of deliberations and decisions of the Victorian Legal Admissions Board, to any Australian admitting authority, including, but not limited to, the Victorian Legal Admissions Board. </p><p>Declared by [FULL NAME OF APPLICANT] at [insert city] this day of [month, year]</p><p>______Signature of Applicant (You must sign this declaration and consent in the presence of an authorised witness as set out in under s107A of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958)</p><p>______Signature of Authorised Witness (The authorised witness must print or stamp his or her name, address and title under s107A of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 (as at 1 January 2010)</p><p>NOTE: The Victorian Legal Admissions Board are unable to return any documentation provided in your submission</p><p>3</p>
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