Your ‘Address for service’ is the address that appears on the register of lawyers we publish on our website. This is limited to suburb, state and postcode for lawyers and law practices/organisations, however if a member of the public requests this we will provide the full address details.

The address for service needs to be a physical street address and cannot be a post office box.
 

You should use an address that you are comfortable being publically available. It can be your place of practice address, or your residential address. It must be a physical street address. You can only have one address for service.

Your ‘Address for service’ is the address that appears on the register of lawyers we publish on our website. This is limited to suburb, state and postcode for lawyers and law practices/organisations, however if a member of the public requests this we will provide the full address details.

Your place of ‘Place of practice’ is the address of the law firm or organisation where you spend the most time working. 

Information about Victorian lawyers that appears on the register of lawyers includes:

• Lawyer name
• Law practice name
• Address for service (suburb, state and postcode)  
• Languages spoken (voluntary)
• Areas of law practiced (voluntary)
• Any LIV accredited specialisations held (voluntary
• Disciplinary action taken against a lawyer (find out more about disciplinary action here)

During the renewal process

You can change your name, address for service and update your areas or practice and language information during the renewal process using the ‘Renew your practising certificate’ form. 

To update your law practice / organisation name:

• If you have changed employer, this can be changed in the ‘Practice/contact’ tab. Instructions on how to do this are provided in our ‘Changing my place of practice’ user guide
• If you need to change the name of your organisation, use the lawyer enquiry form to let us know

To update your LIV specialist accreditation please email news@lsbc.vic.gov.au.

At other times in the year

You can make these changes in LSB Online at any time of the year.

• Log into LSB Online
• Select 'Forms' in the top right corner
• Select 'Update your personal details, practice details, languages spoken or practice areas'
• Make sure you click the 'Edit' button to make changes in each tab

Lawyer name

You can change your legal name in the 'Personal Details' tab. 

If you are changing your first name or surname, you will need to upload a scanned copy of your change of name certificate (e.g. marriage certificate, deed poll certificate, driver's licence). 

Law practice name

If you need to change the name of your organisation, use the lawyer enquiry form to let us know. 

Law practice

View our comprehensive guide to see how to change your employer or position. 

Address for service

You can update the address for service in the 'Practice/Contact' tab.

• The address must be a street address
• Only the suburb, postcode and state will appear on the register of lawyers.

Languages spoken

You can change the languages you speak in the 'Languages' tab. You can select up to five languages.

If your language is not listed, you can use the 'Not listed' field.

Areas of law practiced

You can add or remove practice areas in the 'Practice areas' tab. You can select up to 15 areas of practice to appear on the register.

LIV accredited specialisation

To update your LIV accredited specialisation on the register, please email us at news@lsbc.vic.gov.au 

This cannot be updated through LSB Online.

No, you can only see the most recent ones. If you would like more information about previous practising certificates or employment details you can use the lawyer enquiry form and select ‘Other’ as the category.

No. If you would like more information about previous employment details you can use the lawyer enquiry form and select ‘Other’ as the category.