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Practising certificate fees

When you apply for, or apply to renew your practising certificate, you must pay the appropriate fee for the type of certificate you need. The fees for practising certificates change each year. 

You may also need to pay a contribution to the Fidelity Fund, depending on your type of practising certificate.

Fees for the 2024-25 practising year

The practising certificate fees for the 2024-25 practising year (from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) are listed below.  

How are payments made?

All payments are made through LSB Online and can be made by credit card or BPay. We accept Visa, Master Card and Amex.

Organisations are no longer able to make bulk payments for their lawyers. You can view our frequently asked questions for more information about paying your fees.

How much do you need to pay?

The table below lists the different fees payable for the different types of practising certificate.

Fees are scaled on a pro rata basis. Your fee will be based on when your certificate commences.

If you are applying to renew your current certificate, your renewed certificate will commence on 1 July. You will need to pay the full fee for the whole year as shown in the first fee column 'Commencing between 1 July 2024 - 30 September 2024' in the table below.

If you are applying for a new certificate (i.e. you are not renewing an existing certificate), your fee is based on the quarter that your certificate commences. For example, if your certificate commences on 10 February, your fee will be for the quarter commencing between '1 January - 31 March'.

Please note that practising certificate fees do not attract GST.

Practising certificate type 
(select which certificate type applies to you)

Commencing between
1 July 2024 – 30 Sept 2024

Commencing between
1 Oct 2024 – 31 Dec 2024

Commencing between
  1 Jan  2025 – 31 Mar 2025

Commencing between
1 Apr 2025 –30 Jun 2025

Principal of a law practice authorised to receive trust money (includes foreign lawyers)

$698

$526

$351

$175

Principal of a law practice not authorised to receive trust money (includes foreign lawyers)

$487

$367

$245

$122

Employee of a law practice with or without trust money authorisation (includes foreign lawyers)

$455

$343

$229

$114

Barrister

$394

$297

$198

$99

Corporate legal practitioner

$273

$206

$137

$68

Principal legal practitioner of CLS with or without trust money authorisation

$250

$189

$126

$63

Employee legal practitioner of CLS (includes foreign lawyers)

$250

$189

$126

$63

Government legal practitioner

$250

$189

$126

$63

Volunteer at a CLS / pro bono (includes foreign lawyers)

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

 

Fees for the 2023-24 practising year

The practising certificate fees for the 2023-24 practising year (from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024) are listed below.

 If you are applying for a new practising certificate for the current practising year (to start practising before 30 June), you will need to pay the fee listed in the final column for the practising certificate type that you choose.

Please note that practising certificate fees do not attract GST.

Practising certificate type 
(select which certificate type applies to you)

Commencing between
1 July 2023 – 30 Sept 2023

Commencing between
1 Oct 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

Commencing between
  1 Jan  2024 – 31 Mar 2024

Commencing between
1 Apr 2024 –30 Jun 2024

Principal of a law practice authorised to receive trust money (includes foreign lawyers)

$669

$513

$342

$171

Principal of a law practice not authorised to receive trust money (includes foreign lawyers)

$467

$357

$238

$119

Employee of a law practice with or without trust money authorisation (includes foreign lawyers)

$436

$334

$223

$111

Barrister

$378

$289

$193

$96

Corporate legal practitioner

$262

$201

$134

$67

Principal legal practitioner of CLS with or without trust money authorisation

$240

$183

$122

$61

Employee legal practitioner of CLS (includes foreign lawyers)

$240

$183

$122

$61

Government legal practitioner

$240

$183

$122

$61

Volunteer at a CLS / pro bono (includes foreign lawyers)

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

 

 

 

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