Supervising a newly admitted lawyer is a serious responsibility. To help make the supervision experience a good one – for both supervisors and supervisees – we recommend supervisors create a supervision plan for each supervisee.

This template is designed for supervisors to complete in consultation with their supervisee.

The template is provided in both Word and PDF format so it can easily be printed or typed into. If you would like to adjust the Word version to suit your needs (eg add additional notes), open the document in Word and go to Developer > Restrict Editing > Stop Protection to unlock the document for editing.

Use this template with the Early Career Lawyer Capability Framework to help you think about the type of work you should be assigning supervisees.

How to use this template

• Complete this template before your supervisee starts
• Share the supervision plan with your new supervisee so they can ask questions about their supervision plan
• Hold regular meetings to monitor your supervisee’s progress, and work in line with the supervision plan
• Revisit and update the supervision plan as required (we recommend at least quarterly)

For more information on supervision plans and the supervised legal practice process go to the supervised legal practice section of this website.