Law Clerk - ANZSCO 599214
- Assessment Authorities: VETASSESS
Law Clerk performs specialised clerical work associated with legal practice and law courts.
Law clerks may perform the following tasks:
- search land titles to check details such as property boundaries and ownership of the property
- attend settlements for the purchase or sale of land
- examine contracts and obtain relevant information so that solicitors can proceed with finalisation
- fill out legal forms and lodge them with government offices or the courts
- undertake company, business name, bankruptcy and other searches
- assist with maintenance of bookkeeping records
- assist with the preparation of briefing papers for use by barristers when a solicitor's client has to go to court
- assist clients by providing information about legal processes
- assist prosecution or defence lawyers in court and arrange for the attendance of witnesses at court
- assist barristers and senior counsel with case management.
This occupation is on the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme Occupation List (RSMS ROL) , you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclass:
- Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Law Clerk?
Law Clerk is classified as Group D occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group D occupations are the following:
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate IV with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;Or
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate IV without a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;Or
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate III with a highly relevant field of study and at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;
According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualifications assessed at the AQF Certificate III or Certificate IV level, three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Law Clerk, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
