The Legal Practice Management Course has three components:

• Online learning: You will be given access to the College Learning Portal,  where you will access materials which will assist you to satisfactorily complete the assessments and course. You can access your materials at anytime, anywhere and on any device.
• 3-day workshop:  The second of the three components is a 3-day online or onsite workshop (WA has 2 additional half-days and QLD has an additional pre-workshop Trust Accounting session). Please check your course above for the specific days of your workshops. The workshop is both an opportunity for you to engage in practical exercises and tutorials with legal industry experts and it is a great chance to network and connect with peers within the profession.
• Assessments: The assessments will solidify your knowledge and skills to be a competent and successful practice manager and, to obtain your principal practising certificate

• Strategic and business planning
• Management systems and people management
• Financial management, profitability and tax
• Trust and office accounting
• Technology and Innovation  
• Business development
• Lawcover and risk management
• Client and community relations
• Professional responsibility and ethics
• Stress and workload management
• Effective Supervision*
• Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF)*
  
  *Effective July 2026

We want you to finish the course with the knowledge and skills you need to be a successful practice manager and business leader. In addition to completing the mandatory online pre-readings/activities and participating in the live workshop sessions, you will complete three assessments:

1. Ethics assessment*
2. Trust Accounting assessment^  
3. Post-workshop assessment.

Refer to additional information on the course intakes above for detailed information regarding the assessments for your course. Further details of the assessment requirements are available in the Course Manuals for each state:

• LPMC Program Manual for NSW
• LPMC Program Manual for QLD
• LPMC Program Manual for WA
• LPMC Program Manual for VIC
• LPMC Program Manual for SA

*In NSW, ethics is included in the post-workshop general assessment.

^In NSW, Trust Accounting is included in the post-workshop general assessment through 30 June 2026. Effective 1 July 2026, there will be a separate Trust Accounting assessment.

We can offer inhouse training for groups of 10+ attendees or alternatively contact us for a group rates into public courses. The course can be delivered online or onsite at certain College campuses.

For more information, please contact us to coordinate everything from enrolment to completion.

If you hold a practising certificate in a state or territory other than Western Australia and this educational activity extends your knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your practice needs or professional development, then you should claim one (1) "unit” for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included. The annual requirement is ten (10) CPD units each year from 1 April to 31 March. Some practitioners, such as accredited specialists are required to complete more than ten (10) units each CPD year.

Only the LPMC Western Australia course is an approved CPD activity for Western Australian practitioners.

The program covers the mandatory requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills and Professional Skills.

College alumni are entitled to save 10% off the fee for this course. Use ALUMNI10 at the checkout.