Trust Accounting Remedial Course

The purpose of the course is to provide legal practitioners, whose actions are capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or whose fitness to practice has been called into question, with additional awareness of their trust accounting obligations.

Solicitors may be referred or recommended to complete the course by QCAT, the Legal Practice Committee, the Legal Services Commission (LSC), Council or the Executive Committee of the Council of Queensland Law Society. The one-day course is carried out by the Society’s trust account experts, who deliver specialised training in trust accounting, and the competency expected of solicitors when handling trust money. 

How to apply?

In most instances, participants are referred and the Society will initiate contact in relation to the referral.
In order to apply for the course the following items must be completed by the relevant application closing date:

  1. Complete the online registration
  2. The application fee paid $1,500.00 (inclusive of GST) is payable at the time of application. 

For further information about the course please contact the Society’s Regulation team on 07 3842 5908 or by email to managertai@qls.com.au.

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Workshop dates

Enrolment deadlineWorkshop dateAssignment dueExam date
Thursday 19 September 2024Thursday 10 October 2024Thursday 24 October 2024Thursday 31 October 2024

Thursday 6 February 2025Thursday 27 February 2025Thursday 13 March 2025Thursday 20 March 2025
Thursday 10 April 2025Thursday 1 May 2025Thursday 15 May 2025Thursday 22 May 2025
Tuesday 24 June 2025Tuesday 15 July 2025Tuesday 29 July 2025Tuesday 5 August 2025
Tuesday 30 September 2025Tuesday 21 October 2025Tuesday 4 November 2025Tuesday 11 November 2025

Please note that enrolment deadlines and some dates have changed as a result of amendments in the delivery of this course

Details of workshop

Workshops are run online from 9am to 12.30pm.  You must have camera and audio access to Microsoft Teams for the interactive online workshop.   Once you are registered an email will be sent to you with pre-reading material at least  two weeks prior to the course date.  It is important that you complete the pre-reading material prior to the online Workshop date.

Please ensure that when you register for the Workshop that you are also available for the online 75 minute Exam.