Attorneys, Barristers, Solicitors Guide

Admission of attorneys, Port Phillip

This series is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria.

Attorney General/Attorney General & Justice Special Bundles - Correspondence re appointment of  King’s/Queen’s Counsels [10/42917-42918]

The correspondence includes memos, letters and official documentation from the Attorney General & Justice department relating to requests from individual barristers to become King’s or Queen’s Counsel.

See the Index to the NSW King’s / Queen’s Counsel appointment correspondence for a listing of the names included in the bundles and to download digital images for your personal use.

Articled clerks registers

Apr 1833, Oct 1840-Jan 1863 [4/8237 part]; Jul 1855-Feb 1895 [4/8238]; Mar 1895-Dec 1926 [4/8239]. There are indexes in the front of the volumes located at [4/8238-39].

Index to papers relative to articled clerks and applications for admission (attorneys)

Solicitors' oaths of allegiance

Register of practising solicitors

Barristers' oaths of allegiance

NRS 13664

(Reel 1492; Fiche 852-853)

Roll of barristers, solicitors, attorneys, proctors and conveyancers *ARK (Fiche)

Item List:

NRS 13665

(Reel 2147)

Roll of barristers

The rolls record: name; date of admission; date of certificate and applicant's signature.

NRS 13666

(Reel 2147)

NRS 13667

(Reel 2147)

NRS 13668

Minute books

Item List:

Secretary of the Examination Board minute book

Minute books

There are indexes in the front of the volumes located at [4/8349-54].

Item List:

NRS 13672

Petitions to be admitted as attorneys, solicitors and barristers

A detailed list by the name of the invidiual is available in Collection Search.

Item List:

NRS 13673

Minute books

20 Apr 1953-30 Jun 1961 [4/8365]; 18 Aug 1961-21 May 1965 [4/8366]

NRS 13674

Copies of letters sent

There are indexes in the front of the volumes.

Copies of letters sent

There are indexes in the front of the volumes.

Register of Solicitors

Registers of applications in regard to the admission of solicitors

17 Feb 1927-26 May 1933 [4/8242];
27 Jul 1933-17 Nov 1939 [4/8243]

Register of applications by legal practitioners and students

Register of candidates for solicitors' examinations (country only) and bar examinations
 

Transcripts of evidence of the various Courts and Royal Commissions and Boards of Inquiry - Statutory Committee of the Law Institute

For records relating to Solicitors struck off the roll

1937-1962

(please note we do not hold transcripts for all years)