Current and aspiring Accredited Specialists may be interested in the reciprocal credit pathways recently introduced between the Accredited Specialisation Board and some Victorian universities.
The Credit Pathways are offered at a Master level both for Accredited Specialists commencing a Master of Laws (LLM) and LLM graduates commencing Accredited Specialisation.
Credit into a Master of Laws (LLM)
La Trobe University and Deakin University law faculties have granted Accredited Specialists one unit of unspecified credit into an LLM, subject to specific conditions.
Deakin University
The School of Law will grant Accredited Specialists a credit of one, and up to two, units of credit towards a Deakin LLM.
For further information on the Credit Pathway between the Deakin University LLM and Accredited Specialisation contact Deakin University.
La Trobe University
The School of Law will grant practitioners who have attained their LIV Specialist Accreditation within the last three years a one subject credit towards an LLM degree.
For further information on the Credit Pathway between the La Trobe University LLM and Accredited Specialisation contact La Trobe University.
Credit into Specialist Accreditation
Reciprocal credit pathways into Specialist Accreditation are also offered to applicants who have completed Master level units or an entire LLM.
General Credit into Specialist Accreditation
The Accredited Specialisation Board will grant an exemption from a single assessment component to applicants who have successfully completed four LLM units or more in the relevant area of Accredited Specialisation.
Eligibility for the exemption is subject to the following conditions:
- The LLM units must have been completed within the preceding five years of the date of application
- The LLM units completed must assess knowledge that is equivalent in range to the knowledge assessed in the Specialist Accreditation exam
- The LLM units completed must be at a level of complexity and standard of knowledge that is equivalent to that assessed in the Specialist Accreditation exam
- The LLM units completed must contain knowledge that is of equivalent relevance to practice in the Specialist Accreditation exam
Credit Pathways in Tax Law Specialist Accreditation
Applicants for Specialist Accreditation in Tax Law, who have completed a Master of Tax degree, may be exempted from sitting the written examination.
To be eligible, the Master of Tax must have been completed within the preceding five years of the date of application, and either include:
- A minimum of four tax practice related subjects, or
- Coursework, a minimum of half which must be tax practice related as well as a minor thesis in tax, or
- A major thesis pertaining to a tax practice related topic.
Am I eligible for a Credit Pathway?
If you are interested in finding out more about the Credit Pathways between Accredited specialisation and Master of Laws studies, please email special@liv.asn.au or contact the university direct.
Accredited Specialisation recommends you confirm details in writing of your credit eligibility and any dispensation you may be entitled to prior to commencement of the Accredited specialisation assessment program or appropriate LLM studies.