Become an ICL

To apply for admission to an ICL panel, you must meet the eligibility criteria set by your State or Territory's Legal Aid Commission, including the successful completion of the national accreditation training program. 

It is essential to refer to the criteria of the State and Territory Legal Aid Commission you practice in, and wish to be considered for selection to entry their ICL panel, before registering for this training. Each State and Territory have different criteria and processes for assessing suitability to join their ICL panel.

Below are links to individual State and Territory criteria for admission to the ICL panel. In the event that the links are not reflective of any recent updates to individual State and Territory criteria, before proceeding with the ICL training program you must ensure that you have enquired directly with your local Legal Aid Commission about the current criteria for admission to the ICL panel.

We suggest that you plan the timing of completion of your online training (Phase 1) to be no later than 1 month prior the workshop training you intend to register to attend. This will allow you an opportunity to secure a place in that training as numbers are limited. Once you have registered and paid for Phase 2 training, workshop materials are sent to you for review prior to the training date.

This phase of training attracts a separate $550 registration fee and instructions for payment will be sent to you once you secure a place in the training.

Please note:

• Please ensure that you register for Phase 1 training yourself (do not ask support staff or others to register you). You need to be registered on the website under your own username, password and email address. If you have been registered with different user details, email and user logins, your course completion details will be incorrect and for that reasons may not be accepted as proof of your completion of Phase 1 training. Furthermore, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to assist you in a timely manner with resetting of access (if necessary) or other technical issues, which may delay your training progress.
• You must register for Phase 2 workshop training within 12 months of the completion date of Phase 1 training shown on your ‘certificate of completion’ of Phase 1 training.  Otherwise you will be required to re-register and successfully complete Phase 1 training before being eligible to proceed to Phase 2 training.

FEES for Phase 1 and Phase 2 training

Total cost of the training program is $950 composed of:

• $400 for the online training, Phase 1; and
• A further $550 for Phase 2 face to face workshop training payable to the legal aid commission facilitating the training you apply to attend (details on when and how to pay for this training will be provided upon notification of your acceptance into Phase 2 training)

Register for Accreditation Training