Accredited Specialisation

Advertising your Accredited Specialisation is a key way to ensure that the public, and your peers, are aware that you are an Accredited Specialist.

The Power of Accreditation guidelines (pdf) provide Specialists with a number of ideas and way’s they can use the Accredited Specialisation logo on their business collateral and marketing materials.    These include on business cards, letterhead, email signatures, with compliments slips, company signage and advertisements. 

The guidelines outline what you need to know when using the Accredited Specialist logo.

For a copy of the Accredited Specialisation logo or for more information about displaying your Specialisation, please contact Accredited Specialisation, Admin Assistant on:
Ph: (03) 9607 9461
Email: special@liv.asn.au
 
To protect the value of your credential, a number of rules have been developed over time which you need to be aware of, refer to the Advertising rules and guidelines. 
Advertising your Accredited Specialisation must adhere to the following rules and guidelines: Professional Conduct and Practice Rules (pdf)
An Accredited Specialist is a solicitor recognised by the Law Institute of Victoria as having expertise in a particular area of law. The rules for advertising have been established to ensure that the scheme is valued. The rules also aim to protect the public by making it easy for them to identify an Accredited Specialist.
The key rules to consider when deciding on your advertising include;

• Rule 1.3 – “Specialist accreditation is an attainment of an individual practitioner and does not pertain to his or her firm”
  (Accredited Specialisation Scheme Rules)
• Rules 6.3.3 – “Accredited specialists may use the specialist accreditation logo only in accordance with the guidelines published by the Institute from time-to-time“
  (Accredited Specialisation Scheme Rules)
• Rule 35.3 – “A practitioner who is an Accredited specialist in an area of practice, may use the word ‘specialist’ or a direct derivative of that word in advertising the area of practitioners practice “
  (Professional Conduct and Practice Rules)