About the Institute of Legal Executives

Who are we?

The Institute of Legal Executives (Victoria) ACN 004 670 928 is a non-profit professional association incorporated in 1966; and The Institute of Legal Executives (Australia) Limited ACN 065 191 755 was incorporated in 1994.

The Institute is a separate organisation from the Law Institute of Victoria, but works with the Law Institute on matters of mutual concern, such as assisting students in relation to legal careers and legal education. The Institute thanks the Law Institute for providing access to this website.

General objectives

Our Institute is a non-profit professional organisation and was incorporated with various aims in mind. The Memorandum of Articles states in part that the objects for which the Institute were founded are-

• To provide and maintain an organisation for that branch of the legal profession ... and to advance and protect the status and interest of that branch of the legal profession.
• To promote professional unity amongst persons engaged in the said branch and to promote co-operation and mutual assistance between them.
• Generally to promote the education, whether general or legal, and professional advancement of persons with a view to assisting them to become proficient in the Law and to qualify as Legal Executives and, in particular, either alone or jointly with the Law Institute or any other body, to arrange, establish and conduct educational schemes, conferences, lectures and examinations.
• To give and award diplomas, certificates, prizes, scholarships, bursaries and other rewards to persons showing proficiency in the Law.