College Of Law Academic Director Lewis Patrick's stewardship of PLT dismissed as "tail wagging the dog" -College students cannot be expected to have confidence in his oversight of their PLT, past students entitled to a full refund of fees

 by Ganesh Sahathevan on Liknedin 

          
         Lewis Patrick
         Chief Academic Officer and Deputy CEO at College of Law

These are not words that can be taken lightly for they are the words of the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board, which is chaired by the Chief Justice Of NSW, Andrew Bell:

As PLT should be a very practical program, it is not necessary that it be taught as a formal AQF accredited qualification – and certainly not to the standard of being a graduate diploma. It is this current requirement which is dictating the length and cost of current PLT offerings – this is a case of the “tail wagging the dog”.
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Readers will recall that Patrick defended his stewardship of the PLT,and the PLT itself , by asserting that " the College is not assessing the quality of (the student's) work experience, but rather the quality of (the student's) reflections on that experience.

Patrick said so in an email to this wroter in 2019. Given Andrew Bell's codemntaion of the PLT College students cannot be expected to have confidence in  Partick's  oversight of their PLT, and past students are  entitled to a full refund of fees . They cannot be expected to bear the burden of having to their names a discredited qualification , best described as a dog with fleas. 

TO BE READ WITH 

Thursday, August 7, 2025

College Of Law Academic Director Lewis Patrick remains in office, despite his PLT being condemned by CJ NSW Andrew Bell

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

College Of Law Academic Director Lewis Patrick remains in office, despite his PLT being condemned by CJ NSW Andrew Bell.As Academic Director reponsible for the PLT for some 20 years he cannot escape laibility for this debacle, which affects College Of Law PLT graduates, and the taxpayers.

To Be Read With 

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Neville Carter v CJ NSW Andrew Bell descends into farce,students and the profession pay the price

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

                                                                      




The College of Law Australia 's PLT students commenced the compulsory PLT course on 3 March 2025, just three weeks after the Chairman of the NSW LPAB and Chief Justice Of NSW, Andrew Bell, declared the College 's PLT overpriced and in need of reform of its course content. PLT graduates will ultimately seek admission to practise before Andrew Bell. As chairman of the NSW LPAB he is responsible for accrediting and supervising the College's PLT.

The College responded defiantly, its response reported by the AFR under the headline:
College of Law stares down disquiet about high fees and cheating

The CEO Neville Carter had in fact issued an "Update", where he attempted to dispute his Chief Justice's concerns, and which excluded major concerns in Australia and overseas about his and the College's conduct.

Meanwhile, it does not appear as if students are being advised of the Chief Justice's concerns so that they can withdraw, and be refunded their fees, and so that they can enrol with other PLT course providers..

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