WA PLT Graduate
Kerry Anne Eral
When I was considering PLT I heard that Leo Cussen was offering a PLT in WA (rather than the articles training it had been providing) and I thought I would give it a go, as a new entrant in the WA market Leo’s PLT had the potential of delivering a fresh and innovative course. I wanted to develop real skills in legal practice, and not just spend time ticking the box with a further extension of university style knowledge acquisition.
The Leo team was very supportive, much more so than I expected. Whenever I had a question or needed feedback, my allocated mentor or the other pool of Leo mentors/staff supporting the WA PLT was always there to lend a hand. They were very friendly and knowledgeable, and importantly to me promptly responded with their support.
I really enjoyed the external instructors during the face to face intensives. I have a passion for family law and my allocated family law instructor was exceptionally knowledgeable and provided me with some really fabulous advice. The instructors were very senior practitioners that as a PLT trainee I looked up to as authority figures who would put a realistic perspective on legal practice – yet they interacted with me at a personal level in a mentor type role. I was nervous going into my advocacy sessions for the various topics to appear before the relevant instructor, however, the assessments and feedback I received was really helpful and constructive and I was surprised by some very unexpected compliments about my performance which gave me a lot of confidence.
Working as a paralegal in a law firm with a national footprint I found the Leo course very realistic alongside my file work supporting lawyers. I undertook a couple of internships with firms during my studies at Murdoch and I found that experience difficult to translate into legal practice. With the Leo course, the fit was perfect. I would 100% recommend the Leo PLT course to others.
Nicole Farrar
Murdoch University
The Leo Cussen course provides one-on-one mentoring and I was given the best Mentor a student could ask for. I received personalised and constructive feedback from my Mentor for each piece of work I submitted for assessment. I could track how my skills were developing and improving and I felt my competence grow.
Jackson Thurtle
Edith Cowan University
What stood out for me is the excellent advocacy training. The guest instructors and assessors, who are all senior advocates, gave me personal feedback on my performances in a number of different scenarios - this was invaluable in assisting me to develop my practical advocacy skills.
Alex Mould
University of Western Australia
The practical hands-on aspect of the course, by running several different files, gave me an understanding of what it is like to be a lawyer. The day to day file work – from taking instructions, preparing a retainer and costs agreement, setting up trust and office ledgers, billing clients - was a really solid learning experience.
Ben Williams
Murdoch University
As a paralegal at a Perth CDB law firm, it was important for me to be able to find a PLT that would allow me to maintain my work performance whilst completing the PLT in the shortest possible time. I selected the WA Leo Cussen PLT 20 week course because it met those criteria and it did not disappoint. The PLT workload was a really good mix for me, it was manageable with my 4 days per week part-time workload.
Kerry Anne Eral
Murdoch University
The Leo team was very supportive, much more so than I expected. Whenever I had a question or needed feedback, my allocated mentor or the other pool of Leo mentors/staff supporting the WA PLT was always there to lend a hand. They were very friendly and knowledgeable, and importantly to me promptly responded with their support...
