Law Students interested in volunteering
to be a witness during Course exercises in 2025,
please email brc@sabar.org.au.

Bar Readers’ Course

Information about the Bar Readers’ Course is continuously being updated.

The best preliminary resource is the Information Sheet which provides a summary of the course content, application requirements and costs.

Thereafter, please contact the Course Co-ordinator at brc@sabar.org.au if you are interested in undertaking the Course or have any questions about its requirements.  All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

 

Information Evening

An Information Night will be held on Thursday 5 March 2026 – Rob Roy Hotel at 5:15pm, for the next course offering.

 

Applications

Applications to join the Association and undertake the Bar Readers’ Course are open and will close at 5pm on Friday 3 April 2026.  Please see the Application Form for further details.

* No preference will be given based on the date an application is received.

The following documents are relevant for those contemplating undertaking the Bar Readers’ Course:

Application Form

Information Sheet

Syllabus

Timetable

Mentors’ Report

Methodology

Exemption Protocol

Current Bar Readers

  • Iris Achurch
  • Ben Angel
  • Jack Hetzel-Bone
  • Hannah March
  • Stephen Plummer
  • Ashlee Provis
  • Antonella Rodriguez
  • Anthony Siklich
  • Sarah Vinall
  • Robert Walker
  • Tasman Wylie

The Barristers who have completed the SA Bar Association Bar Readers’ Course to date are:

2002 Course

  • Bill FRAGOS
  • Simon OWER
  • Sean RICHTER
  • Shane SPENCE

(Course Not Run in 2003)

2004 Course

  • Chris BLEBY
  • Michael BURNETT
  • David CROCKER
  • Patrick LIPTAK

2005 Course

  • Tom COX
  • Larissa DETMOLD
  • Jo-Anne DEUTER
  • Sophie DOWNEY
  • Jonathan MILLER
  • Peter QUINN

2006 Course

  • Noelle HURLEY
  • Matthew MEAD
  • James STEWART
  • Joshua TEAGUE
  • Lucy TURONEK
  • Julie VON DOUSSA
  • David WRIGHT

2007 Course

  • Adam BAKER
  • Peter BRITTEN-JONES
  • Natalie CHARLESWORTH
  • Andrea HORVAT
  • Maeve McCARTHY

2008 Course

  • Kerry CLARK
  • Ben DOYLE
  • Kerry KOVACS
  • Kristie MOLLOY
  • Brendon ROBERTS

2009 Course

  • Mark BASTICK
  • Ian COLGRAVE
  • Gary COPPOLA
  • Todd GRANT
  • Rachael GRAY
  • Greg KING
  • Vanessa LEE
  • Helen PERTSINIDIS
  • Clare SULLIVAN
  • Steven THOMAS

2010 Course

  • Philip ADAMS
  • Mark ANDERSON
  • Elizabeth MANSFIELD
  • Stephen MITCHELL
  • David PRENDERGAST
  • Angus REDFORD
  • Rosie READ
  • Gillian WALKER

2011 Course

  • Heath BARKLAY
  • John DILLON
  • Mark DOUGLAS
  • Jillian ERIKSEN
  • Kristopher HANDSHIN
  • Tim HEFFERNAN
  • Taruna HEUZENROEDER
  • Penelope KARI
  • Stephen McDONALD
  • Stephen MITCHELL
  • Edward STRATTON-SMITH

2012 Course

  • Jane ABBEY
  • Anthony ALLEN
  • Tom BESANKO
  • Paul BLACK
  • Paul BULLOCK
  • Alex MANOS
  • Martin MEREDITH
  • Peter MORRISON
  • John WARD
  • Matthew YOUNG

2013 Course

  • Vahid CHITTLEBOROUGH
  • Robert FENWICK ELLIOTT
  • Ashley FILES
  • Tony HURREN
  • Christian MUNT
  • Cheryl SMITH

2014 Course

  • Patrick BARRY
  • David BLYTH
  • Judith COCKS
  • Kaz EATON
  • Scott EVANS
  • David FABBRO
  • James MCMILLAN
  • Jane POWELL
  • Kirsty STEWART
  • Ian THOMAS

2015 Course

  • Michelle BARNES
  • David BILLINGTON
  • Elbert BROOKS
  • Andrew CULSHAW
  • Candida D’ARCY
  • Robert HEAVEN

2016 Course

  • Peter BARNES
  • Josephine BATTISTE
  • Enzo BELPERIO
  • Sebastian DE BRENNAN
  • Daniella DI GIROLAMO
  • Andrew FOWLER-WALKER
  • Chad JACOBI
  • Jordan LEWIS
  • Matt MURPHY
  • Damian O’LEARY
  • Andrew SCHATZ

2017 Course

  • Eliza BERGIN
  • Simon BLEWETT
  • Carrie DEMERTZIS
  • Maria DEMOSTHENOUS
  • Ted GUTHRIE
  • Adrian MAIK
  • James ROBINSON
  • Holly STANLEY
  • Anna WELLS

2018 Course

  • Benjamin ARMSTRONG
  • Christina FLOURENTZOU
  • Rebecca GRAY
  • Katarina GRENFELL
  • Sally HEIDENREICH
  • Marita PANGALLO
  • Alexander PANOUSAKIS
  • Daniel PRAOLINI
  • Mark TAYLOR

2019 Course

  • Audrey BOSBOOM
  • Melissa BOYLE
  • Matthew CHRISTEY
  • Paul D’ASSUMPCAO
  • Julia DAVEY
  • Paris DEAN
  • Lauren GAVRANICH
  • Lewis GENTRY
  • Michelle HAMLYN
  • Alison JAMES
  • Naomi KERERU
  • Leanne LAROSA
  • Suzanne MACKENZIE
  • James MARCUS
  • William MELLOR
  • Jane MILLER
  • Anne SIBREE
  • Kathryn WAITE

(Course Not Run in 2020)

2021 Course

  • Jane ANGELOPOULOS
  • Andrew BAILLIE
  • Christos BOURAS
  • Elizabeth BOWERING
  • Mardi CONDUIT
  • Tyneil FLAHERTY
  • Victoria GILLILAND
  • Timothy KENTISH
  • Christopher KUMMEROW
  • Helen LUU
  • Marissa MACKIE
  • Matoula MAKRIS
  • Leah MARRONE
  • James MARSH
  • Patrick MCCABE
  • Bradley MCCLOUD
  • Samuel MCDONOUGH
  • Thomas MCFARLANE
  • Stephen PHILLIPS
  • Thomas RICE
  • James RODER
  • Michael TILLEY
  • Lloyd WICKS

2022 Course

  • Isobel BAILEY
  • Allison BALLARD
  • Madeleine BETRO
  • Patrick DAWES
  • Diana DICHIERA
  • Hannah DOYLE
  • Susannah DOYLE
  • Simon FRAZER
  • Nader GABRIEL
  • Christopher HUMBY
  • Tessa HUME
  • Samuel JOYCE
  • Robert KATSAMBIS
  • Sean KIKKERT
  • Domenic LIPARI
  • Raffaele PICCOLO
  • Sagorika PLATEL
  • Molly SCANLON
  • Kate SHERIDAN
  • Eloise THEODORE
  • Hannah TONKIN
  • Catherine VOUMARD
  • John WILSON

2023 Course

  • Brittany ARMSTRONG
  • Shaun BERG
  • Hannah COHLEY
  • Philippa EWENS
  • Annie FLEMING
  • Christian HAEBICH
  • Adam HAY
  • Peter HEALEY
  • Anthony HILLARY
  • Samuel HURBURGH
  • David KELLY
  • Benjamin LODGE
  • Mollie MCKENDRICK
  • William MICKAN
  • Noah REDMOND
  • Alexander RICE
  • Miranda VAN HEUVEN

2024 Course

  • Michal Bergander-Florek
  • Matthew Boisseau
  • David Fryer
  • Carmal Harris
  • Joseph Henderson
  • Patrick Hill
  • Vasilios Karatzovalis
  • Rachel Lane
  • Oliver Morris
  • Delano Leen
  • Samuel Wilson