If you have adult learners who want to observe proceedings, you can attend court as a member of the public. If you would like a facilitated experience at the Downing Centre, please get in touch with us at courtvisit@ruleoflaw.org.au.

Students can attend the courts as members of public in the holidays. We strongly advise that if you are recommending this to your students, that you go through the documentation on our website and give them a briefing as you would if you were to attend as a school group. We also advise that you let parents know that you have encouraged the students to do so. We would not recommend that they attend courts alone, but should go in groups, and they should remember that in attendance at courts there are accused persons who have committed offences against children or are in attendance for drug supply matters.

 We are now fully booked for the remainder of 2025 and 2026. The booking calendar for 2027 will open mmid term 3, 2026. We will keep teachers informed of the calendar opening via our members email list and our social media channels on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. 

There are two excursion options  – The Law Day Out is a paid, facilitated excursions with a judicial speaker, Court Visits are free, self- guided and provide approved access to court buildings. Our booking procedure is outlined in our Booking Flow Chart. 

**Please note we are fully booked for 2025 and 2026.**

If you are having issues booking, please get in touch with the team at courtvisit@ruleoflaw.org.au.

You can download the risk assessment and other key documents on our Key Documents page.

Our Law Days Out start at 9.00am.

The early start is required by the court staff to ensure that there is sufficient time for students to pass through security and be on time to meet with the judicial speaker.

If  the start time for Law Days Out  is too early for your school, we suggest you book a Court Visit that is free and self-guided.

For the remainder of 2025, Law Days Out will be held at the Supreme Court. 

You will be sent an invoice at the end of the term before your excursion.  Payments can be made via Credit Card or Direct transfer. Payments are due 45 days prior to your Law Day Out experience. 

Click here to make a payment.

Judicial Officers frequently request prepared questions to assist their preparation. As the meeting with the judicial officer can often only be for 30 minutes. There is no time to waste and the judicial officer wants to genuinely assist the students with their studies and understanding of the legal system. The prepared questions offer the judicial officer an insight into areas of study they should concentrate on when talking to students.

The Judicial Officers are  interested in how students perceive the legal system and their role and enjoy the originality and challenge that some questions pose. Often students are overwhelmed when they first meet a senior judicial officer and prepared questions can be an ‘ice breaker’ to get the conversation started.

A list of Prepared Questions can be found here.

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If you need to contact us directly you can email courtvisits@ruleoflaw.org.au

Please contact us on courtvisits@ruleoflaw.org.au 

Please contact us on courtvisits@ruleoflaw.org.au