BSB40620 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind law clerk work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB42215. About 341 law clerk jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 14.7% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Legal Services are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 14.7% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer law clerk jobs than a year ago. About 341 law clerk jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 14.7% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 4,300 job ads, while 1,265 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates clerk of courts, court bailiff or sheriffs, court orderlys, law clerks and trust officers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Clerk of Court, Court Bailiff or Sheriff, Court Orderly, Law Clerk and Trust Officer as not in shortage.
Law clerk jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 21,032 workers in May 2025, 21,704 by May 2030 (up 3.2%) and 22,672 by May 2035 (up 7.8%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate IV in Legal Services than a year ago. Across Australia, 1,445 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,265, down 12.5% in a year. National data for BSB40620 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB40620 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The Certificate IV in Legal Services is 10 units: 5 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 15 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps BSB40620 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5992) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.