BSB50720 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind legal secretary work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB52215. About 874 legal secretary jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 16.4% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Paralegal Services are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 16.4% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and employment is projected to shrink. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer legal secretary jobs than a year ago. About 874 legal secretary jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 16.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 11,400 job ads, while 285 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 secretary (general)s and legal secretarys as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Secretary (General) and Legal Secretary as not in shortage.
Legal secretary jobs are projected to shrink. Weigh that before any marketing claim. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 30,162 workers in May 2025, 27,892 by May 2030 (down 7.5%) and 28,458 by May 2035 (down 5.6%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Paralegal Services are growing. Across Australia, 255 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 285, up 11.8% in a year. National data for BSB50720 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB50720 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 Diploma of Paralegal Services is 12 units: 5 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 19 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps BSB50720 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5212) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.