Cert of Eligibility

Certificate of Eligibility application form is for use by the following qualified lawyers who wish to obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to take the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test:

1. A person whose second or subsequent place of qualification as a solicitor is England and Wales (less than three years post-qualification experience in England and Wales) 
2. A person whose second or subsequent place of qualification as a solicitor is Northern Ireland (less than three years post-qualification experience in Northern Ireland) 
3. A person (formerly a barrister) whose first place of qualification as a solicitor is England and Wales (less than three years post-qualification as a solicitor experience in England and Wales) 
4. A person (formerly a barrister) whose first place of qualification as a solicitor is Northern Ireland (less than three years post-qualification as a solicitor experience in Northern Ireland)
5. A person who has been admitted to the Bar of England and Wales
6. A person who has been admitted to the Bar of Northern Ireland
7. A person qualified as an attorney in New York (with one year PQE)
8. A person qualified as an attorney in Pennsylvania (with five years PQE)
9. A person qualified as a solicitor in New Zealand
10. A person qualified as an attorney in California (with one year PQE)
11. A person qualified as a solicitor in NSW
12. A person who has been admitted as a lawyer in an EFTA member state ie Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
13. A person who has been admitted as a lawyer in an EU member state ie Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England and Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,  Sweden.

Downloads

• Download the application form for a  Certificate of Eligibility
• Download a list FAQs for Certificate of Eligiblilty applications
• Download the Education Committee Meetings dates and deadlines for 2012
• Download SI 35 of 2010 which outlines reciprocal arrangements between the Law Society of Ireland and other jurisdictions. 

Certificate of Eligibility applications are accepted throughout the year.

For queries in relation to this process (including Cert. Of Eligibility renewals)please contact Catherine Byrne - c.byrne@lawsociety.ie.

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