Becoming a Solicitor

Solicitors are professionally trained to provide clients with skilled legal advice and representation on all legal matters. Most solicitors work in private practice, but, commercial and industrial organisations also employ solicitors, as do the Civil Service and the public sector generally.

Steps to Qualification
  1. The Preliminary Examination
  2. The Final Examination - First Part
  3. The Training Contract (24 months in duration)
  4. The Professional Practice Courses (PPC I & PPC II)

Download a route map of the process.

Download the How to Become a solicitor booklet

Support for Students with Disabilities

Data Protection

Click here for a copy of the Student Data Protection Notice.

Contact us

The Law School, Law Society of Ireland
Blackhall Place
Dublin 7
Phone: 01 672 4802
Fax: 01 672 4992
e-mail: lawschool@lawsociety.ie

 



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