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    This article is about requirements for admission to practice law not just terminology. Most countries listed have additional requirements.

    Admission to the bar is the term commonly used in the United States to indicate that a person is licensed to practice law as an attorney at law. Different terms for admission are used in other countries.


        Admission to the bar
            Commonwealth countries (general)
                Australia
                Canada
                England and Wales
                New Zealand
                Republic of Ireland
                Singapore
            United States of America

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    Commonwealth countries (general)


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    Australia
      A year's practical training in a law firm, known as an Articled Clerkship, or an equivalent practical course
      Written and spoken fluency in English

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    Canada
      Written and spoken fluency in English

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    England and Wales
      Aged at least 21
      Written and spoken fluency in English

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    New Zealand
      Professional legal studies course
      Written and spoken fluency in English
      Aged at least 20
      Having passed a university paper in Legal Ethics (if having completed your LL.B degree after 2000).

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    Republic of Ireland

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    Singapore
      Written and spoken fluency in English



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    United States of America



     
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