s.32Professional qualification required for admission
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Section 32Part 4 — ADMISSION AS AN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW

Professional qualification required for admission

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To be admitted as an attorney-at-law, a person shall satisfy a judge that the person —
is qualified locally as specified in subsection (2); or
has a foreign qualification as specified in subsection (3).
A person is qualified locally if the person —
has obtained the prescribed educational qualifications in the study of law; and
has undertaken the prescribed period of articles of clerkship in accordance with regulations made under section 71(2)(b).
A person has a foreign qualification if the person —
is enrolled as a solicitor in England and Wales or Northern Ireland;
has successfully completed the Bar Professional Training Course or a qualification considered equivalent to that course by the Bar Council of England and Wales and, in either case, has served twelve months pupillage in England, Wales or Northern Ireland;
is a member of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland or a writer to the Signet of Scotland, a Law Agent or solicitor admitted to practise in Scotland;
is an attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court of Jamaica; or
is entitled to practise law in any court of —
Australia;
Canada;
a jurisdiction which is a Member of the Caribbean Community that is also a Member of the Commonwealth of Nations;
the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;
Ireland;
Hong Kong;
New Zealand; or
any other jurisdiction prescribed by Cabinet by Order made upon the recommendation of the Council, being a jurisdiction that has admission qualifications comparable to those mentioned in subsection (2).

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