Lawyers' training systems in the Member States
Here are factsheets describing the lawyers' training systems in the EU Member States. They can be useful to national bars and help compare the training received by lawyers who want to exercise their right to freedom of establishment in another Member State.
- Belgium:
French and German speaking lawyers
(157 Kb) 
Dutch speaking lawyers (150 Kb) - Bulgaria (163 Kb)
- Czech Republic (159 Kb)
- Denmark (149 Kb)
- Germany (160 Kb)
- Estonia (158 Kb)
- Ireland (155 Kb)
- Greece (162 Kb)
- Spain (150 Kb)
- France (201 Kb)
- Croatia (153 Kb)
- Italy (158 Kb)
- Cyprus (147 Kb)
- Latvia (167 Kb)
- Lithuania (162 Kb)
- Luxembourg (150 Kb)
- Hungary (158 Kb)
- Malta (156 Kb)
- Netherlands (153 Kb)
- Austria (156 Kb)
- Poland (166 Kb)
- Portugal (156 Kb)
- Romania (160 Kb)
- Slovenia (157 Kb)
- Slovakia (157 Kb)
- Finland (150 Kb)
- Sweden (149 Kb)
- United Kingdom:
England and Wales:
Barristers (161 Kb)
Solicitors (158 Kb)
Northern Ireland:
Barristers (152 Kb)
Solicitors (151 Kb)
Scotland :
Advocates (150 Kb)
Solicitors (151 Kb)
The factsheets were elaborated by the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) and the European Centre for Judges and Lawyers of EIPA in the framework of the Pilot project on European judicial training. Click here for more information.
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