Professional pathways by jurisdiction
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Australia
- New South Wales: lawyer
Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW) · checked 1 November 2026
- Victoria: lawyer (admission to the Supreme Court of Victoria)
Victorian Legal Admissions Board · checked 1 November 2026
Canada
- Canada (common law provinces and territories, NCA assessment): lawyer (foreign-trained or civil-law-trained applicants seeking to practise in a common law jurisdiction)
Federation of Law Societies of Canada - National Committee on Accreditation · checked 1 November 2026
- Ontario: lawyer (barrister and solicitor)
Law Society of Ontario · checked 1 November 2026
- Quebec: lawyer (avocat)
Barreau du Québec · checked 1 November 2026
France
- France: avocat
Conseil national des barreaux · checked 1 November 2026
Germany
- Germany (federal framework): Volljurist (Befähigung zum Richteramt)
Federal Ministry of Justice (Gesetze im Internet, Deutsches Richtergesetz) · checked 1 November 2026
- Germany (federal law; exams run by the Länder): Volljurist (qualification for judicial office, Befähigung zum Richteramt)
Federal Ministry of Justice (publisher of the Deutsches Richtergesetz) · checked 1 November 2026
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong SAR: solicitor
The Law Society of Hong Kong · checked 1 November 2026
Ireland
- Ireland: barrister
The Honorable Society of King's Inns · checked 1 November 2026
- Ireland: solicitor
Law Society of Ireland · checked 1 November 2026
Kenya
- Kenya: advocate
Council of Legal Education (Kenya) · checked 1 November 2026
New Zealand
- New Zealand: lawyer
New Zealand Council of Legal Education · checked 1 November 2026
Pakistan
- Pakistan: advocate
Pakistan Bar Council · checked 1 November 2026
Singapore
- Singapore: advocate and solicitor
Ministry of Law, Singapore · checked 1 November 2026
South Africa
- South Africa: legal practitioner (attorney)
Legal Practice Council · checked 1 November 2026
United Kingdom
- England and Wales: barrister
Bar Standards Board · checked 1 November 2026
- England and Wales: solicitor
Solicitors Regulation Authority · checked 1 November 2026
- Northern Ireland: solicitor
Law Society of Northern Ireland · checked 1 November 2026
- Scotland: solicitor
Law Society of Scotland · checked 1 November 2026
United States
- Alabama: lawyer (attorney admission)
Alabama State Bar - Admissions (Board of Bar Examiners / Committee on Character and Fitness) · checked 1 November 2026
- California: lawyer (attorney admission)
State Bar of California - Committee of Bar Examiners / Office of Admissions · checked 1 November 2026
- Colorado: lawyer (attorney admission)
Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel - Office of Attorney and LLP Admissions · checked 1 November 2026
- District of Columbia: lawyer (attorney admission)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions · checked 1 November 2026
- Florida: lawyer (attorney admission)
Florida Board of Bar Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- Georgia: lawyer (foreign-educated applicants, Part B Section 4(c))
Supreme Court of Georgia Office of Bar Admissions · checked 1 November 2026
- Illinois: lawyer (foreign-educated applicants under Supreme Court Rule 715)
Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar · checked 1 November 2026
- Massachusetts: lawyer (attorney admission)
Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners (with the SJC Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk) · checked 1 November 2026
- Minnesota: lawyer (attorney admission)
Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- Missouri: lawyer (attorney admission)
Missouri Board of Law Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- Nevada: lawyer (attorney admission)
State Bar of Nevada - Admissions (Board of Bar Examiners) · checked 1 November 2026
- New Jersey: lawyer (attorney admission)
New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- New York: lawyer (attorney admission)
New York State Board of Law Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- North Carolina: lawyer (attorney admission)
Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina · checked 1 November 2026
- Oregon: lawyer (attorney admission)
Oregon State Bar - Board of Bar Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- Tennessee: lawyer (attorney admission)
Tennessee Board of Law Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- Texas: lawyer (attorney admission)
Texas Board of Law Examiners · checked 1 November 2026
- Washington: lawyer (attorney admission)
Washington State Bar Association (Admissions) under Washington Supreme Court APR 3 · checked 1 November 2026