Statistics from the Ministry of Justice revealed that the total number of lawyers registered in the country reached 1,616 lawyers during the first quarter of this year, including 1,598 citizen lawyers and 18 lawyers from Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
She indicated that the total number of lawyers registered to plead in the supreme courts reached 861 lawyers, while the number of lawyers at the primary and appellate levels reached 755 lawyers.
According to statistics, the total number of registered experts reached 414, including 158 citizen experts, constituting 38.2% of the total, and 256 residents, constituting 61.8%, while the total number of translators (citizens and residents) reached 410 translators.
According to the guidelines for practicing the legal profession, no person may practice the legal profession in the country unless his name is registered in the register of practicing lawyers, prepared for this purpose in the Ministry of Justice. The relevant emirate may also require, for a lawyer to practice his profession in, the presence of a licensed office in the emirate. .
The guide stated that five conditions must be met for anyone wishing to practice the legal profession, which are: that the applicant for registration in the register of lawyers be a citizen of the state, that he must not be less than 21 years of age, and that he must be fully qualified and of good reputation and not judicially convicted of a criminal penalty or a misdemeanor involving dishonor. Or dishonesty, or he was disciplinaryly sentenced for one of these crimes, and he must have a degree in law or Sharia and law from one of the universities or higher institutes recognized in the country or its equivalent, and he must have passed a period of theoretical and practical training.
The lawyer and legal translator can obtain all types of forms related to the Department of Lawyers and Translators Affairs from the Ministry of Justice website (www.moj.gov.ae).
According to the text of the executive regulations of the Law on the Practice of the Legal Profession, three years have passed since the completion of theoretical and practical training, and the failure of the trainee lawyer to submit a request to transfer his registration from the register of trainee lawyers to the register of practicing lawyers, leads to the forfeiture of his right to be registered in the register of practicing lawyers, and also necessitates the necessity of retraining. Theoretical and practical again and at his own expense. It is not permissible for a lawyer to combine the practice of trade and the legal profession in accordance with the text of Article (12) of the Law Regulating the Legal Profession No. (23) of 1991.
A citizen lawyer employed in one of the law offices in the country has the right to register with the Pensions Authority, and the lawyer who owns the office must register all citizen employees in the profession, and he may also register the rest of the employees in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
“The Smart Lawyer”
The Ministry of Justice provides a special system for lawyers called the Smart Lawyer System, which is an application available on all browsers and smart devices, and provides a package of electronic services for lawyers and community members, so that it saves time and effort for lawyers by submitting requests electronically and following them up through the system, which is a platform. Effective communication between the lawyer and the Ministry, and helps facilitate the procedures for implementing the service by the relevant team in the Ministry.
. 18 lawyers from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries were registered during the first quarter.
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