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Retraining/Emigrating after FE1 exams

  • 06-01-2014 11:45am
    #1
    SteJay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭


    I was hoping somebody could shine some light on this for me

    I have tried google for the last few weeks but couldnt find any concrete info

    I would like to know if it is possible to emigrate and or retrain in Canada/Australia or UK after the completion of the FE1 exams, or is it essential that you go on and complete the PPC course also?

    I have a 4 year law degree from an IT here in Ireland so hopefully wouldnt require much college work to qualify in another common law jurisdiction


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  • #2
    ScaliaJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭ScaliaJ


    SteJay wrote: »
    I was hoping somebody could shine some light on this for me

    I have tried google for the last few weeks but couldnt find any concrete info

    I would like to know if it is possible to emigrate and or retrain in Canada/Australia or UK after the completion of the FE1 exams, or is it essential that you go on and complete the PPC course also?

    I have a 4 year law degree from an IT here in Ireland so hopefully wouldnt require much college work to qualify in another common law jurisdiction

    The FE-1's are examinations operated by the Law Society purely for the purpose of admission to their professional course. The candidate will have completed no professional legal studies at that point.

    It would be equivalent to an individual completing the Entrance Examinations for King's Inns and then seeking to qualify as a barrister in another jurisdiction. They may well be able to undertake studies to become a barrister in another jurisdiction but the fact they completed Entrance Examinations will be irrelevant, there only purpose was entry to King's Inns.

    Each jurisdiction operates different criteria for the admission of foreign law graduates and foreign qualified lawyers to their own legal profession.

    Canada - http://www.lawyeredu.org/canada.html

    United Kingdom - http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/careers/becoming-a-solicitor/routes-to-qualifying/

    Australia (will vary by province)

    New South Wales - http://www.ibanet.org/PPID/Constituent/Student_Committee/qualify_lawyer_AustraliaNewSouthWales.aspx

    Victoria - http://www.ibanet.org/PPID/Constituent/Student_Committee/qualify_lawyer_AustraliaNewSouthWales.aspx


  • #3
    SteJay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭SteJay


    Thank you for the reply scalia, I will read through the links you gave.

    I would likely be better off completing the ppc/ fe1's and then seek to qualify in another jurisdiction otherwise any fe1's I have completed mean nothing


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