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Question about lawyer licensing

  • 07-03-2015 7:51pm
    #1
    carlowplayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭


    Am wondering if a lawyer is registered to practice in one state in America are they registered everywhere else ie every other state in America and in any country in the world. Is it the same if they are struck off the legal board and unable to practice in one place does this apply everywhere.is a Lawyer registered here in Ireland registered everywhere?


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  • #2
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    carlowplayer wrote: »
    Am wondering if a lawyer is registered to practice in one state in America are they registered everywhere else ie every other state in America and in any country in the world. Is it the same if they are struck off the legal board and unable to practice in one place does this apply everywhere.is a Lawyer registered here in Ireland registered everywhere?

    No, you have to satisfy the requirements of the Bar in each jurisdiction. In the US you generally have to pass the bar in the state you practice in, I'm not sure how the transfer happens, I presume you just sit the relevant state's bar exam but I wouldn't be surprised if there is some short cut process for practising lawyers.

    In Ireland you are either a barrister of a solicitor. There is nothing to stop you being a barrister here, England and Ghana if you wish. Some jurisdictions don't have a split profession (US for example) and other jurisdictions may be a different legal system (civil as opposed to common law).


  • #3
    Dandelion6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭Dandelion6


    Some US states have reciprocity agreements with certain other states, so that if you're admitted to one you can practise in another. It's also possible to get approval to act as an attorney in a different state for one particular case, but this has to be applied for.


  • #4
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    Dandelion6 wrote: »
    Some US states have reciprocity agreements with certain other states, so that if you're admitted to one you can practise in another. It's also possible to get approval to act as an attorney in a different state for one particular case, but this has to be applied for.

    It's call "Pro Hoc Vice". http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Pro+Hac+Vice


  • #5
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Pro Hoc Vice wrote: »
    It's call "Pro Hoc Vice". http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Pro+Hac+Vice

    Pro hac vice according to that. I did wonder about that and your name. Is it a clever play on latin?

    I realise there's some irony to me having poor latin.


  • #6
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    and here I was thinking it was that Poster's interests in "ahem" adult areas of the law ;)


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  • #7
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Pro hac vice according to that. I did wonder about that and your name. Is it a clever play on latin?

    I realise there's some irony to me having poor latin.

    My bad Latin Grammer.


  • #8
    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    Pro Hoc Vice wrote: »
    My bad Latin Grammer.
    At least you're knowledgeable enough to know your hic haec hoc and modest enough to avoid styling yourself as 'Hunc'.

    Financial services licencing in the US is similar to the Bar in each State- in insurance you must be licenced by the State in which you operate. Each State has its own insurance commissioner (‘regulator') and there is a format for extending into other States – while there is no ‘reciprocity’ per se, following a particular pattern does make it easier.


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