In Georgia, a member of the Bar Association must be a Georgian citizen with a legal education who has passed the Bar qualification exam and a one-year professional adaptation programme. A 2019 survey says foreign-qualified lawyers are not admitted to practise Georgian law until they meet those criteria.
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For: Georgian citizens with a higher legal education.
Anyone with legal capacity can represent clients in courts of first instance, but only advocates can appear in the appeal court and the Supreme Court.
We found no separate foreign-lawyer licence or foreign legal consultant status in Georgia. The survey we found dates from 2019.
Georgia belongs to the Civil law family. Knowing how its system works makes the admission route easier to follow.
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