Admission to the Roll
Before you may practise as a solicitor you must be on the Roll of Solicitors and hold a current practising certificate. You can apply for admission to the Roll of Solicitors once you have met all statutory and regulatory requirements concerning education and training.
You will need to submit:
- A completed application form
- a) Statutory Declaration of training solicitor as to service by trainee solicitor of period of in-office training (Form 7A) or
- b) Statutory Declaration of training officer as to service by trainee solicitor of period of in-office training (Form 7B)
- Fee of €330 to be paid by EFT:
Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin 2
Account name: The Law Society of Ireland
Account number: 16304279
Branch code: 90-00-17
IBAN: IE09 BOFI 9000 1716 3042 79
BIC: BOFIIE2D
As a trainee solicitor you can access the application form and declarations on the Law School Hub.
Please note that you will need your trainee login details to access the Hub.
After completing the Essentials of Legal Practice Course (ELPC) and your in-office period, you will be eligible to apply for admission to the roll of solicitors.
You must be disbarred before applying to the roll of solicitors. If you chose to delay this until after completing the ELPC, you must provide the letter of disbarment with this application.
A fully completed application form must be signed, dated and accompanied by the fee of €330, payable to the Law Society of Ireland.
Completed application forms and queries regarding your admission can be directed to: Admissions Executive, Roll of Solicitors Office, The Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.
Upon your admission to the Roll of Solicitors, you will be notified as to the date of the next available Parchment Ceremony. The ceremony on which you are placed may not necessarily be the most imminent parchment ceremony. Please wait until you have been specifically notified as to the ceremony on which you have been placed before making arrangements to attend.
It is not necessary to attend a Parchment Ceremony in order to receive your parchment. Upon request, your parchment may be sent to you or you may collect it from the Law Society as soon as it is ready.
Philomena Whyte, Admissions Executive
- Tel: 01 672 4802
- Email: P.Whyte@LawSociety.ie
- Address: The Law School Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin D07 Y7WY
- DX: 79 Dublin
The Law Society of Ireland (‘the Society’) collects and processes personal data in relation to you for the purposes of administering its relationship with you. Data collected on the Admissions to the Roll of Solicitors Application Form will be recorded on the Roll of Solicitors (‘the Roll’) and will be available for inspection by the public. The Society is legally obliged to maintain the Roll under the Solicitors Acts 1954 and make it available for public inspection.
Your data will be recorded on a manual Roll of Solicitors and on an electronic database.
Your data will be used for administrative purposes.
You have the right to request in writing a copy of any personal data about yourself that is held by the Society and have amended any personal data that is incorrect, incomplete or misleading.
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