PRACTICE AS A LAWYER IN SLOVAKIA
Under the conditions stipulated by the 2004 Act on Legal Profession it is possible to provide legal services in Slovakia as:
- cross-border (visiting) European lawyer – a European lawyer, who pursues professional activities and provides legal services in the Slovak Republic temporarily and occasionally,
- registered European lawyer – a European lawyer who on a permanent basis pursues his professional activities and provides legal services in the Slovak Republic, and whose name is entered on the roll of European lawyers maintained by the Bar,
- registered foreign lawyer – a national of any OECD Member State who is in his home Member State authorised to pursue his professional activities and provide legal services as a sole practitioner and without any limitations, and whose name is entered on the roll of foreign registered lawyers maintained by the Bar,
- registered international legal practitioner – a national of any WTO Member State, who is in his home Member State authorised to pursue his professional activities and provide legal services as a sole practitioner and without any limitations for at least three years, and whose name is entered on the roll of international legal practitioners maintained by the Bar.
For the requirements for application and more information see the documents below:
Registered European Lawyer
- European Lawyer – Application form
- European Lawyer – Annexes to the application form
- European Lawyer – Solemn Declaration
Registered Foreign lawyer
- Foreign lawyer – Application form
- Foreign lawyer – Annexes to the application form
- Foreign lawyer – Solemn Declaration
International Legal Practitioner
- International Legal Practitioner – Application form
- International Legal Practitioner – Annexes to the application form
- International Legal Practitioner – Solemn declaration
For more information, please, contact the Office of the Slovak Bar Association at office@sak.sk.