Medical examination is a basic requirement for the registration of the citizen and resident lawyer

The Department of Lawyers and Legal Consultants in the Ministry of Justice confirmed that the medical examination of lawyers is a basic requirement for the registration of lawyers and residents, stipulated by the law regulating the profession, and aims to ensure the lawyer’s authority to practice the profession, regardless of the presence of diseases or not.

Finally, lawyers, in tweets through their personal accounts on social media, raised several questions about the feasibility of conducting a medical examination for citizens, to renew the registration in the schedule of those working in the legal profession. Is this procedure limited to residents, or does it include citizens as well? What is the feasibility of a medical examination to renew the lawyer? Will the lawyer be prevented from renewing the registration if it turns out that he has chronic diseases?

For its part, the Department of Lawyers and Legal Consultants affirmed, in its response to questions to «Emirates Today», that the medical examination of lawyers is a basic requirement for the lawyer, stipulated by the law regulating the profession and not from the requirements of the administration.

She pointed out that the basic principle in practicing the legal profession in the state is limiting it to citizens, yet the law organized special cases in which non -citizen may practice the profession in accordance with specific controls, and both of them are subject to medical examination, to leave the practice of the profession.

She stressed that the purpose of the medical examination is not to prevent people with diseases from practicing the profession, but rather to ensure that the lawyer is valid to practice the profession, regardless of the presence of diseases or not.

She pointed out that the requirement for medical fitness is not limited to the legal profession, but rather a prerequisite for appointment, registration and continuing to work in many other free professions, as well as in administrative jobs in the government, and in the judicial authorities, and the lack of medical fitness for all of these professions and jobs does not restrict, appoint or continue to work.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Justice on its website, the total number of lawyers reached 1710 lawyers and lawyers, including 1695 citizens, until last year.

The decree of a federal law No. (34) of 2022 was placed in the matter of organizing the legal professions and legal consultations, which entered into force in January 2023, conditions for the registration of lawyers in the schedule of workers, namely: that he is a citizen of the state, and that his age is not less than 21 AD, and that the entire eligibility Mahmoud is the biography, and good reputation is not judged by a penal Or a disciplinary sentence in one of these crimes, even if he returns to him, and that he must have a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Sharia, Law, or equivalent, from one of the universities or colleges recognized in the state.

It also stipulated that he pass the success of the training period determined by the executive regulations of this decree by law, and that he pass the written exams and personal interview before a committee issued by a decision by the minister.

In addition, it is required that the medical examination be passed, to ensure its validity to practice the profession according to what is determined by the executive regulations of this decree by a law, and that he complete the procedures and approvals necessary for registration within a period not exceeding three months from the date of his notification of his approval, otherwise his request is canceled, and the provision of a valid insurance policy against responsibility for professional errors issued by one of the insurance companies licensed to work in the state, unless he did not The lawyer will be covered by the law firm insurance policy through which he works, according to the controls determined by the minister.

The law excluded some categories of the conditions for passing the training period, editorial exams and personal interview, as it is permissible to be linked in the schedule of lawyers working before the courts of first instance and appellate or the Federal Supreme Court, who preceded the judiciary or the public prosecutor or legal work in legal departments in ministries or government agencies, or one of the actions of the profession for a period of no less than three years, all of which are determined by the executive regulations for this decree. Law.

Non -citizen lawyer

The law authorized the license of a non -citizen lawyer to practice the legal profession in the state whenever he meets the conditions, including that he had previously worked in the legal profession for a period of not less than 15 years, and that his registration is still valid in the country in which the legal profession practiced, or that he is a partner in a foreign law firm licensed in the state, provided that the profession is practiced through this office only, and that the presence of the lawyer is not limited to the lawsuit. Perspective before the specialized departments that are determined by a decision of the President of the Federal Judicial Council or the heads of local judicial authorities, as conditions, provided that the criminal cases, administrative cases, family cases and personal status of Muslims do not include, in addition to other conditions determined by the executive regulations of this decree by law.

The non -citizen lawyer, while practicing the profession, is subject to the obligations, rights, and disciplinary cases and procedures that the citizens are subject to.

The duration of the registration

Article (15) of the law law set the period of registration, as it stipulated that the registration in the schedule of lawyers working for a period of three years is renewable for a period or similar periods at the request of the concerned person, and the registration is in the schedule of lawyers who are not working for a period of five years.