19 April MS informed about the appointment of a new term of legal professional examinations. According to this information, professional examinations for candidates for counsel and lawyers will take place in days 23–26 June this year
Initially, the exams were scheduled for 24–27 March 2020 The Justice Ministry put them back in time due to the sudden increase in coronavirus infections. The place of the exam has not yet been announced.
Term of the bar exam
The Minister of Justice has set a new deadline on the basis of Article 78(9) Act dated 26 May 1982 – Law on lawyer and Article 361(10) Act dated 6 July 1982 on legal advisers, after consulting the Supreme Bar Council and the National Council of Legal Advisors.
There is a deadline in the Law on Lawyers that assumes that an examination should be conducted no earlier than 90 days after his announcement. In exceptional circumstances, it can be announced less in time (minimum 45-the daily interval between the date of publication and the date of the examination). So far, none of the records have been broken.
Changes to deadlines certainly create confusion among candidates. Lawyers are not sure whether they should already inform their employers of the deadline and apply for training leave.
Knowledge of crisis shields is not valid for the exam
Page GOV.pl He showed up. 26 May.
Communication: "The tasks will not concern the Act on Special Solutions for Prevention, Prevention and Combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and the resulting crisis situations from 2 March 2020 (Journal of Laws, item 374, as amended) or other provisions introduced in connection with the state of epidemic or epidemic or other provisions which entered into force after the March exam deadline.’ This means that when solving tasks, the legal status of 27 March 2020 Legal information systems related to regulations introduced after that date will be made available in the halls.
For more information, please refer to: www.gov.pl/web/Justice/information-for-present-exemin-advocacy-and-advisor-days-23-26-June-2020-year
Lawyers are increasingly taking exams. In 2019 The number of people applying for a green frog toga was 1577 people, and the one with the blue frog 2285 people. This year, people will have to follow certain recommendations in the examination room.
In order to ensure safety, inter alia, the distance between participants should be kept 2 Meters, use personal protective equipment, disinfect your hands regularly. Let us hope that the June deadline is the final one, and the stress and uncertainty caused by the pandemic will not negatively affect the results of the exams.
Author: Marta Wójcicka – Junior Marketing and HR Specialist.