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Law 5/2012 of July 6 on mediation in civil and commercial matters introduced a new ninth additional provision to Law 34/2006, regarding approved foreign titles, according to which:
“The professional titles regulated in this Law will not be required from those who, at the time of entry into force of this Law, have requested the homologation of their foreign title to that of a Law graduate, provided that within a maximum period of two years, From the moment they obtain said approval, they proceed to become members, as practitioners or non-practitioners."
The criterion of this Council has been, in application of the content of said additional provision, to understand that those who had requested the homologation of their foreign degree to that of a law graduate, before the entry into force of the Law, will not be application of the access system provided for in Law 34/2006, provided that within a period of two years from obtaining the approval they proceed to become a member. Otherwise, that is, if these people have not requested the homologation of their degree to that of a Law graduate before October 30, 2011, the access system provided for in the Law will apply to them.
Given the high number of queries from foreign citizens and Bar Associations, alleging different interpretations on this issue, this Council requested the Ministry of Justice to issue a report regarding the interpretation of the aforementioned ninth additional provision.
On March 7, 2013, the General Directorate of Relations with the Administration of Justice. The joint criterion of the Ministries of Education, Culture and Sports and Justice confirmed the criterion followed by this Council, that is, that citizens who on October 30, 2011 had not submitted a request for homologation of their university degree to that of a Bachelor's degree in Spanish Law, they are fully subject to the requirements of the aforementioned Law, and therefore it is not enough to proceed with the homologation of their title to be able to become a Lawyer.
Royal Decree 967/2014, of November 21, must be taken into account, according to which, if the interested party has one or more foreign university-level titles that give access to the exercise of a profession in the country of issue, and This profession is analogous to the profession of lawyer and the interested party wishes to practice his profession in Spain, he must request, based on his foreign degree, validation at a Spanish university of the subjects passed in the original program and subsequently, if applicable, complete the studies of the corresponding Spanish degree program.
Once the corresponding degree has been obtained, the access system provided for in the aforementioned Law 34/2006 is applicable, a system that consists of three points:
- Completion of a specific training course to acquire a set of specific professional skills.
- Development of a period of external practices.
- Completion of a professional aptitude assessment.