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Letzebuergesh Not Required for Bar Membership

In a ruling that seems at first glance to be counter-intuitive, the Court of Justice of the European Communities has held that proficiency in a host country's language cannot be made a condition of membership in the host country's bar. According to a report from the London Times dated October 6, 2006,

Poland Moves to Ease Route to Practice of Law

According to an item in Legal Week, Poland is moving to eliminate the requirement that graduates of a five-year university course must pass a tough exam before they can be admitted to a three-and-one-half-year law training course. The present system, Legal Week reports, gives Poland