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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Conduct of practice by practitioners - Practice rules and regulations

97: Certain practice rules in relation to lawyers

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"Rules for Lawyers to Follow"

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You need to follow certain rules if you are a lawyer. The New Zealand Law Society makes practice rules for lawyers. These rules say that the Society must give practising certificates to people who are barristers or barristers and solicitors. You might have to keep learning about the law to be a lawyer. The practice rules can say how often you need to do this and what you need to learn. The rules can also say that you must do specific legal education, or that you must follow certain requirements. The practice rules can also say that some lawyers do not have to follow these rules. You can find more information by looking at the law from 1986. The New Zealand Law Society makes these rules to help lawyers do their jobs well.

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Practice rules and regulations

97Certain practice rules in relation to lawyers

  1. Practice rules made by the New Zealand Law Society—

  2. must provide for the issue of practising certificates to persons as barristers or barristers and solicitors:
    1. may require lawyers, or any class of lawyers, to undertake ongoing legal education relating to the law or the practice of law.

      1. Practice rules made pursuant to subsection (1)(b) may, without limitation,—

      2. provide for the times or frequencies at which the legal education must be undertaken and the topics to be addressed:
        1. require that particular legal education be undertaken, or (in addition or as an alternative) require that the legal education comply with specified requirements:
          1. exempt, or provide for the exemption of, any lawyer or class of lawyer, from all or any practice rules made pursuant to subsection (1)(b).

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