| ISSUED BY | CONSOLIDATED UP TO |
|---|---|
| MJLA Decision 70/2025 | MJLA Decision 195/2025 |
Regarding the System for Training Trainee Advocates and Officers Authorised to Appear and Plead for the Units of the Administrative Apparatus of the State and Other Public Legal Persons
Based on the Advocacy and Legal Consultancy Law issued by Royal Decree 41/2024,
and the meeting of the Advocates and Legal Consultants Affairs Committee 5/2025 dated 13 April 2025,
and in pursuance of public interest,
it is hereby decided
Article I
The attached System for Training Trainee Advocates and Officers Authorised to Appear and Plead for the Units of the Administrative Apparatus of the State and Other Public Legal Persons hereby applies.
Article II
This decision must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.
Issued on: 15 Shawwal 1446
Corresponding to: 14 April 2025
Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Said Al-Saidi
Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs
Published in Official Gazette 1592 issued on 20 April 2025.
The System for Training Trainee Advocates and Officers Authorised to Appear and Plead for Units of the Administrative Apparatus of the State and Other Public Legal Persons
Article 1
In the application of the provisions of this system, words and phrases provided have the same meaning stipulated in the mentioned Advocacy and Legal Consultancy Law and its executive regulation, and the following words and phrases have the meaning assigned to each of them, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. Committee:
The Advocates Training and Qualification Committee stipulated in article 6 of the Executive Regulation of the Advocacy and Legal Consultancy Law.
2. Trainee:
A trainee advocate or an officer authorised to appear and plead for the units of the administrative apparatus of the state and other public legal persons.
3. Programme:
Training programme for trainees.
Article 2
The provisions of this system apply to trainee advocates and officers authorised to appear and plead for the units of the administrative apparatus of the state and other public legal persons.
Article 3
The committee shall propose the topics and mechanism for the implementation of the programme, and present it to the Advocates and Legal Consultants Affairs Committee for approval.
Article 4
The committee may carry out the programme through modern information technology means.
Article 5
A trainee advocate shall submit the application for enrolling in the programme to the competent administrative division in the ministry after paying the prescribed fee.
Article 6[1]
The competent administrative division in the ministry shall submit to the committee a list of the names of the officers who meet the conditions stipulated in article 36 of the law, in order to enrol them in the programme, provided that the duration of the programme does not exceed 9 (nine) months.
Article 7[2]
Without prejudice to the provisions of article 25 of the law, the trainee advocate must pass the training programme within a period not less than 6 (six) months from the date of his enrolment in the programme.
If the remaining period for the trainee advocate to be registered in the Roll of Advocates Admitted Before Primary Courts and Their Equivalent is less than 12 (twelve) months from the date of the entry into force of the law, the period of the training programme must be reduced for a period not less than 30 (thirty) days and not exceeding 90 (ninety) days.
Article 8
The total score for the assessment in the programme must be 100 (one hundred) points, distributed as follows:
1. 10% for attending the training hours in all the topics of the programme.
2. 20% for activities and active participation in all the topics of the programme.
3. 70% for the final exams.
Article 9
The committee shall refer the results of the trainees to the Advocates and Legal Consultants Affairs Committee for adoption, and provide the competent administrative division in the ministry with the results after their adoption, to notify the trainees of them.
Article 10
A trainee must be granted a certificate of passing the programme if he successfully passes all the requirements of the programme and obtains a percentage of not less than 70% (seventy percent) of the total assessment scores.
Article 11
Every trainee may file a grievance before the Advocates and Legal Consultants Affairs Committee within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of the announcement of his result after paying the prescribed fee. The committee shall decide on the grievance within a period not exceeding 30 (thirty) days from the date of its submission.
[1] Amended by Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs Decision 195/2025.
[2] Amended by Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs Decision 195/2025.