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SRA Handbook
Admission as a solicitor
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Regulation 2: Admission as a solicitor
- 2.1
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      We will admit you as a solicitor if: - (a)
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          you have completed the academic stage; 
- (b)
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          you have completed the vocational stage; 
- (c)
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          you have complied with the SRA Admission Regulations; and 
- (d)
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          we are satisfied as to your character and suitability to be a solicitor in accordance with Part 1 of the SRA Suitability Test. 
 
- 2.2
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      We may admit you as a solicitor if you have completed all or any part of 2.1(a) or (b) by equivalent means. 
- 2.3
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      Where 2.2 applies you must apply to us in writing in the prescribed form and support your application with such evidence as we consider necessary. 
- 2.4
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      If you are subject to the QLTSR those regulations apply to your admission as a solicitor and you are not subject to these regulations.