The amendment to the Law on Attorneys (effective from 1 January 2013)

20. 12. 2021

The Slovak Parliament approved the draft of the Act. 586/2003 Coll. on Attorneys on 18 October 2012. The amendment to the law introduces the following changes.

Extension of the mandatory minimum length of practice of a trainee lawyer for 5 years
Introduction of traineeship daily reporting by a trainee lawyer
Minimum limit of insurance claims for an attorney – a natural person within a separate insurance contract in the amount of EUR 100,000
Possibility for attorneys to employ a trainee lawyer only after three years of registration in the list of attorneys
Maximum number of junior lawyers who are trained by one lawyer is set to three
Establishment of a Disciplinary Appeal Committee as a new body of the Slovak Bar Association
Change in the method of determining the amount of contribution to the activities of the Bar Association: contribution will be determined as 1/3 of the average monthly wage in the Slovak economy established by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic for the first half of the previous calendar year
Introduction of the possibility of probationary suspension of disciplinary action
Introduced the possibility for an attorney, an association or a company established with an objective of law practice to inform the public about the provision of legal services through advertising