04 conditions for lawyer-training establishments of the Vietnam Bar Federation

04 conditions for lawyer-training establishments of the Vietnam Bar Federation (Internet image)

Decree 123/2013/ND-CP stipulates that the Vietnam Bar Federation may set up a lawyer-training establishment when it fully meet the following criteria:

- Having lecturers who are lawyers having at least 05 years of experience in law practice, legal experts who have prestige and pedagogical faculties;

- Having an organizational structure which is appropriate to scale, model and training programme;

- Having training programme, textbooks which are appropriate to the lawyer-training framework programme promulgated by the Minister of Justice;

- Ensuring material facilities serving teaching and studying, satisfying requirements on research, work and study of lecturers and students.

At the same time, the Decree stipulates that a dossier for setting up a lawyer-training establishment under the Vietnam Bar Federation comprises:

- An application for setting up a lawyer-training establishment;

- Project on setting up a lawyer-training establishment. Basic contents of the Project shall comprise the need of establishment, legal position, functions, tasks, training objectives, training scale and model, organizational structure, a team of lecturers accompanying with the list of anticipated lecturers and their backgrounds in terms of experiences and skills, material facilities which are appropriate to training scale and model, implementation plans and progress of the Project, socio-economic effects of the lawyer-training establishment;

- The drafted Charter of the lawyer-training establishment.

Within 30 days from the date of receiving a valid dossier, the Minister of Justice may give a decision on setting up a lawyer-training establishment under the Vietnam Bar Federation; in case of refusal, he/ she shall issue a written notice and clearly state the reasons therefor.

More details can be found in Decree 123/2013/ND-CP which comes into force from November 28, 2013.

Ty Na

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE