{"id":6245,"date":"2022-01-27T22:02:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T02:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glcgrenada.org\/?page_id=6245"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:43:09","slug":"practicing-certificates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.glcgrenada.org\/practicing-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Practising Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6245\" class=\"elementor elementor-6245\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de91df4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de91df4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb4bacf\" data-id=\"eb4bacf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e33bbce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e33bbce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bca0636\" data-id=\"bca0636\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af431a dekoline elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2af431a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Requirements for Practising Certificates<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec14e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ec14e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Section 24 of the\u00a0<b>Legal Profession Act 2011<\/b>\u00a0(as amended) provides that save for law officers of Government, a person shall not practise law unless he\/she has his\/her name entered on the Roll\u00a0<b>and<\/b>\u00a0is the holder of a valid Practising Certificate. A Practising Certificate is valid for one year. Whilst the first and initial application for a practising certificate does not require the applicant to show proof of continuing profession<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>development, all subsequent applications made will require the applicant to show proof of continuing professional development in accordance with section 26 (5) of the <b>Legal Profession Act. 2011.<\/b>\u00a0In this regard the Council has developed an accreditation program to guide what will meet the \u2018continuing professional development\u2019 requirement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b898cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b898cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ad4093\" data-id=\"3ad4093\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdd1f4 dekoline elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bdd1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">The Accreditation Program<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccafac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccafac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(i) \u00a0A credit based system would be used to measure accreditation.<\/p><p>(ii) A single credit would be the equivalent of 1 hour attendance at an educational conference\/workshop\/ seminar\/lecture or similar event by whatever name.<\/p><p>(iii) An attorney-at-law would be required to achieve 12 credits per year to satisfy the continuing professional development requirement.<\/p><p>(iv) Mandatory conferences\/workshops\/seminar\/lectures that <b>must <\/b>be attended annually are those on the subjects of: (a) legal profession ethics, and (b) business management and finance.<\/p><p>(v) Acceptable providers of conferences\/workshops\/seminars\/lectures or similar events would be the: General Legal Council, Attorney General\u2019s Chambers, Director of Public Prosecution\u2019s Chambers,\u00a0 Grenada Bar Association, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Bar Association, Organization of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations, other Bars and Commonwealth Caribbean\u2019s Council of Legal Education and Universities.\u00a0<\/p><p>(vi) Where an Attorney-at-Law wishes to attend a conference\/workshop\/seminar\/lecture or similar event put on by an institution other than one of those named at (v), then he\/she may inquire either before or after of the Council whether attendance would be or is acceptable towards accreditation.<\/p><p>(vii) Retroactive credit will be given to persons who attended the OECS Bar conference lectures at September 17<sup>th<\/sup> 2021 and the Commonwealth Law Association conference at September 5<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; 9<sup>th<\/sup> 2021.\u00a0<\/p><p>(viii) An Attorney-at-law would be required to produce a certificate of attendance at the conference\/workshop\/seminar\/lecture that he\/she wishes to be considered by the General Legal Council as part of their continuing profession development program over a given year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a70a659 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a70a659\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82fa496\" data-id=\"82fa496\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddbcaf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddbcaf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Click on the forms below to download:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60dbc1 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b60dbc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glcgrenada.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glcgrenada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Report-on-CPD-Programme.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Report on CPD Programme<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glcgrenada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Application-for-Exemption.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Application for Exemption<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glcgrenada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Application-for-Credits.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Application for Credits<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glcgrenada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Application-for-Accreditation-of-CPD-Course.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Application for Accreditation of CPD Course<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requirements for Practising Certificates Section 24 of the\u00a0Legal Profession Act 2011\u00a0(as amended) provides that save for law officers of Government, a person shall not practise law unless he\/she has his\/her name entered on the Roll\u00a0and\u00a0is the holder of a valid Practising Certificate. A Practising Certificate is valid for one year. 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