Business and Law

Lawyers in Greece are subject to the Greek Code of lawyers that entered into force in 1954, as well as the European legislation about lawyers (Lawyers code of conduct ).

In order to become a lawyer in Greece, one must be a law school graduate of a Greek university or a foreign university. In the latter case, the foreign diploma must be recognized as equal by the Greek authorities, so that the graduate can be accepted as a bar member. As a first step, an eighteen-month practice period in a Greek lawyer’s office must be accomplished, during which the trainee lawyer must participate in 30 court hearings together with the supervising lawyer.

At the end of the 18-month practice period, the trainee lawyer must take the bar exam, which is held twice a year. The board of examiners is comprised of judges and lawyers. A trainee is granted the title “lawyer” in Greece once this exam is passed, and a ministerial decree is published, which states which lawyers passed the exam and cam be registered as members of the bar.

Lawyers in Greece cannot litigate before courts out of their bar territory, without the participation of a lawyer of the other bar. This is about to change within the next years due to European directives, which enable the free exercise of any profession in the European Union without territorial restrictions.

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