LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT (ACT 31 OF 2018)

An Act to establish a Council of Legal Education and to provide for its functions and management; to establish an Institute of Legal Education and to provide for its functions and management; to establish criteria for admission of persons to practice as legal practitioners in Malawi; to provide for the regulation of legal practice in Malawi; to make comprehensive provision for notaries public and Senior Counsel; to provide for the professional discipline of legal practitioners; to provide for the establishment, organization and administration of the Malawi Law Society; to establish a Fidelity Fund and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

Date of Commencement: 1st January, 2019