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Admission to the bar

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Admission to the bar

Professionals such as lawyers not only require a law degree to carry out their occupation, but often need further qualifications to practise in certain areas of the law. Here, Lucia Vincent of Gore signs the roll at Dunedin High Court after being admitted as a barrister and solicitor, while Lauren Barnett of Queenstown waits to do the same.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 10 August 2007, p. 4

by Linda Robertson

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Paul Callister and Robert Didham, Occupational structure – Qualifications and age, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22550/admission-to-the-bar (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Callister and Robert Didham, published 14 April 2010.