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Ecuador is a civil-law jurisdiction where practising lawyers are called abogados and must be registered to practise. Lawyers work in private firms, as in-house counsel in banks and corporates, and in public bodies such as the Fiscalía General del Estado (prosecution), Procuraduría General del Estado and the Defensoría Pública. Quito and Guayaquil are the main legal hubs, and legal work is conducted in Spanish.
A candidate completes a university law degree (título de abogado) from a SENESCYT-recognised institution, completes the required judicial pre-professional practice (currently 500 hours under Consejo de la Judicatura rules), and registers in the Foro de Abogados through the Consejo de la Judicatura to obtain the credential that authorises practice. Foreign-trained lawyers must first have their degree registered/recognised by SENESCYT before they can register.
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To become a lawyer in Ecuador you qualify as an abogado. First complete a university law degree (título de abogado) from an institution recognised by SENESCYT, then carry out the mandatory judicial pre-professional practice (currently 500 hours under Consejo de la Judicatura regulations). Ecuador does not require a bar examination; instead you must register in the Foro de Abogados through the Consejo de la Judicatura to obtain the credential that authorises you to practise. Foreign-trained lawyers must first have their degree registered and recognised by SENESCYT before they can enrol.
Practice is administered through the Consejo de la Judicatura (Council of the Judiciary), which maintains the Foro de Abogados registry that every practising lawyer must join; provincial colegios/foros de abogados serve as professional associations.
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