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Legal professional registers
Registers of admitted lawyers and regulated legal practices, including practising status and regulatory sanctions where published.
2 of one law society or bar per jurisdiction; 13 in Canada, 50+ in the US catalogued. This family is fragmented — the 2 below are a sample, not coverage.
Who asks for this
Panel-firm onboarding lawyer checking admission and sanctions
What it answers
Answers "is this lawyer or firm admitted and in good standing" — asked when instructing counsel, onboarding a panel firm, or verifying a claimed qualification.
| Record class | Registry / licence registry_licence |
|---|---|
| Sector | Professional regulation JUST>professional-regulation |
| Already served by | not yet checked |
Typical fields
- name
- admission date
- firm
- practising status
- jurisdiction
- sanctions
Catalogued instances (2)
| Dataset | Jurisdiction | Class | Access | Licence | Status | Req. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland roll of solicitors and firm search | Ireland | Registry / licence | portal | unverified | requested | |
| Law Society of Ontario lawyer and paralegal directory | Ontario, Canada | Registry / licence | portal | unverified | requested |
Each instance is a separate publisher with its own licence. We never infer a licence from the family, the publisher or the country — the Environment Agency publishes one dataset under the Open Government Licence and another marked all rights reserved.