IMPORTANT! According to the Decision of the Permanent Commission of UNBR no. 443 of 12 February 2026, the next session of the examination for verifying knowledge of Romanian law and the Romanian language for foreign lawyers, registered in the special registers of foreign lawyers of the Bar Associations, in order to obtain the right to provide legal assistance in Romanian law, will take place on May 7 and 8, 2026, at the headquarters of the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations, in Bucharest, Sector 5, Splaiul Independenței no. 5. Standard registration applications can be submitted up to a maximum of 10 days before the date of the exam.

The examination for verifying knowledge of Romanian law and the Romanian language for foreign lawyers, registered in the special registers of foreign lawyers of the Bar Associations, in order to obtain the right to provide legal assistance in Romanian law is organized in accordance with the provisions of art. 13 para. (2) and art. 67 para. (1) letter a) and para. (3), 94 para. (2) and (3) of Law no. 51/1995 for the organization and exercise of the legal profession, art. 32 letter f) and i) of the Regulations on the organization and functioning of the U.N.B.R. and on the conduct of the sessions of the U.N.B.R. Council, and Annex XXXI of the Statute of the legal profession (Methodology for certification of lawyer qualification for registration in the roll of a bar in Romania in the situations provided by art. 13 and in Chapter VII of Law no. 51/1995 for the organization and exercise of the legal profession).

The exam is organized by the Permanent Commission of the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations (UNBR), headquartered at the Palace of Justice, Splaiul Independenței no. 5 Sector 5 – Bucharest (https://www.unbr.ro/contact/), which decides depending on the number of foreign lawyers who have opted for this method, and who have previously obtained the approval of the Permanent Commission of UNBR regarding the certification of lawyer qualification for registration in the bar.

The exam checks the theoretical knowledge and practice of applying Romanian law through an examination that consists of written and oral tests, in Romanian, as follows:

a). written multiple-choice test on the following subjects:
- organization and exercise of the legal profession;
- civil law
- civil procedural law
- criminal law
- criminal procedural law;
b). oral exam, on the subjects of civil law, criminal law and knowledge of the Romanian language .

The topics and bibliography for the exam are those provided in the REGULATION regarding the examination for verifying knowledge of Romanian law and the Romanian language for foreign lawyers seeking to obtain the right to provide legal assistance in Romanian law (Annex no. 2 to Decision of the Permanent Commission of UNBR no. 443 of 12 February 2026), which was adopted and published 60 days before the start date of the exam.

The registration fee for the exam is 6500 lei and must be paid into the UNBR account IBAN Code: RO30BRDE410SV21199534100 B.R.D. - Academiei Branch. The amount of the exam fee is set by the Exam Regulation, so it may differ from one exam to another.

Registration applications are standardized and can only be submitted in the period between the publication of the exam on the UNBR website and at most 10 days before the date of the exam at the UNBR headquarters, accompanied by a copy of the approval issued by UNBR.

To pass the examination, the candidate must obtain at least an average grade of 7 (seven), provided that for each test, written or oral, the grade obtained is at least 6 (six).