Law 13-07 of 2013 governs the legal profession in Algeria. We could not find the article on foreign lawyers or confirm a nationality rule. Reports say foreign lawyers must be accredited by the national lawyers' union and cannot plead in Algerian courts until they are.
Updated October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
For: Foreign lawyers who want to work in Algeria.
This summary comes from an undated news report. The 1962 Franco-Algerian protocol provides for reciprocal bar registration, but a French court refused registration to an Algerian lawyer in 2019, so the protocol does not guarantee admission.
We could not confirm a rule on practising only home-country law in Algeria. Ask the national union of lawyers.
Algeria belongs to the Civil law family. Knowing how its system works makes the admission route easier to follow.
Read the Algeria legal-system profile in the Legal Families Atlas →
Compare Algeria with another country →
ArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBahrainBangladeshBelgiumBrazilBulgariaCanadaChileChinaColombiaCroatiaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEgyptFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceHong KongHungaryIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKuwaitLebanonLuxembourgMalaysiaMaltaMexicoMoroccoNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNigeriaNorwayOmanPakistanPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussiaSaudi ArabiaSerbiaSingaporeSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSri LankaSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwanTanzaniaThailandTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesVietnamZambia
TheLawToKnow Tools’s Bar Admission guide is an educational overview of general rules. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace the regulator’s own information. Report a mistake.
