For Firm Administrators

This secure section of the site can only be accessed by a staff member in your firm or organisation who has been appointed as firm administrator and approved by the Law Society.

Using the Firm Admin area

The Firm Admin area allows partners or designated staff to manage key functions of their firm efficiently, including Practising Certificate (PC) Renewal.

 

Apply to be a firm administrator

For access to this area or to nominate an administrator for your firm, see below:

  • Principal/Partners - automatically have access to Firm Admin section for the firm they are resident in. For help, email webmaster@lawsociety.ie
  • Other Solicitors - the principal/managing partner in the firm must send a request in writing to pc@lawsociety.ie
  • Non-solicitors - must have a login account (register here) and the principal/managing partner in the firm must send a request in writing to pc@lawsociety.ie
  • Industry/State - the solicitor identified as Managing Partner or solicitor-in-charge is deemed to be the Firm Administrator. To make a change, contact pc@lawsociety.ie

If you need help logging in, please contact webmaster@lawsociety.ie.

Firm administrator for branch or additional firm

  • Where a firm has branches, the Firm Administrator for the Principal Office can access details for the branches if relevant. However, if different, a Firm Administrator for a branch cannot acccess the Principal Office details or other branches.
  • It is not currently possible for the same Firm Administrator to be appointed to more than one firm or organisation.

For queries on any of the above, please contact pc@lawsociety.ie.

Law Directory for firm or organisation

Representatives of a firm, or other organisation employing solicitors, who have been approved as a Firm Administrator can review their details for their Law Directory entry. This includes reviewing practitioners linked to the firm or organisation, and branch details if relevant. You can also make or request changes at the link below:

If you cannot access this page and should have access as outlined above, please contact pc@lawsociety.ie for assistance. 

Firm payment for Practising Certificate (PC) applications

Administrators can now:

  • Pay for a list of solicitors. To do so, use the tick box in the left column to select all (in header) or tick the row for specific solicitors, then click EFT form. 

  • If paying by EFT, don't forget to complete and send the pre-populated EFT form to pc@lawsociety.ie.
  • Add a solicitor that's missing from the list. To do so, click Add new solicitor to send us the details including their solicitor number.
  • You can email a solicitor who has not submitted their application yet using Send Reminder

Access Firm payment for PCs

Other tasks 

An approved firm administrator can also:

To change employer instead of changing the firm address

A 'change firm name' application, or changing the address of your firm, changes it for every solicitor linked to this firm. If instead you want to notify the Law Society of a change in the firm or branch you are associated with, please use the Change Employer form.