Attorney Regulation Act Article 116
A foreign attorney who applies to the Ministry of Justice for a permit to practice law shall meet one of the following qualification requirements:1. He/she has practiced law for at least five years within his/her home jurisdiction. However, where he/she has been employed in the Republic of China by an attorney of the Republic of China as a paralegal or a counsellor for legal affairs of his/her home jurisdiction, or where he/she has practice law relating to his/her home jurisdiction in other countries or regions, such working experience, to the extent not exceeding two years, may be incorporated into the above legal practice experience; or2. If the applicant had been engaged to work as a paralegal or a counsellor according to the Regulations Governing Permission and Management of Attorneys’ Employment of Foreigners prior to January 1, 2002, he/she has so employed for at least two years upon making such application.
中文原文 律師法第116條
外國律師向法務部申請許可執行職務，應符合下列資格之一：
一、在原資格國執業五年以上。
但受中華民國律師聘僱於中華民國從事其原資格國法律事務助理或顧問性質之工作，或於其他國家、地區執行其原資格國法律業務之經歷，以二年為限，得計入該執業期間。
二、於中華民國九十一年一月一日前依律師聘僱外國人許可及管理辦法受僱擔任助理或顧問，申請時，受僱滿二年者。
一、在原資格國執業五年以上。
但受中華民國律師聘僱於中華民國從事其原資格國法律事務助理或顧問性質之工作，或於其他國家、地區執行其原資格國法律業務之經歷，以二年為限，得計入該執業期間。
二、於中華民國九十一年一月一日前依律師聘僱外國人許可及管理辦法受僱擔任助理或顧問，申請時，受僱滿二年者。