1Every person is entitled to applying to the School of Magistrates for admission to the initial training as a magistrate, as long as he fulfils simultaneously the following criteria:

ahave full capacity to act;

bbe an Albanian citizen;

chave graduated with the minimum scoring as determined by the School of Magistrates the second cycle of university studies in law, with a diploma of “Master of Science” and has passed the state exam for jurists in Albania, or has graduated with the minimum points set out by the School of Magistrates in law in a European Union Member State and he has been awarded an equivalent diploma, equated under the rules for the equation of the diplomas provided by law;

çhave at least three years of full time active professional experience in the judiciary or the prosecution office, public administration, free legal professions or teaching in law faculties, or in any other equivalent position in the private sector or international organizations;

dhas never been criminally convicted by a final decision;

dhnever have been dismissed from office for disciplinary reasons and not being subject to a current disciplinary sanction;

enot be a member of political parties at the time of application;

ënot have been a member, collaborator or favoured by the State Security before 1990;

fnot be a collaborator, informant, or agent of any secret service.