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XI. Fill in the blanks with ‘must’, ‘may’ or ‘can’.
1. All attorneys _______ pass the bar examination to be
admitted to general practice.
2. In certain areas (but not crime or conveyancing), barristers
_______ now accept instructions from a client directly.
3. Prospective barristers _________ first complete the
academic stage of their legal education by obtaining a qualifying law
degree.
4. Those who wish to become a practising barrister _______
first obtain a 'pupilage'.
5. Upon completion of pupillage, you ________ apply for
tenancy and become a junior barrister in chambers.
6. Barristers in turn _________ now be directly instructed by
certain organizations such as trade unions, accountants and similar groups.
7. A solicitor’s firm ___________ vary from a large
organization with hundreds of partners, thousands of employees and
offices all over the world, to a small firm above a shop in local high street.
8. Theoretically free to work as and when they please,
barristers ________ be available to take work as it comes in.
9. A barrister ________ have little opportunity to develop any
relationship with the client.
10. Although a number of barristers __________ make up any
particular "set" of chambers, they are prohibited from incorporating or
joining together as partners, and each acts as a sole practitioner.

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