Only lawyers can be partners in a law firm. Only a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia can become a lawyer, or a lawyer from another country that is a member state of the European Union that is entered in the register of foreign lawyers permitted to practise law in the Republic of Slovenia under the professional title of “lawyer”, with all rights and duties in the practice of law, provided he fulfils the next conditions: he has contractual capacity and is generally medically fit, he has an active command of the Slovene language, he is worthy of the trust required to practise law and he has the equipment and premises required, and these to an adequate standard, for the practice of law. And provided he has passed the test of knowledge of the legislation of the Republic of Slovenia.