To be entered on the roll, the lawyer must satisfy the following personal requirements:
they must have the capacity to act;
they must not have any unpaid debt certificates issued against them;
they must be able to practise as a lawyer independently; they may be an employee only of persons who are also entered on a cantonal roll.
Lawyers employed by recognised charitable organisations may be entered on the roll provided they satisfy the requirements of paragraph 1 letters a–c and they strictly limit their activities of client representation to mandates that fall under the objects pursued by the organisation concerned.