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Hello all:
Like many of you, I am interested in moving to paradise. My difficulty is that I am too young to retire to CR and wouldn’t have the resources in place just to give up work to get retirement residency.
Instead, I would like to become a resident and work in Costa Rica. I am an attorney and am licensed to practice law in Virginia (graduated from an ABA accredited US law school).
What I would like to know is how one goes about becoming a member of the Costa Rica Bar. The reason I ask is that I see that there are a number of former US Realtors who make a living in CR catering to North American / English retirees and I wonder if there may be a similar niche in providing services in the legal field. I would imagine that if one was to become a CR lawyer and became well-versed in both Spanish and the CR immigration / residency procedures, one could make a living catering to the english speaking retirees. Of course, I would also be curious as to whether a non-tico attorney would be able to provide the same quality of services / representation to his clients as a Tico attorney who has the inside track.
Anyway, I just wanted to see if anyone was knowledgeable about this issue.
Doug
There are a couple of US/Canadian attorneys that I know personally here who have been through the very long process to become Costa Rica attorneys.
Needless to say, it’s one arduous way of learning the Spanish language.
You can see the Costa Rica Colegio de Abogados at
Good luck.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comScott….just curious as to how an American or Canadian can be either an attorney or a real estate agent in CR. Isn’t this taking a job away from a Tico or does the fact that they would be able to conduct business in English as opposed to Spanish have something to do with it?? (Surely there are bi-lingual Costa Ricans to do these jobs) Or….would they first have to become CR citizens??
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