56. (1) A professor who has been teaching law full time for at least three years in a law faculty or a department of legal studies which grants a diploma recognized by the Government pursuant to subparagraph a of section 184 of the Professional Code may, even if not a Canadian citizen, be admitted to the bar as a solicitor by petition to the Executive Committee accompanied with the following documents:(a) a certificate from an authorized person attesting that the petitioner is a professor who has been teaching law full time for at least three years in a law faculty or department of legal studies which grants a diploma recognized pursuant to subparagraph a of section 184 of the Professional Code;
(b) a certificate from an authorized person attesting that the petitioner has a university degree in law;
(c) a declaration by the petitioner that he undertakes to act only in the capacities authorized by subparagraph a of subsection 1 of section 128.
(2) The Executive Committee may dispose of the petition as it sees fit.
(3) The professor admitted as a solicitor pursuant to this section may write the French “Me” or “Mtre” before his name, but shall not, verbally or otherwise, assume the title of advocate or attorney.