Qualifications needed to be a patent attorney in different countries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_attorney

Including: United States, Japan, Europe (EPO), India, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Ireland.

The following document elaborates on the training in the UK:

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/downloads/occprofiles/profile_pdfs/W2_Patent_attorney.pdf

and Axel Horn’s IPJUR reports the situation in France:

http://www.ipjur.com/2007/12/france-profession-of-patent-attorneys.php3

I add that in Israel – A scientific or engineering degree is required, as well as two years’ practice and two examinations.

And – I’d like to recommend the list of famous patent attorneys at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_patent_attorneys_and_agents