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Member Organisations

Click on the map to find a member organisation in your region and useful resources, papers and weblinks for that organisation. For a complete list of bar association members you can download the full list of member organisations here.

History

Since its inception in 1948, over 200 bar associations and law societies worldwide have joined the IBA. Together, they make the IBA ‘the global voice of the legal profession’. The bar associations also form the governing ‘Council’ of the IBA which passes resolutions and guidelines that influence and support the worldwide legal profession.

The Bar Issues Commission supports the activities and interests of the IBA’s member organisations by providing a forum for member organisations to discuss issues of common interest and, through its Policy Committee, advises the IBA Council on issues of relevance to member organisations. For a range of resources available to bar associations, click on the ‘BIC Resources’ page above.