Documents on the Regulation of the Legal Profession

UN

UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (1990)

CoE

Recommendation No. R (2000) 21 of the Committee of Ministers to the member states on the freedom of exercise of the profession of lawyer (25 October 2000)

EP

European Parliament resolution on the legal professions and the general interest in the functioning of legal systems (23 March 2006)

ABA

Statement of Core Principles (adopted by the House of Delegates on 13 February 2006)
Ch 1-12 Policies and Procedures (Goal IV (5))

CCBE

Charter of Core Principles of the European Legal Profession (25 November 2006) and Code of Conduct for European Lawyers (28 October 1988), please click here

Competition committee:

• Economic submission to Commission progress report on competition in professional services (31 March 2006)
• Position on Multi-disciplinary Partnerships  (June 2005)
• Position on Non-Lawyer Owned Firms (June 2005)
• Position on Regulatory and Representative Functions of Bars (June 2005)
• Comments on the Commission’s legal analysis in its report on competition in professional services (30 June 2004)
• Response to the Clementi consultation document (4 June 2004)
• Response to the European Commission competition questionnaire on regulation in liberal professions and its effects (28 May 2003)
• Analysis of the Nova I judgement and guidance to bars on professional rules following the Nova I decision (May 2002)

Deontology committee:

• Response to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s consultation on new forms of practice and regulation for alternative business structures (4 September 2009)
• Response to the Legal Services Board’s consultation on a regulatory regime for alternative business structures (4 September 2009)
• Regulated legal professionals and professional privilege within the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, and certain other European jurisdictions (A report by John Fish, Former President of the CCBE and Solicitor, Dublin) (February 2004)

IBA

General Principles of the Legal Profession (20 September 2006)

UIA

Turin Principles of Professional Conduct for the Legal Profession in the 21st Century

Albania

Attorney Ethics Code

Armenia

Code of Advocate’s Ethics

Australia

Draft Legal Profession National Law

Belgium OVB

Regulations on the status of a lawyer

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Code of Professional ethics for attorneys
: Lawyers Ethics Code of the Bar Association of Republic of Srpska

Bulgaria

Bar Act

Canada

Alberta: Legal Profession Act
British Columbia: Legal Profession Act 1998
Manitoba: Legal Profession Act  
New Brunswick: Law Society Act 1996
Newfoundland: Law Society Act 1999
Northwest Territories: Legal Profession Act 1988   
Nova Scotia: Legal Profession Act
Nunavut: Legal Profession Act 1988
Ontario: Law Society Act 1990
Prince Edward Island: Chapter L-6.1, Legal Profession Act 1992
Quebec: An Act respecting the Barreau du Québec  (see also Code des professions)
Saskatchewan: Legal Profession Act 1990
Yukon: Legal Profession Act

Croatia

The Attorneys' Code of Ethics

Cyprus

Code of Conduct Regulations

Czech Republic

Rules of Professional Conduct and the Rules of Competition of Lawyers of the Czech Republic (Code of Conduct)

Denmark

By-Law 1

Estonia

Code of Conduct

Finland

France

FYROM

Germany

Iceland

Ireland

Draft Legal Services Regulation Act 2011

Italy

India

Draft Legal Practitioners (Regulations and Maintenance of Standards in Professions, Protecting the Interest of Clients and Promoting the Rule of Law) Act

Latvia

Code Of Ethics Of The Latvian Sworn Advocates

Liectenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

New Zealand

Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Norway

Poland

Romania

Slovak Republic

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

The Netherlands

UK

England and Wales: Legal Services Act 2007
England and Wales/General Council of the Bar: Code of Conduct
England and Wales/Law Society: Code of Conduct

Northern Ireland/Law Society: Solicitors' Practice Regulations 1987

Scotland: Legal Services Act 2010 -
Scotland/Faculty of Advocates: Code of Conduct
Scitland/LaW Society: Standards of Conduct

Ukraine

USA

U.S. [State] Ethics Codes

International Law Association

Hague Principles on Ethical Standards for Counsel Appearing before International Courts and Tribunals (2010)