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Leaders in Legal Business
International Legal Associations
International Bar Association (IBA)
The International Bar Association (IBA) influences the development of international
law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. Through its
various sections and committees, the IBA enables an interchange of information
among its members as to laws, practices, and professional responsibilities relating to the
practice of business law throughout the world. It aims to promote an exchange of information
between legal associations worldwide, support the independence of the judiciary and the right
of lawyers to practice their profession without interference, and support human rights for
lawyers worldwide through its Human Rights Institute.1
Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)
“Founded on May 16, l940 by a group of distinguished lawyers and jurists
representing forty-four professional organizations and seventeen nations of
the western hemisphere, the Inter-American Bar Association (IABA) represents
a permanent forum for the exchange of professional vis and information for lawyers to
promote the Rule of Law and protect the democratic institutions in the Americas.”2
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
“The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) is an international association of
business and commercial lawyers with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Members are
either Asia-Pacific residents or have a strong interest in this part of the world. The IPBA
was founded in April 1991 at an organising conference held in Tokyo attended by more
than 500 lawyers from throughout Asia and the Pacific. Since this time, it has grown to
become a pre-eminent organization in the area of Asia law and business with a membership of approximately
2,000 lawyers from 67 jurisdictions around the world.”3
LAWASIA
“LAWASIA is a professional association of representatives of bar councils, law
associations, individual lawyers, law firms and corporations principally from the Asia Pacific
region. LAWASIA facilitates its members’ participation in the most dynamic economic region
in the world. Since its inception in 1966, LAWASIA has built an enviable reputation among
lawyers, business people and governments, both within and outside the region, as a committed,
productive and genuinely representative organization.
It has achieved this through its establishment of a strong and effective professional
network of lawyers who have an interest in the Asia Pacific region. LAWASIA provides an invaluable opportunity
for lawyers to come together to exchange ideas and information on regional issues, and to establish a network of
working relationships in the important region of the Asia Pacific.”4
1 See INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION, http://www.ibanet.org/ (last visited May 5, 2015).
2 See INTER-AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ABOUT US,
http://www.iaba.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204&Itemid=106&lang=en (last visited May 5, 2015).
3 See INTER-PACIFIC BAR ASSOCIATION, https://ipba.org/ (last visited May 5, 2015); see also INTER-PACIFIC BAR ASSOCIATION, 1 (2015)
http://www.ipba2015hk.org/download/IPBA_Journal_Scholarship_Invitation_2015.pdf.
4 See LAWASIA, http://lawasia.asn.au/ (last visited May 5, 2015); see also HG.ORG, http://www.hg.org/bar.html (last visited May 5, 2015).
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International Legal Associations
International Bar Association (IBA)
The International Bar Association (IBA) influences the development of international
law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. Through its
various sections and committees, the IBA enables an interchange of information
among its members as to laws, practices, and professional responsibilities relating to the
practice of business law throughout the world. It aims to promote an exchange of information
between legal associations worldwide, support the independence of the judiciary and the right
of lawyers to practice their profession without interference, and support human rights for
lawyers worldwide through its Human Rights Institute.1
Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)
“Founded on May 16, l940 by a group of distinguished lawyers and jurists
representing forty-four professional organizations and seventeen nations of
the western hemisphere, the Inter-American Bar Association (IABA) represents
a permanent forum for the exchange of professional vis and information for lawyers to
promote the Rule of Law and protect the democratic institutions in the Americas.”2
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
“The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) is an international association of
business and commercial lawyers with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Members are
either Asia-Pacific residents or have a strong interest in this part of the world. The IPBA
was founded in April 1991 at an organising conference held in Tokyo attended by more
than 500 lawyers from throughout Asia and the Pacific. Since this time, it has grown to
become a pre-eminent organization in the area of Asia law and business with a membership of approximately
2,000 lawyers from 67 jurisdictions around the world.”3
LAWASIA
“LAWASIA is a professional association of representatives of bar councils, law
associations, individual lawyers, law firms and corporations principally from the Asia Pacific
region. LAWASIA facilitates its members’ participation in the most dynamic economic region
in the world. Since its inception in 1966, LAWASIA has built an enviable reputation among
lawyers, business people and governments, both within and outside the region, as a committed,
productive and genuinely representative organization.
It has achieved this through its establishment of a strong and effective professional
network of lawyers who have an interest in the Asia Pacific region. LAWASIA provides an invaluable opportunity
for lawyers to come together to exchange ideas and information on regional issues, and to establish a network of
working relationships in the important region of the Asia Pacific.”4
1 See INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION, http://www.ibanet.org/ (last visited May 5, 2015).
2 See INTER-AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ABOUT US,
http://www.iaba.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204&Itemid=106&lang=en (last visited May 5, 2015).
3 See INTER-PACIFIC BAR ASSOCIATION, https://ipba.org/ (last visited May 5, 2015); see also INTER-PACIFIC BAR ASSOCIATION, 1 (2015)
http://www.ipba2015hk.org/download/IPBA_Journal_Scholarship_Invitation_2015.pdf.
4 See LAWASIA, http://lawasia.asn.au/ (last visited May 5, 2015); see also HG.ORG, http://www.hg.org/bar.html (last visited May 5, 2015).
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