FBE’s President, Lucherini, took part in the Congress organized by UIF at the Valdese University of Rome on the theme “Law and justice in the European common home”, with a report on the function and competences of European lawyers and the support of the FBE for protection of fundamental rights. Link to listen and see…
FBE took part at the 47 European Presidents Conference 2019 in WIEN about the defense of the state and the rule of law. 28th February – 2nd March 2019. The European Conference of Presidents has become a forum for dialogue in which the elected representatives of European lawyers’ organizations exchange experiences. The “informal principle” of…
The Wroclaw Bar Association and The Haague Bar Association are organizing the first FBE International “Law Firm of the Future” Competition from 15th January to 12 April 2019. The Competition consists of two stages. During the first stage, the Participants shall submit their presentations concerning changes, innovations and/or proposals related to the development of new technologies…
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer on January 24, 2019 is a day on which we call for the attention for lawyers all over the world who are facing harassment, threats, persecution or even torture and therefore the work of those Colleagues is made increasingly difficult. We could help our Colleagues in Turkey that day by…
The theme of the 2018 colloquium was “Democracy in the EU“. The Opening Speech at the Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights in Brussels/Belgium was done by Mr Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission. In some words he presented the main subject as a fundamental right and the rule of law, one of three…
Dear President, Dear Colleagues, On January 24, 1977 four Spanish trade union lawyers and an employee in their office in Madrid were murdered by neo-fascists. A few years ago, European lawyers associations chose this sad occasion to establish the “Day of the Endangered Lawyer”. The Day of the Endangered Lawyer on January 24, 2019 is…
Lawyers are more often assimilated to the clients they defend and thus are stigmatized, jailed, convicted. At least 14 presidents of Turkish Bar associations have been arrested and detained. Hundreds of lawyers in Turkey face criminal prosecution, are under judicial control and are forbidden to travel. 218 lawyers were sentenced in 2018 alone. As a…
Last month a long awaited event by all those interested in LegalTech took place at Lille University, France. Announced as one of the most important conferences devoted to technological advancement, the conference attracted great interest from lawyers all over Europe. As a result, five hundred lawyers registered for the conference. Bearing in mind the impact…
