General Assemblies & Intermediate Meetings

Barcelona 23 May 1992

• Founding Assembly


Birmingham 23 – 24 October 1992

• Advertising


Paris – Nanterre 14 – 15 May 1993

• Lawyers and In-House Counsel


Anvers 15 – 16 October 1993

• Professional Liability insurance


Napoli 30 April 1994

• Current issues


Bristol 22 October 1994

• Provision of service or supply of a product


Strasbourg 29 April 1995

• Money Laundering


Genève 12 – 13 October 1995

• Control and approval of professional training


Málaga 2 – 3 May 1996

• Multidisciplinary Partnerships


Napoli 24 October 1996

• Individual Advertising


Berlin 2 – 3 May 1997

• Individual Advertising


Liverpool 9 – 12 October 1997

• Lawyers’ Fees


Lisboa 21 – 24 May 1998

• Lawyers’ Fees


Bruges 23 – 24 October 1998 Lawyers’ Liability


Toulouse 30 April – 1 May 1999

• Lawyers’ Liability


Taormina 8 – 10 October 1999

• Professional Confidentiality


Barcelona 12 – 13 May 2000

• Professional Confidentiality


Celle 20 – 21 October 2000

• Minium training standards for European Lawyers


Andorra 10 – 13 May 2001

• Training of lawyers in Europe


Valencia 12 – 15 September 2001

• The economic independence of the Lawyer


Viena 16 – 19. May 2002

• The economic independence of the Lawyer


Praga 5 – 8 June 2003

• The procedure before the European Court of Human Rights


Bilbao 17 – 18 October 2003

• Expectations of Bar Associations
• Alternative Bar Association funding methods
• Public and private functions of Bar Associations
• Projects and directives onlegal aid
• Situation in the various EU States


Lyon 28 – 29 May 2004

• The future of the Bars in the European Economic Space


Foggia 15 – 16 October 2004

• The future of the legal profession in Europe.
• Self organisation of the Bars in Europe: today and in the future


Dresden 20 – 21 May 2005

• The requirements and expectations of the Eastern European Bars


Marseille 20 – 22 octobre 2005

• The professional publicity of the lawyer and his professional assurance


Zürich 19 – 20 May 2006

• The fee of Lawyer and the result.


Porto 19 – 21 october 2006

• The lawyer and the market


Naples 24 – 26 May 2007

• The independence of lawyer against straight gouvernments


Strasbourg 11 – 13 october 2007

• The protection of lawyer in the performance of his duties


Istanbul 23 – 24 May 2008

• The publicity of lawyer
• The communication of the bars


Torquay 16 – 18 october 2008

• The hard kernel of the deontology of lawyer
• The incidence of the alternative structures of exercise of the profession


Brugge 21 – 23 May 2009

• The structures of the law firms and their financing.
• The financial situation of the Bars.


Valencia 1 – 3 october 2009

• Mediation as a new formula to solve conflicts. The role of the legal profession
• Towards a common rule on conflicts of interest?


Aix – en – Provence 20 – 22 May 2010

• Should we “modernise” the lawyers’ profession and the Bars?


Madrid 23 – 25 September 2010

• The continuous and specialized training for lawyers in the European framework. New challenges, new solutions.
• The role of the Bar Associations as a guarantee of the total effectiveness of Law as a fair process, recognized by the European Agreement of Human Rights.
• Projects that improve the administration of justice: observatories of justice in internet.


Firenze 26 – 29 May 2011

• Social security for lawyers in Europe


Wroclaw 21 – 24 September 2011

• The legal profession and data protection – new needs in training of european lawyers
• The Lawyer and social media


Brussels 24 – 26 May 2012

• The virtual lawyer : social media and on-line communication for the bar and the lawyers


Geneva 11 – 13 October 2012

• STAGE Transborder practice of profession (practical issues according to Directives 77/249: 98/5) Money Laundering and the specific obligations for the European lawyers The changes of Legal Education in Europe
• Intermediate Meeting Self regulation of the legal profession


Frankfurt – Am – Main 29 May – 1st June 2013

• Does the international debt crisis put the legal profession under pressure for reforms?


Cluj 17 – 19 October 2013

• STAGE Alternative dispute resolutions as a solution to the acces to justice
• Intermediate meeting Answers of bars to overcome the obstacles that prevent access to justice


Vienna 29 May – 1st June 2014

• Are lawyers still independant today?


Lucca 02 – 04 October 2014

• Procedural systems in comparison. Combine efficiency, justice and equality of the parties. Current solutions and projects under the sign of European unity.


Bilbao 14 – 16 May 2015

• Collaborative Law
• Human Rights in companies and business
• Anti-corruption and transparency


Krakow, 8 – 11 October 2015

• The crime of “money laundering” against the banking law and pertinent regulations of the European Union
• The Issues related to the legal, material and procedural basis for prosecution of cross-border crime, especially the so-called “trading carousel
• The issues of corruption in business transactions (fraud) put in the context of the respective corruption criminalization models within the public domain
• Indemnity of the Lawyers practising in more than one EU Country


Strasbourg 12 – 14 May 2016

• The Lawyer in dialogue with the European Court of Human Rights


Luxembourg 13 – 15 October 2016

• The Lawyer in dialogue with the Court of Justice of the European Union


Den Haag 1 – 3 June 2017

• The Lawyer in dialogue with the International Criminal Court


London 9 – 11 November 2017

• Lawyers and Climate Change


Bologna 17 – 19 May 2018

• New Families – New Challenges


Warsaw 20 – 22 September 2018

• The right to privacy in a digital age


Barcelona 30 May – 01 June 2019

• The separation of powers : a fundamental aspect of the Rule of law


Lisbon 24 – 26 October 2019

• Self- regulation in the Legal Profession: Proportionality Test & Quality


Paris 27 – 28 September 2021

• Access to Law and Justice : European Bar associations and Lawyers on the Front line


Sofia 23-25 June 2022

• The role of lawyers post-pandemic 2022. The dynamics of working in polarised societies, the changing image of lawyers, and the evolution of legal practice


Palermo 17-19 November 2022

• Lawyers under attack


Amsterdam 15-17 June 2023

• New ethical dilemnas – A roadblock to access to the rule of law ?


Gdansk 5-7 October 2023

• Trajectories of the European Rule of Law. Assumed ? Contested ? Defended ? Revealed ?

• Rebuilding Ukraine and Paving its path to Europe : what role for the law and the lawyers ?

• The implications of AI and ChatGPT for Lawyers and Legal Services

Barcelona 23 May 1992

• Founding Assembly


Birmingham 23 – 24 October 1992

• Advertising


Paris – Nanterre 14 – 15 May 1993

• Lawyers and In –House Counsel


Anvers 15 – 16 October 1993

• Professional Liability insurance


Napoli 30 April 1994

• Current issues


Bristol 22 October 1994

• Provision of service or supply of a product


Strasbourg 29 April 1995

• Money Laundering


Genève 12 – 13 October 1995

• Control and approval of professional training


Málaga 2 – 3 May 1996

• Multidisciplinary Partnerships


Napoli 24 October 1996

• Individual Advertising


Berlin 2 – 3 May 1997

• Individual Advertising


Liverpool 9 – 12 October 1997

• Lawyers’ Fees


Lisboa 21 – 24 May 1998

• Lawyers’ Fees


Bruges 23 – 24 October 1998 Lawyers’ Liability


Toulouse 30 April – 1 May 1999

• Lawyers’ Liability


Taormina 8 – 10 October 1999

• Professional Confidentiality


Barcelona 12 – 13 May 2000

• Professional Confidentiality


Celle 20 – 21 October 2000

• Minium training standards for European Lawyers


Andorra 10 – 13 May 2001

• Training of lawyers in Europe


Valencia 12 – 15 September 2001

• The economic independence of the Lawyer


Viena 16 – 19. May 2002

• The economic independence of the Lawyer


Praga 5 – 8 June 2003

• The procedure before the European Court of Human Rights


Bilbao 17 – 18 October 2003

• Expectations of Bar Associations

• Alternative Bar Association funding methods
• Public and private functions of Bar Associations
• Projects and directives onlegal aid
• Situation in the various EU States


Lyon 28 – 29 May 2004

• The future of the Bars in the European Economic Space


Foggia 15 – 16 October 2004

• The future of the legal profession in Europe.
• Self organisation of the Bars in Europe: today and in the future


Dresden 20 – 21 May 2005

• The requirements and expectations of the Eastern European Bars


Marseille 20 – 22 octobre 2005

• The professional publicity of the lawyer and his professional assurance


Zürich 19 – 20 May 2006

• The fee of Lawyer and the result.


Porto 19 – 21 october 2006

• The lawyer and the market


Naples 24 – 26 May 2007

• The independence of lawyer against straight gouvernments


Strasbourg 11 – 13 october 2007

• The protection of lawyer in the performance of his duties


Istanbul 23 – 24 May 2008

• The publicity of lawyer
• The communication of the bars


Torquay 16 – 18 october 2008

• The hard kernel of the deontology of lawyer
• The incidence of the alternative structures of exercise of the profession


Brugge 21 – 23 May 2009

• The structures of the law firms and their financing.
• The financial situation of the Bars.


Valencia 1 – 3 october 2009

• Mediation as a new formula to solve conflicts. The role of the legal profession
• Towards a common rule on conflicts of interest?


Aix –en –Provence 20 – 22 May 2010

• Should we “modernise” the lawyers’ profession and the Bars?


Madrid 23 – 25 September 2010

• The continuous and specialized training for lawyers in the European framework. New challenges, new solutions.
• The role of the Bar Associations as a guarantee of the total effectiveness of Law as a fair process, recognized by the European Agreement of Human Rights.
• Projects that improve the administration of justice: observatories of justice in internet.


Firenze 26 – 29 May 2011

• Social security for lawyers in Europe


Wroclaw 21 – 24 September 2011

• The legal profession and data protection – new needs in training of european lawyers
• The Lawyer and social media


Brussels 24 – 26 May 2012

• The virtual lawyer : social media and on –line communication for the bar and the lawyers


Geneva 11 – 13 October 2012

• STAGE Transborder practice of profession (practical issues according to Directives 77/249: 98/5) Money Laundering and the specific obligations for the European lawyers The changes of Legal Education in Europe
• Intermediate Meeting Self regulation of the legal profession


Frankfurt –Am –Main 29 May – 1st June 2013

• Does the international debt crisis put the legal profession under pressure for reforms?


Cluj 17 – 19 October 2013

• STAGE Alternative dispute resolutions as a solution to the acces to justice
• Intermediate meeting Answers of bars to overcome the obstacles that prevent access to justice


Vienna 29 May – 1st June 2014

• Are lawyers still independant today?


Lucca 02 – 04 October 2014

• Procedural systems in comparison. Combine efficiency, justice and equality of the parties. Current solutions and projects under the sign of European unity.


Bilbao 14 – 16 May 2015

• Collaborative Law
• Human Rights in companies and business
• Anti –corruption and transparency


Krakow, 8 – 11 October 2015

• The crime of “money laundering” against the banking law and pertinent regulations of the European Union
• The Issues related to the legal, material and procedural basis for prosecution of cross –border crime, especially the so –called “trading carousel
• The issues of corruption in business transactions (fraud) put in the context of the respective corruption criminalization models within the public domain
• Indemnity of the Lawyers practising in more than one EU Country


Strasbourg 12 – 14 May 2016

• The Lawyer in dialogue with the European Court of Human Rights


Luxembourg 13 – 15 October 2016

• The Lawyer in dialogue with the Court of Justice of the European Union


Den Haag 1 – 3 June 2017

• The Lawyer in dialogue with the International Criminal Court


London 9 – 11 November 2017

• Lawyers and Climate Change


Bologna 17 – 19 May 2018

• New Families – New Challenges


Warsaw 20 – 22 September 2018

• The right to privacy in a digital age


Barcelona 30 May – 01 June 2019

• The separation of powers : a fundamental aspect of the Rule of law


Lisbon 24 – 26 October 2019

• Self – regulation in the Legal Profession: Proportionality Test & Quality


Paris 27 – 28 September 2021

• Access to Law and Justice : European Bar associations and Lawyers on the Front line