List of bar associations
This list of bar associations includes professional organizations of the legal profession. The list is sorted by continent, then by country.
Multi- and international
- International Bar Association
- Union Internationale des Avocats
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association
- International Federation of Women Lawyers
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association
Africa
- East Africa Law Society (multinational)
- The Egyptian Bar Association (Egypt)
- Barreau d'Algerie (Algeria)
- Barreau de Setif (Algeria: Setif)
- Conseil de l'ordre des avocats d'Alger (Algeria: Alger)
- Ordem dos Advogados de Angola (Angola)
- Ethiopian Bar Association (Ethiopia)
- Barreau du Bénin (Benin)
- Law Society of the Republic of Botswana (Botswana)
- Burundi Bar Association (Burundi)
- Barreau de Cote d'Ivoire (Cote d'Ivoire)
- Barreau du Gabon (Gabon)
- Ghana Bar Association (Ghana)
- Gambia Bar Association (Gambia)
- Ordem dos Advogados da Guiné-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
- Ordre des avocats au barreau du Cameroun (Cameroon)
- Ordem dos Advogados de Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
- Law Society of Kenya (Kenya)
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Ordre national des avocats de la republique democratique du Congo (Congo)
- Barreau de Brazzaville (Congo: Brazzaville)
- Barreau de Pointe Noire (Congo: Pointe Noire)
- Law Society of Lesotho (Lesotho)
- Liberia National Bar Association (Liberia)
- Malawi Law Society (Malawi)
- Mauritius Bar Associations (Mauritius)
- Association des Barreaux du Maroc (Morocco)
- Bar Associations of Morocco (Morocco)
- Ordre des Avocats au Barreau de Casablanca (Morocco: Casablanca)
- Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambiqu (Mozambique)
- Law Society of Namibia (Namibia)
- Nigeria Bar Association (Nigeria)
- Ordre des avocats au Barreau de Kigali (Rwanda)
- Law Association of Zambia (Zambia)
- Zanzibar Law Society (Zanzibar)
- Ordem dos Advogados de São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Bar Association of Senegal (Senegal)
- Bar Association of Seychelles (Seychelles)
- Sierra Leone Bar Association (Sierra Leone)
- Law Society of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)
- Somalia Bar (Somalia)
- Cape Law Society (South Africa)
- General Council of the Bar of South Africa (South Africa)
- Law Society of Northern Provinces (South Africa)
- Law Society of South Africa (South Africa)
- The KwaZulu Natal Law Society (South Africa: KwaZulu Natal)
- Sudan Bar Association (Sudan)
- The Law Society of Swaziland (Swaziland)
- Tanganyika Law Society (Tanzania)
- National Bar Association of Tunisia (Tunisia)
- Bar Association at the Court of Lome in Togo (Togo)
- Uganda Law Society (Uganda)
America
- Barbados Bar Association (Barbados)
- Bermuda Bar Association (Bermuda)
- Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Brazil)
- British Virgin Islands Bar Association (British Virgin Islands)
- Bar Association (Costa Rica) (Costa Rica)
- Jamaica Bar (Jamaica)
- Bar Association (Canada) (Canada)
- Bar Association (Cuba) (Cuba)
- Bar Association (Mexico) (Mexico)
- Bar Association (Uruguay) (Uruguay)
- American Bar Association (United States)
Asia
- Bahrain Bar Society (Bahrain)
- All China Lawyers Association (China)
- Hong Kong Bar Association (China: Hong Kong)
- The Law Society of Hong Kong (China: Hong Kong)
- Supreme Court Bar Association (India)
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Bar Council of India (India)
- Hansi Bar Association (India: Haryana)
- Rewari Bar Association (India: South Haryana)
- Iran Bar Associations Union (Iran, umbrella organization, 12 independent provincial bar associations )
- Iraqi Bar Association (Iraq)
- Yemen Bar Association (Yemen)
- Jordan Bar Association (Jordan)
- Kurdistan Lawyers Association (Iraq: Kurdistan)
- The Israel Bar Association (Israel)
- Kuwait Bar Association (Kuwait)
- Bar Association of Tripoli (Libya)
- Beirut Bar Association (Lebanon)
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Malaysian Bar (Malaysia)
- Kuala Lumpur Bar (Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur)
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Philippines)
- Damascus Bar Association (Syria)
- Bar Association (Thailand) (Thailand)
- Timor-Leste Bar Association (East Timor)
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Türkiye Barolar Birliği (Turkey)
- İstanbul Barosu (Turkey, Istambul)
Australia and Oceania
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Australian Bar Association (Australia)
- New South Wales Bar Association (New South Wales)
- Victorian Bar Council (Victoria)
- Queensland Bar Association (Queensland)
- South Australian Bar Association (South Australia)
- Western Australian Bar Association (Western Australia)
- Tasmanian Bar Council (Tasmania)
- New Zealand Law Society (New Zealand)
- New Zealand Bar Association (New Zealand)
Europe
- European Patent Lawyers Association (Europe)
- Ordre Des Barreaux Francophones et Germanophone de Belgique (Belgian-Walloon Bar Association)
- Orde van Vlaamse Balies (Belgium-Flemish Bar Association)
- Kolegiya Pravata (Bulgaria)
- Advokatsamfundet (Denmark)
- Federal Bar Association (Germany)
- Bar Association (Germany, see also list of bar associations in Germany with a list of the chambers of the federal states and local chambers with jurisdiction for one higher regional court and several regional court districts each)
- Munich Bar Association (Germany)
- Bar Association at the Federal Court of Justice (Germany, responsible for lawyers admitted to the Federal Court of Justice )
- Eesti Advokatuur (Estonia)
- Suomen Asianajajaliitto (Finland)
- Barreau des avocats (France)
- Conseil National des Barreaux (France)
- Dikigoros Syllogos (Greece)
- Inns of Court (UK)
- Association of Pension Lawyers (Great Britain)
- General Council of the Bar (UK: England and Wales)
- Bar Council of Northern Ireland (Great Britain: Northern Ireland)
- Law Society of Scotland (UK: Scotland)
- Faculty of Advocates (Great Britain: Scotland)
- Law Society of Ireland (Ireland)
- Bar Council of Ireland (Ireland)
- King's Inns (Ireland)
- Hrvatska odvjetnička komora (Croatia)
- Consiglio Nazionale Forense (Italy)
- Latvijas Zvērinātu advokātu padome (Latvia)
- Liechtenstein Bar Association (Liechtenstein)
- Lietuvos advokatūra (Lithuania)
- Barreau de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- The Chamber of Advocates (Malta)
- Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten (Netherlands)
- Austrian Bar Association (Austria)
- Adwokatury Polskiej (Poland)
- Ordem dos Advogados Portugueses (Portugal)
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Uniunea Naţionalã a Barourilor din România (Romania)
- Baroul București (Romania)
- Sveriges advokatsamfund (Sweden)
- Swiss Bar Association (Switzerland, umbrella organization with cantonal associations)
- Slovenská advokátska komora (Slovakia)
- Odwntniška Zbornica Slovenije (Slovenia)
- Consejo General de la Abogacia (Spain)
- Česká advokátní komora (Czech Republic)
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Türkiye Barolar Birliği (Turkey)
- İstanbul Barosu (Turkey, Istambul)
- Magyar Ügyvedi camera (Hungary)