Swiss Bar Association
| Swiss Bar Association (SAV) |
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|---|---|
| legal form | society |
| purpose | Safeguarding the reputation, rights and interests of the Swiss legal profession at home and abroad for the independence of the legal profession |
| Seat | Bern |
| founding | June 5, 1898
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| President | Albert Nussbaumer |
| Vice President (s) | Matthias Miescher |
| Vice President | Birgit Sambeth Glasner |
| executive Director | René Rall |
| Members | 11,010 members, including 3,487 women |
| Website | www.sav-fsa.ch |
The Swiss Bar Association (SAV) is the professional organization of independent and self-employed lawyers in Switzerland.
purpose
According to its statutes, the SAV represents and safeguards the reputation, rights and interests of the Swiss legal profession at home and abroad for the independence of the legal profession . It promotes the theoretical and practical further training of its members and contributes to perfecting the law and the administration of justice. It establishes and maintains a collegial relationship among its members and promotes relationships among the cantonal lawyers' associations. He maintains relationships with lawyers 'associations in other countries and with international lawyers' organizations that pursue similar goals. He represents the Swiss legal profession vis-à-vis the federal authorities and international organizations.
The SAV has issued professional rules that are binding for its members and supplement the statutory regulations.
organization
The association has its seat in Bern . It is made up of 24 cantonal lawyers' associations.
The SAV currently has 11,010 members, 3,487 of whom are women.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Articles of Association of the Swiss Bar Association. June 14, 2019, accessed April 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Swiss Bar Association (ed.): Swiss professional rules . Lucerne June 10, 2005 ( sav-fsa.ch [PDF]).
- ↑ Who we are. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '53 " N , 7 ° 26' 49.7" E ; CH1903: 600 647 / 199,663