Iraqi Bar Association
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| Type | Bar association |
|---|---|
Region served | Iraq |
The Iraqi Bar Association[1][2][3] (Arabic: نقابة المحامين العراقيين, also translated in English as Union of Lawyers in Iraq or Iraq's lawyers' union[4]), created in 1933, is the biggest lawyers' association in Iraq, with tens of thousands of members as of 2007.[1] It is a member of the International Bar Association.
The Iraqi Bar Association is headquartered in Almansour, Baghdad.[2][3]
Under the "modified practicing law code Number 173 for the year 1965", Iraqi lawyers are not technically obliged to be members of the Iraqi Bar Association, but in practice, obtaining an obligatory lawyer's license is infeasible without membership. Saddam Hussein was a member of the Iraqi Bar Association after taking an examination that was never graded. All members are obliged to subscribe to the Bar Association's newsletter.[1] Members of the Kurdistan Bar Association are allowed to be members of the Iraqi Bar Association and vice versa.[1]
About 38,000 lawyers were members of the Iraqi Bar Association in August 2007, with a men to women ratio of about 70:30.[1] New members status can pass through three "authorisation" levels, A, B and C, requiring coursework and a time delay to progress through the levels.[1]
In principle, every three years, eleven "Bar Association Board Council" members are elected in a one-day election by all members. The President of the association is elected separately from the Board Council. The Bar Association Board consists of the President, his/her Deputy, the Board Council Secretary, the Treasurer and six members of the Board Council.[1]