OSCE organizes training seminar for lawyers and legal advisers

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized an online two-day training seminar on enhancing capacities of professional societies for lawyers on 21 and 22 October 2021.

Some 65 lawyers, legal advisers, representatives of the Bar Associations and Legal Chamber of Advisers, and international experts, discussed best practices in the standards of qualification exams or certification for admission to professional societies, issues related to professional duties of lawyers and the accountability of lawyers´ associations.

The training seminar also focused on international experience in the field of disciplinary boards of professional societies and co-operation of professional associations of lawyers with governmental and other institutions in furthering the ends of justice and upholding professional standards and ethics. Participants produced recommendations for improving the organizational work of such professional societies, such as bar associations and legal chambers.

The event is part of the Programme Office’s long-standing efforts to strengthen the rule of law and to support the development of the legal profession in the host country.