Biscay Bar Association
Formation1838
Legal statusSpanish public law corporation, professional association
PurposeGoverning the lawyers of Biscay
HeadquartersBilbao (Spain)
Region
Biscay (Spain)
Membership (2020)
4846
Official language
Spanish and Basque
Chairperson
Carlos Fuentenebro
Main organ
Government Board and General Meeting
Websitewww.icabizkaia.eus

The Biscay Bar Association (officially Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia, in Spanish, and Bizkaiko Abokatuen Elkargo Ohoretsua, in Basque) is a Spanish public law corporation and professional association that groups, represents, governs and defends the lawyers of Biscay.

It is the professional association in Biscay to which lawyers must be joined in order to practice law.[1] Its headquarters are in Bilbao.[2][3][4]

The institution

The Biscay Bar Association was founded on July 11, 1838, in the Bilbao City Council by call of Don José Javier de Goytia who was the first Dean of the professional association, for being the oldest lawyer in the town.[5]

The Biscay Bar Association is the governing body of all the associated lawyers in the circumscript of exercise of this professional association (Biscay) and has its headquarters in Bilbao. The current chairperson of the institution is Carlos Fuentenebro.[6]

In Spain, in order for lawyers to practice law they must be in possession of the Professional Title of Lawyer (Título Profesional de Abogado), to get the title it is necessary to have a bachelor's degree in Law, a master's degree in Law and to pass the State Exam of Lawyers.[7][8][9][10]

Chairpersons of the Biscay Bar Association

  • Carlos Fuentenebro (2013-)
  • Nazario De Oleaga Páramo (2003-2013)
  • Carlos Suárez González (1988-1998)

See also

References

  1. ↑ In Spain, in order for lawyers to practice law they must be in possession of the Professional Title of Lawyer (lawyer license) and they must also join to a professional association of lawyers of Spain. It is compulsory to be joined to a bar association (it could be any of all Spain).
  2. ↑ "El Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia adopta una denominación más integradora y cambia su logo". www.abogacia.es. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  3. ↑ www.abogacia.es https://www.abogacia.es/conozcanos/la-institucion/ejercicio-de-la-abogacia/. Retrieved 2019-07-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "La Ley de Acceso a la Abogacía, en ocho preguntas - El Derecho - Sector Jurídico". El Derecho (in Spanish). 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  5. ↑ "Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia – Bizkaiko Abokatuen Elkargo Ohoretsua". www.icasv-bilbao.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  6. ↑ "Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia – Bizkaiko Abokatuen Elkargo Ohoretsua". www.icasv-bilbao.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  7. ↑ "BOE.es - Documento consolidado BOE-A-2006-18870". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  8. ↑ "BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-2011-10459". www.boe.es. pp. 61762–61774. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  9. ↑ Digital, Confidencial (2017-03-01). "Indignación entre los futuros abogados: Justicia endurece por sorpresa el examen de acceso". Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  10. ↑ "La Ley de Acceso a la Abogacía, en ocho preguntas - El Derecho - Sector Jurídico". El Derecho (in Spanish). 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
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