We invite you to attend the 2nd edition of the Annual EU CharterXchange.
The “Annual EU CharterXchange” is an initiative of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission to enhance the application of the rights enshrined in the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights (EU Charter).
The European Association of Lawyers (AEA-EAL) Deontology Committee invites you to the webinar „Professional Secrecy and Legal Professional Privilege. An International View” that will be held on zoom platform on: October 28, 2024 at 17:00 CET.
Language: English.
The participants of the webinar get the participation certificates.
The participation in the webinar is free of charge.
Register at: office@aea-eal.eu and get the webinar online stream link.
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers (CJ-AV) 9th meeting was held on September 9-11, 2024 in Strasbourg.
It included the revision of the draft of the legal instrument aiming at strengthening the protection of the profession of lawyer and the right to practice the profession without prejudice or restraint: examination of the draft text and the draft explanatory report.
AEA-EAL was represented at this meeting by the Immediate Past President, Maria Ślązak.
This event also included a visit to the Strasbourg Consulate General of Germany.
Left to right: Mr. Rafał Czarski (Deputy to the Permanent Representative of Poland in the Council of Europe), Ms. Maria Ślązak (Immediate Past President of the AEA-EAL), Mr. Christoph Henrichs (Chair of the CJ-AV).
The International Conference „Making Law Attractive Again” was held in Vienna, Austria on September 12-14, 2024. It was organized by the Women in Law Initiative.
The conference covered two main topics: Young Voices: The Future of Law (How can we create a more diverse and welcoming future for law) and Unlocking Equal Pay (How to promote pay transparency and combat the gender pay gap in Europe). It was divided into 4 conference tracks:
Women’s Rights – Gender-Based Violence (Strategies and Tactics: Empowering Legal Professionals in Fighting Gender-Based Violence and Creating a Gender-Inclusive Practice).
Successful Legal Professions 2030+ (Staying Successful in the Legal Professions in 2030+ by Embracing the Artificial Intelligence Wave in Law).
Access to Justice (Breaking Down Barriers: Effective Ways to Ensure Access to Justice for All).
ESG & SDGs (Building a Prosperous Future For All: How the Legal Professions Can Embrace ESG and SDG Principles).
AEA-EAL was represented at the conference by the Immediate Past President, Maria Ślązak.
The 14th Polish-German Legal Forum was held on September 5-7, 2024 in Opole, Poland. It was organized by the Opole Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law and AEA-EAL was the partner of this event.
The forum included three days of intensive discussions, networking and integration which resulted in the immersion of topics of AML, international family law and lawyer communication.
Our Association was represented at the event by AEA-EAL Secretary General.
The first edition of the Mentoring Program organized by AEA-EAL and EYBA (European Young Bar Association) in 2023-2024 concluded with a success as reported by both Mentors and Mentees who took part in it.
The organizers decided to launch the second edition of the Mentoring Program.
This program proposes to strengthen communication between generations of senior lawyers and young lawyers, guide young lawyers from different countries in their career path and personal development, contribute for the implementation of the best standards in the exercise of the profession of lawyer.
We encourage many of our members to become a mentor and share their knowledge and experience with others! We encourage young lawyers to participate and benefit from the program!
The Mentoring Program organized by AEA-EAL and EYBA is a unique initiative to bridge professional communication between generations of lawyers in Europe. As organizers we learn from this process and this year we aim to reduce the number of participants to enhance the efficiency of the program and make it more demanding by prospective applicants. The relation between mentor and mentee goes beyond professional communication, it also bears personal development and discovering the culture of each other. We hope that you will enjoy actively participating in the Mentoring Program.
AEA-EAL invites you to the 5th International Women in Law Conference „Making Law Attractive Again”.
When: September 12-14, 2024
Where: Vienna, Austria
In a total of two kick-off events and four conference tracks, international and Austrian experts will talk about how further developments in artificial intelligence will change the legal profession, explore effective ways to facilitate access to justice for disadvantaged groups, discuss what measures lawyers can take to counteract violence against women and how the gender pay gap could be closed (faster).
AEA-EAL and the Opole Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law invite you to the 14th edition of the Polish-German Legal Forum.
When: September 5-7, 2024
Where: Opole, Poland
The Polish German Legal Forum is a periodic conference, covering cross-border legal issues, including the EU law and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, supporting international cooperation between lawyers and cross-border provision of legal services.
The substantive blocks of the Forum are obligations in anti-money laundering, and international family law and lawyers’ communication.
We are very glad to present the new President of our Association, Mr. David Asatiani.
David Asatiani was elected as the President of the European Association of Lawyers on June 13, 2024. Previously, he served as Vice-President of the Association from 2021 to 2024.
David Asatiani is also in his second term as the President of the Georgian Bar Association (GBA), having been re-elected during the General Assembly’s annual meeting in 2021. He has been a member of the GBA since its foundation in 2005. He was a member of the Executive Board of the GBA in 2006-2010 and 2013-2017. At the same time, he served as an International Secretary of the GBA. In 2008-2017 he was a representative of the GBA to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). As for 2010-2017, he was a Chairman of the Working Groups of Judges, Lawyers and Prosecutors.
David Asatiani founded the law firm Asatiani Law Partners in 2005 and is still its founding partner. In 1998-2005 he was a senior lawyer at various law firms and in 2012 he became a CEDR accredited mediator.
As a member of the Constitutional Commission, in 2017, David Asatiani was actively involved in the process of drafting a new Constitution of Georgia; in 2012-2013 he was a member and Chairman of the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary. In 2009-2013 he was the founder and chairman of the NGO Georgian Lawyers for Independent Profession (GLIP).
In 1997 David Asatiani graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, specializing in International Law; he completed his postgraduate studies at Tbilisi State University in 2001 and back in 1995 he also graduated from the Tbilisi Institute of Law and Economics. He has received extensive professional experience in organization and functioning of the justice system and legal profession in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, etc.
David Asatiani is proficient in Georgian, Russian and English.
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