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On 28th October 2024 AEA-EAL Deontology Committee under its Chair and AEA-EAL Vice-President Nielson Sánchez-Stewart, organized an online webinar dedicated to the problems of professional secrecy and legal professional privilege.

The event attracted more than 120 registered particiapants from various countries and jurisdictions.

The webinar was opened by AEA-EAL President David Asatiani, who welcomed all the participants and addressed the importance of the topics to be discussed.

The webinar speakers made the following interesting interventions:

Iain G. Mitchell KC – What is the scope of Legal Professional Privilege and Professional Secrecy and why do they exist?

Jędrzej Klatka – Legal activities covered by professional secret
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Jean-Louis Collart – Penalties for violation
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Alex Tallon – Confidentiality of correspondence between lawyers
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Vladimir Palamarciuc – Professional secret of in-house lawyers

Nielson Sánchez-Stewart – Professional secret and money laundering
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The presentations were followed by a vivid discussion which concluded with the announcement of the another webinar to be held by the Deontology Committee.

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).

When: December 9-11, 2024

Where: online

More information:
2nd edition

Information about the 1st edition:
1st edition

Register here:
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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).

Download the meeting report here:

REPORT

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:

1. Women’s Rights – Gender-Based Violence (Strategies and Tactics: Empowering Legal Professionals in Fighting Gender-Based Violence and Creating a Gender-Inclusive Practice).
2. Successful Legal Professions 2030+ (Staying Successful in the Legal Professions in 2030+ by Embracing the Artificial Intelligence Wave in Law).
3. Access to Justice (Breaking Down Barriers: Effective Ways to Ensure Access to Justice for All).
4. 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.