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The European Association of Lawyers (AEA-EAL) Deontology Committee and the Azerbaijani Bar Association (ABA) invite you to the webinar „Lawyers: Communication, Publicity and Advertising. The Experience in Azerbaijan and Europe” that will be held on zoom platform on April 5, 2024 at 13:00 CET.

The participation in the webinar is free of charge.

Register at: office@aea-eal.eu and get the webinar online stream link.

AEA-EAL together with UMCS (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), invite you to attend the International Conference „Legal professions in the environment of modern digital transformations. Challenges and dilemmas”.

You can join online or in person. Register to: office@aea-eal.eu

When: March 6-8, 2024

Where: UMCS (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), Lublin, Poland

Participation in the conference is free of charge. You may attend in person or online.

During the conference there will be simultaneous interpretation in English and in Polish provided.

For the participants coming to the beautiful city of Lublin there will be social events until March 9. If you are interested in these additional activities, please contact us.

Register to the address: office@aea-eal.eu and receive a link to the live online stream of the conference.

Please find the programme of the conference below:

The 52nd European Presidents’ Conference took place on February 8-10, 2024 in Vienna. The topic of the discussion was: „Big data, fewer rights – will AI change the rule of law forever?”.

The European Association of Lawyers AEA-EAL provided a report of its activities in 2023 to be published along the reports of other European bars and associations.

The conference was attended by 4 members of AEA-EAL Board of Directors: President Maria Ślązak, Konrad Meingast, Monique Stengel and Vladimir Palamarciuc.

The Committee of Experts and Observers on the Protection of the Profession of a Lawyer (CJ-AV) 7^th meeting on the draft Convention for the protection of lawyers was held on January 30 – February 1, 2024 in Strasbourg.

CJ-AV examined both the draft of the future Convention and the draft of the Explanatory Report to the Convention in their entirety with a view to preparing the forthcoming stakeholders’ consultation process.

The European Association of Lawyers (AEA-EAL)  was represented at this meeting  by its President Maria Ślązak.

Maria Ślązak, President of the European Association of Lawyers (AEA-EAL) attended the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year that was held in Hong Kong on January 21-22, 2024.

Our Association was invited to join this prestigious ceremony by the Law Society of Hong Kong – just like in the previous years.

It was the first Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year after COVID-19 restrictions. It was attended by 100 guests representing many associations of lawyers  from around 20 jurisdictions.

Maria Ślązak was one of the speakers at the event called the Presidents’ Roundtable, organized during this ceremony.

Following the online meeting on learning about the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and using it effectively in practice by the AEA-EAL, the Białystok Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the study visit was organized at the FRA seat in Vienna on January 18, 2024.

The visit was organized by the Białystok Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law (AEA-EAL collective member) and was attended by 7 attorneys-at-law of the Białystok Bar, led by its Dean Joanna Kamieńska, as well as 2 attorneys-at-law each from the Warsaw Bar and the Kraków Bar.

The delegation heard a lecture on procedural rights of cooperation in criminal matters. The lecture also covered the Agency’s research and reports, sources and methods of obtaining knowledge, and research trends.

Another topic of the lecture was violations of environmental protection laws. The Agency points out the need to build public awareness of greenwashing. The Agency implements projects focused on research related to a sustainable green deal, with procedural problems regarding liability for violations.

The visit also included a joint sightseeing tour of Vienna.

Please find below the materials from this visit:

As a follow-up of the AEA-EAL – OIRP Białystok – FRA online meeting (Learning about the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and using it effectively in practice), we are delighted to invite Polish speaking colleagues to the Study visit to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), that will take place on January 18, 2024, in Vienna (Austria). The meeting will be held in partnership with OIRP Białystok and is dedicated to cross-border judicial cooperation in criminal matters and the protection of the environment.

This is a wonderful time of the year in Vienna as the carnival season is in its peak. The tradition of Carnival balls dates back over 100 years and is still alive in the city.

Our colleagues from OIRP Białystok organize an additional attraction – a guided tour in Vienna. The tour will take place the next day after the visit to FRA, on January 19, 2024 (Friday) between 10:00 and 14:00 CET. The meeting point for starting the tour will be Hotel Bellevue at 10:00 CET.

The visit to FRA is free of charge. Also the guided tour is free of charge for the participants of the event.

Please confirm your participation until January 11, 2024, on the following e-mail: office@aea-eal.eu

Agenda for the study visit:

14:00-14:30 – REGISTRATION

14:30-15:00 – FRA work on cross-border judicial cooperation in criminal matters including defence rights (in Polish) – Matylda Pogorzelska

15:00-15:15 – Q&A

15:15-15:45 – FRA work on the protection of the environment (in Polish) – Patrycja Pogodzinska

15:45-16:00 – Q&A

16:00-16:15 – BREAK

16:15-16:45 – FRA tools and material on the Charter (in English) – Sanja Jovicic

16:45-17:00 – Q&A

17:00 – END OF VISIT