Azerbaijani lawyers celebrate professional holiday

Today is the professional holiday of lawyers in Azerbaijan.

E-huquq.az reports that according to the Order of President Ilham Aliyev dated December 25, 2019, December 28 is marked as "Lawyer's Day".

The Bar Association is the legitimate successor of the Bar Association operating under the “Regulations on Advocacy of the Azerbaijan SSR” approved by the Law of the Azerbaijan SSR dated November 13, 1980 Main duty. The main duty of the Bar Association is to protect the rights and freedoms of every person, the interests protected by law, to provide them with professional, high quality, honest legal assistance, to raise the prestige of the legal profession.

Activity

The organization and activity of the Bar Association shall be determined by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Advocates and Advocacy” and the Charter of the Bar Association adopted in accordance with it.

Members

Currently, the number of members of the Bar Association operating in the Republic of Azerbaijan is 2132 people. 1752 of them are men and 380 are women.1679 people work in Baku and 453 in the regions. The oldest lawyer - Rajabova Eleanora Viktorovna - 06.04.1933 - 88 years old The youngest lawyer - Abdullazade Khayala Nijat gizi - 01.05.1997 - 24 years old. At the same time, the number of law firms in our country has increased roughly in the past three years, and now there are 108 law firms, 70 of which are located in Baku.

As e-huquq.az, we congratulate everyone named a lawyer and wish them success in their future activity.