Franco-Indian Lawyers Association

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Note: This page is about the legal association. For other uses of the acronym, see fila.

FILA, the Franco-Indian Lawyers Association (or Association des Avocats et Juristes Franco-Indiens), was founded in December 2004 to create links between the legal communities of France and India. With France's global importance as a leading member of the European Union and India's emerging impact on the world economy, closer contact between these two countries is inevitable, and FILA aims to facilitate this through the sphere of law. FILA's aims are fourfold:

• To generate closer ties between France and India via a mutual understanding of, and mutual respect for, their respective legal systems and cultures.

• To represent and lobby for changes benefiting the professional activities of lawyers who wish to practice or establish themselves in either country.

• To provide an intellectual forum for legal and professional conduct issues arising in France and/or India, via the website, the FILA Law Review and colloquia throughout the year.

• To develop a spirit of community between its members, especially by cultural or professional exchanges.

It has substantial French and Indian chapters, and counts Y. K. Sabharwal, the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, amongst its patrons.

It has its own journal, the FILA Law Review, and runs various schemes and colloquia to promote closer relations between the legal professionals of both countries. Visit the FILA website for more information.

[edit] External link

• FILA Website

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