Order of Attorneys of Brazil
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Order of Attorneys of Brazil (or the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil) is the Brazilian Bar association, founded in 1930. It is an organization of lawyers and responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in the country.
Its early origins are found on a private institution founded in 1843. Graduates in Law from university who wish to act on behalf of clients before a Court of Law must register at the Order of Attorneys of Brazil. Only those who are duly registered can provide legal consultation and appear before the Court.
Being a public organization, it is independent from the government, but it has some public powers, which include disciplinary action over its members. In Brazilian Law, an attorney-at-law is known as advogado.
Contents |
[edit] Bar examination
In Brazil, there is a bar examination, that occur in each State in March, August and December. These examinations are organized by Order of Attorneys of Brazil, the Brazilian Bar association. There is some controversy about the quality and results of these examinations[1]. The mediocre results led the Brazilian population to question the quality of Law in colleges, because the best results usually tend to concentrate in a few universities, although the most of colleges are severely non-represented.
[edit] References
- Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Portuguese)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- List of Bar Associations, courtesy Hieros Gamos
- Ordem dos Advogados (Portugal) (Portuguese)
- Ordre des Avocats de Paris (French)
