Bar council - Definition and Overview

A bar council in a Commonwealth country is a professional body that regulates the profession of barristers together with the Inns of Court. Solicitors are regulated by the Law society.

Where there is no distinction between barristers and solicitors (i.e. where there is a fused profession) the professional body may be called either the Law Society or the Bar Council.

External links

For "Bar Councils" in jurisdictions with fused professions, see Law society

Bar Councils in Australia

• New South Wales Bar Association (http://www.nswbar.asn.au)
• Victorian Bar (http://www.vicbar.com.au)
• Bar Association of Queensland (http://www.qldbar.asn.au)

The following bar associations represent bars which are not fully separate from the solicitors' profession.

• Western Australia Bar Association (http://www.wabar.asn.au)
• Australian Capital Territory Bar Association (http://www.actbar.com.au)

Bar Councils in Ireland

• Bar Council of Ireland (http://www.lawlibrary.ie)

Bar Councils in the United Kingdom

• General Council of the Bar of England and Wales (http://www.barcouncil.org.uk)
• Faculty of Advocates of Scotland (http://www.advocates.org.uk)
• Bar Council of Northern Ireland (http://www.lawlibrary.com)

Bar Councils in Other Countries

• Hong Kong Bar Association (http://www.hkba.org)
• Canadian Bar Association (http://www.cba.org/CBA/Home.asp)