Progress on new European convention protecting lawyers

The European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) last week approved the draft text prepared by the Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers (CJ-AV), which was established for that purpose in January 2022.

The CDCJ, which held its 103rd plenary meeting in Strasbourg from 21 to 24 November, will now send both the draft text and an accompanying report from CJ-AV to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers for approval.

The CJ-AV, which included 15 representatives of member states, was tasked with developing a legal instrument to strengthen the protection of the profession of lawyer and the right to practice the profession without prejudice or restraint.