El Consejo General of the Abogacía Española, representative, coordinating and senior executive body of the 83 Bar Associations in Spain that bring together a total of 154.583 practicing lawyers and 100.329 non-practicing lawyers (data as of December 31, 2018), has among its functions that of ordering the professional practice of lawyers and ensure the prestige of the profession.
Origins of the Council
The origins of Consejo General of the Abogacía Española go back to the year 1942, when the then dean of the Zaragoza Bar Association, Emilio Laguna Azorín, addressed a communication to all his members and to the Madrid Bar Association in which he summarized the serious situation of the Abogacía Española in the postwar period. At the end of the same year this communication was sent to all the deans of Spain.
Thus began a series of contacts for the creation of a higher body that would enable a coordinated action of the Colleges, give greater importance to the profession and the presence of the Legal Profession in the legislative renewal.
The idea was widely accepted and the then dean of Madrid, Antonio Goicoechea, at the proposal of Zaragoza, took over the direction of the project. The main objectives were the removal of any type of impediment to the professional intervention of lawyers before all courts and jurisdictions and the creation of a Mutual Fund whose purpose was to grant pensions to orphans and widows of lawyers, as well as subsidies to those affected by "Physical or intellectual uselessness, or disabled for work due to their old age."
Comic 75 years of Consejo General de la Abogacía Española
The Creation
The idea was approved by the Ministry of Justice, and by Decree of June 19, 1943, what was then called Consejo General of the Illustrious Bar Associations of Spain, which received its first composition by Ministerial Order of October 14 of the same year.
Throughout the history of the Council, the National Congresses of the Legal Profession have been authentic renovating events. The main changes experienced by the Council, both in its functions and in its composition, took place after the IV Congress, held in León in June 1970. In the midst of democratic transition, the Consejo General he acquires most of the skills he has in Latest News. The twelfth and last was held in Valladolid in May 2019.
General Statute of the Legal Profession
The approval of the current General Statute of Abogacía Española by Royal Decree 135/2021, of March 2, collects the spirit of defense of the rights and freedoms of citizens. In addition, the deontological and ethical duties of lawyers are substantially reinforced and the principles of freedom, independence and free competition of legal professionals always placed at the service of the defendant are guaranteed.
Active presence
In recent years, the Council has had a decisive participation in the drafting of various laws that update the profession: Access Law - demanded by the Legal Profession since 1917-; Law of Professional Societies and regulation of the Special Labor Relationship; reform of the Law on Professional Associations derived from the Services Directive; the successive reforms of the Civil Procedure Law or the Penal Code, etc. In addition, the Council has promoted the training of lawyers and the generalization of the implementation of new technologies through the Technological Project of the Legal Profession, and has achieved achievements such as procedural inability on Saturdays.
Presidents of the Consejo General
After the appointment of Antonio Goicoechea y Cosculluela (1943-1952), the presidents of the Consejo General de la Abogacía Española, already democratically elected, have been:
Manuel Escobedo Duato (1952-1959)
Faust Vicente Gella (1959-1964)
Jose Luis del Valle Iturriaga (1964-1972)
Antonio Pedrol Rius (1973-1992)
Eugenio Gay Montalvo (1992-2001)
Carlos Carnicer Diez (2001-2016)
Victoria Ortega (2016-)
Official Headquarters
The official headquarters of Consejo General de la Abogacía is at number 13 Paseo de Recoletos in Madrid.
Annual Conference
During the Annual Conference, the Human Rights Awards are given and the Human Rights Congress of the Abogacía Española that mainly brings together lawyers and lawyers as key pieces in the guarantee of defense of citizens:
[December 15, 2022]
Annual Conference 2022
[December 9, 2021]
Annual Conference 2021
[December 10, 2020]
Annual Conference 2020
[December 12, 2019]
Annual Conference 2019
[December 13, 2018]
Annual Conference 2018
[December 14, 2017]
Annual Conference 2017
[December 15, 2016]
Annual Conference 2016
[December 10, 2015]
Annual Conference 2015
[December 11, 2014]
Annual Conference 2014
[December 12, 2013]
Annual Conference 2013
National Congresses
The National Congress of the Legal Profession is held every four years and is the most important event for the Legal Profession. In the different Congresses held by the Abogacía Española It has been possible to promote the creation and modification of its institutional regulations, Statutes, organization of the Council and the Colleges, Code of Ethics, giving an immediate response to the changes produced, but always under the imperative of respect for the rule of law and fundamental freedoms.
[2019. Valladolid]
[2015. Victory]
[2011. Cadiz]
- X National Congress of the Legal Profession
[2007. Saragossa]
- IX National Congress of the Legal Profession
[2003. Salamanca]
- VIII National Congress of the Legal Profession
[1999. Seville]
- VII National Congress of the Legal Profession
[nineteen ninety five. A Coruña]
- VI National Congress of the Legal Profession
[1989. Palma de Mallorca]
- V National Congress of the Legal Profession
[1970. Lion]
- IV National Congress of the Legal Profession
[1954. Valencia]
- III National Congress of the Legal Profession
[1932. Madrid]
- II National Congress of the Legal Profession
[1917. Saint Sebastian]
- I National Congress of the Legal Profession
Conference of Government Boards
Bar Associations Governing Board Days are held every four years. The members of the Governing Boards of the 83 Bar Associations of Spain and the ten Autonomous Councils attend this meeting. In total, more than 600 participants with the aim of dealing with the topics of the most Latest News and interest for the practice of Law and Bar Associations.
[2021. Bilbao]
VIII Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Association
[2017. Pomegranate]
VII Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Associations
[2013. Vigo]
VI Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Associations
[2009. Pamplona]
V Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Associations
[2005. Tenerife]
IV Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Associations
[2001. Valencia]
III Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Associations
[1997. Girona]
II Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Associations
[1994. Santander]
I Conference of Governing Boards of the Bar Associations