Modern Bar Association Conference
Warsaw, 17th of June 2021
10:00 CEST
Online event (only)
Conference Program
(may be subject to a change – please check the conference website for possible updates)
10:00 – 11:00
Online welcome tea
11:00 – 11:15
Conference Opening
Włodzimierz Chróścik – President of the Polish Bar Association
Monika Całkiewicz – President of the Warsaw Bar Association
Session I
Bar Association, Covid Pandemic and Post-Covid Time
Chair: Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Member of the Council, President of International Cooperation and Human Rights Committee, the Warsaw Bar Association
11:15 – 11:35
Ludmila Glembotzky Goya of International Relations Commission, the Bilbao-Biscay Bar Association
COVID-19 & Bilbao-Biscay Bar Association
11:35 – 11:55
Konstantin Dobrynin, State Secretary of the Russian Federation Bar Association
Law profession in a post-covid time
11:55 – 12:15
Dr Paweł Kowalski, Member of the International Cooperation Committee, the Warsaw Bar Association
Impact of Covid-19 on legal profession? Threats and opportunities
12:15-12:35
Francesco Dialti – Member of the International Relations Committee, the Milan Bar Association
Lawyers helping Lawyers: Coworking and Patronato during the Pandemic
12:35 – 12:50
Questions, Answers & Experience Sharing
12:50 – 13:00
Coffee break
Session II
Profession, Bar Association and Modern Challenges
Chair: Katarzyna Barańska, International Cooperation and Human Rights Committee, the Warsaw Bar Association
13:00 – 13:20
Rezarta Abdiu, Director of Professional Training Department in the Albanian Chamber of Advocacy
Legal aid granted by the State and the role of lawyers/Bar in securing standards of legal aid – Albanian experience special focus on legal aid to juveniles
13:20 – 13:40
Paul Sharma, President of the Westminster and Holborn Law Society, London
Equality of Arms for Lawyers
13:40 – 14:00
Joanna Wisła-Płonka, Chairwoman of the EU Lawyers Committee, The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
Supporting the profession – members of a Modern Bar Association
14:00 – 14:20
Vitalii Vlasiuk, Chairman of the International Committee, the Ukrainian National Bar Association
Advocacy in Ukraine: the core stories for the last year
14:20 – 14:35
Questions, Answers & Experience Sharing
14:35 – 14:50
Coffee break
Session III
IT Focus
Chair: Sylwia Kołodziej, International Cooperation and Human Rights Committee, the Warsaw Bar Association
14:50 – 15:10
Anca Daniela Baciu, Member of the Council, the Cluj Bar Association
Cluj Bar Association – challenges in the age of digitalisation
15:10 – 15:30
Calin Iuga, Member of the Council, the Cluj Bar Association
The role of the Bar Association in the challenges that technology brings to the legal profession regarding client privilege
15:30-15:50
Mengü Gökçe, the Ankara Bar Association
Turnkish National Legal Net (UYAP)
15:50-16:10
Dr. Andras Szecskay, Vice-President of the Hungarian Bar Association
Dr. Peter S. Szabó, Vice-President of the Budapest Bar Association
„Stay tuned!“ mandatory legal education in Hungary to keep pace with rapid legislation and IT improvements to make the bar more user friendly
16:10-16:25
Questions, Answers & Experience Sharing
Session IV
The Landscape – Open Session
16:25 – 16:55
Bar Association Publishing (books, magazines and others – for lawyers, trainees, general public) and Other Issues
Chair: prof. Mariusz Maciejewski, Member of the Council, the Warsaw Bar Association
During this interactive session we will be doing an overview of certain activities of the Bar Associations. Every year we will take a look at differend areas of Bars’ operations. After a short introduction the session will be open to all participants for short speeches presenting developments and achievements in the field. If participants identify any other important issues – this is the session during which they may be presented and commented.
We hope to identify common grounds, new ideas and opportunities and also prospects for future cooperation.
16:55 – 17:00
Closing of the conference
17:00 – 18:30 Afternoon online tea