General situation of Shandong Lawyers Association

Shandong Lawyers Association is a social group legal person established in accordance with the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Articles of Association of the Lawyers Association. It is supervised and guided by the Justice Department of Shandong Province, and implements industry management for practicing lawyers in the province. Purpose of the Association: Abide by the Constitution and laws, and abide by professional ethics and practice discipline; Serve economic and social development and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of citizens; Loyal to the cause of lawyers and safeguard the overall interests of the industry; Reflect the demands of lawyers and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests; Improve the comprehensive quality of lawyers, standardize lawyers' practice behavior, strive to build a country ruled by law in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and promote social harmonious development and civilized progress.

1980 10, the first lawyers' congress was held in Jinan, and the first Council was elected. Since the establishment of the Association, under the guidance and supervision of the Ministry of Justice, the National Lawyers Association and the Provincial Department of Justice, it has actively played the role of industry management and service, guaranteed lawyers to practice according to law and safeguarded their legitimate rights and interests. Summarize and exchange lawyers' working experience; Formulate industry norms and disciplinary rules; Organizing lawyers' professional training, professional ethics and practice discipline education, and assessing lawyers' practice activities; Organize and manage the internship activities of lawyers' practice applicants, and assess the interns; Reward and punish lawyers and law firms; Accepting complaints or reports to lawyers, mediating disputes in lawyers' practice activities and accepting lawyers' complaints have effectively promoted the orderly, healthy and rapid development of the lawyer industry in Shandong Province. Since the sixth Council, all directors are lawyers, and an independent secretariat has been set up, and basic industry management system and meeting rules have been formulated, which has laid a solid foundation for exploring and perfecting the management system of "two combination" and further exerting the functions of the association.

20 1 1 April, the seventh lawyers' congress was held in Jinan, and the seventh Council was elected, which made new steps in improving the management system of two combination, setting up a full-time president and strengthening the organization and leadership of the daily work of the association. Establish a board of supervisors to promote the standardized operation of the association according to law; According to the function of the association stipulated in the Lawyers Law and the reality of the development of Shandong lawyer industry, the articles of association were revised and improved.

Organizational structure of the association: the provincial lawyers' congress is the highest authority of the association; The Council is the standing body of the provincial lawyers' congress, and the board of supervisors is the standing supervisory body of the provincial lawyers' congress when it is not in session, and is responsible for the provincial lawyers' congress; The Standing Council is the permanent body of the Council and is responsible to the Council; The secretariat is responsible for implementing the resolutions and decisions of the lawyers' congress, the Council and the provincial standing Council, and undertaking the daily work of the association; The special committee is the specialized working organization that I will perform my duties, and the specialized committee is the specialized working organization that I will study and guide the development of lawyers' business.

The Secretariat consists of: office, comprehensive research department, membership department, business training department, information center and editorial department of Shandong lawyers.

Special committees include: Industry Management Committee, Strategic Development Committee, Rights Protection Committee, Education and Training Committee, Publicity and Liaison Committee, Finance Committee, Proposal Committee, Legal Aid and Public Welfare Committee, Women Lawyers Committee, Young Lawyers Committee, Sports Committee and Discipline Committee.

Professional committees include: Criminal Defense Business Committee, Civil Business Committee, Commercial Business Committee, Intellectual Property Business Committee, Foreign Business Committee, Administrative Business Committee, Finance and Securities Business Committee, Real Estate and Construction Business Committee, Corporate Business Committee, Maritime Business Committee, Marriage and Family Business Committee, Labor Relations Business Committee, Consumer Rights Protection Business Committee, Minors Protection Business Committee, Investment Business Committee, Environmental Protection Business Committee, Lawyers Service Group of Peninsula Blue Economic Zone, Lawyers Service Group of Yellow River Delta Efficient Ecological Economic Zone, Lawyers Service Group of Shandong Province for Dealing with International Trade Friction, and Rights Protection Workstation of Shandong Province.

By the end of 20 10, there were a total of105 law firms in the province (including 43 state-owned firms, 843 partnership firms and 2 19 private firms), 8 public law firms and 8 corporate law departments, an increase of1/kloc. Lawyers 12599 (including full-time lawyers 1 1608, part-time lawyers 483, legal aid lawyers 386, public lawyers 67 and corporate lawyers 55), with a year-on-year increase of19.64%; In 20 10, 859,244 cases of various legal affairs were handled, with a year-on-year increase of 1 1.35%, and business expenses of 139 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 17.5438+04%.