Foreign Bar and External Relations
The International Law and Immigration Section (“ILS”) represents the California Lawyers Association in its relations with foreign bars, lawyers’ associations and external organizations. The ILS collaborates with a number of foreign bars and external organizations to produce educational programs, provide opportunities for CLA members to engage with foreign peers and to promote the rule of law throughout the world.
This interactive map highlights the global reach of the ILS and the organizations with which we collaborate to promote these ends:
The locations marked on the map represent the following organizations with which the ILS has established formal partnerships through Friendship Agreements or Memoranda of Cooperation:
- American Bar Association International Law Section
- Bar Association of Toulouse, France
- Barcelona Bar Association, Spain
- Barra Mexicana Colegio De Abogados
- Czech Bar Association
- Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Japan
- European Association of Lawyers / Marie Curie Skłodowska University
- Jamaican Bar Association
- Kanagawa Bar Association, Japan
- The Law Society of Hong Kong
- Law Society of Ireland
- Le Barreau de Bruxelles (Brussels Bar Association)
- Malaysian Bar
- Marseille Bar Association, France
- Milan Bar Association, Italy
- National Association of Business Lawyers (ANADE), Mexico
- Organization of Caribbean Bar Associations
- Osaka Bar Association, Japan
- Shenzhen Lawyers’ Association, China
- Vietnam Lawyers’ Commercial Arbitration Center
- Vietnam Lawyers Association
- Warsaw Bar Association
If you are interested in joining the Foreign Bar and External Relations Committee, please email us at ils@calawyers.org.