List of bar associations in Africa

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This List of bar associations in Africa includes bar associations in countries in Africa, many of which were members of the International Bar Association as of 2017. [1] The East Africa Law Society includes many individual members plus six national Bar associations: Law Society of Kenya, Tanganyika Law Society, Uganda Law Society, Zanzibar Law Society, Kigali Bar Association and Burundi Bar Association. [2]

CountryAssociationWebsite
Algeria Organisation Nationale des Avocats
Angola Angola Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados de Angola) www.oaang.org
Botswana SADC Lawyers' Association
The Law Society of Botswana www.lawsociety.org.bw
Cameroon Cameroon Bar Association
Cape Verde Ordem dos Advogados de Cabo Verde www.oacv.cv
Equatorial Guinea Colegio de Abogados de Guinea Ecuatorial
Ethiopia Ethiopian Lawyers' Association (ELA) www.ethiopian-bar.org
Gambia Gambia Bar Association
Ghana Ghana Bar Association ghanabar.org/index.html
Kenya International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) www.fidafederation.org
Law Society of Kenya www.lsk.or.ke
Lesotho Law Society of Lesotho
Liberia Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL)
Liberian National Bar Association
Malawi Malawi Law Society
Mauritius Mauritius Bar Association www.barmauritius.com
Morocco Ordre des Avocats au Barreau de Casablanca
Mozambique Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambique (Mozambique Bar Association) www.oamoz.org/pt/web/guest/pagina-inicial.htm
Namibia Society of Advocates of Namibia www.namibianbar.org
Law Society of Namibia www.lawsocietynamibia.org
Nigeria Nigerian Bar Association www.nba.org.ng/web/
Rwanda Ordre des Avocats Rwanda www.barreaudurwanda.org.rw/forum_access.php
São Tomé e Príncipe Ordem dos Advogados de São Tomé e Príncipe www.oastp.st
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Bar Association
Sudan Darfur Bar Association
South Africa Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa www.clasa.co.za
General Council of the Bar of South Africa www.sabar.co.za
Law Society of South Africa www.lssa.org.za
South African Bar Association www.nationalbar.co.za
KwaZulu-Natal Law Society www.lawsoc.co.za
The Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope www.capelawsoc.law.za
South Sudan South Sudan Bar Association
Swaziland The Law Society of Swaziland
Tanzania Tanganyika Law Society www.tls.or.tz
Uganda Uganda Law Society www.uls.or.ug
Zambia The Law Association of Zambia www.laz.org.zm
Zimbabwe Law Society of Zimbabwe www.lawsociety.org.zw

National Bar Council of South Africa www.nationalbarcouncil.co.za

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References

  1. "IBA Member Organisations in Africa". International Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  2. "About EALS". East Africa Law Society. Retrieved 2011-09-26.