1st International
Advocacy Forum in Krakow

20 - 22 October 2022

I International
Advocacy Forum
In Krakow

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have the honor to announce that the Supreme Bar Council, the Advocate Witold Bayer Research Center and the Krakow Bar Association are organizing the
1st International Advocacy Forum in Krakow. The event will take place on October 20-22, 2022.

The Forum will be attended by attorneys from all over Poland and invited Guests from abroad representing bar associations from Germany, France, Spain, UK, Belgium, Ukraine, Turkey, Japan or USA among others, and representatives of the European Bars Federation (FBE) and International Association of Lawyers (UIA). Guests will also include representatives of local authorities, the judicial community, professional self-governments, non-governmental organizations, and Guests from Ukraine representing the authorities of that country.
Go to program of events

In addition, I would like to inform you that special events will be held as part of the 1st International Advocacy Forum in Krakow.

Due to the exceptional nature of this event, on behalf of the Supreme Bar Council, the Witold Bayer Advocacy Research Center and the Krakow Bar Association, I strongly encourage you to participate in the I International Forum of the 1st International Advocacy Forum in Krakow.

adv. Przemysław Rosati
President of the Supreme Bar Council

Agenda

    October 20, 2022 (Thursday)

  1. 6:30 pm

    Grand opening of the new headquarters of the Advocates'
    Club of Krakow

    place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow
    17 Batory Street

    7 pm

    Gdańsk Evening

    Music stop

    Banquet

    place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow
    17 Batory Street, 3rd floor

  2. October 21, 2022 (Friday)

  3. 9 am

    Registration

    9:30 am - 3:00 pm

    International conference "Independence of the Bar Association as a prerequisite of the rule of law"

    9.30 am - 11.15 am

    I panel : Systemic guarantees of the independence of the Bar Association

    11.15 am - 11.30 am

    coffe break

    11.30 am - 1.15 pm

    II panel: Independent Bar Association in the face of war and humanitarian crisis

    1.15 pm - 1.30 pm

    coffe break

    1.30 pm - 3 pm

    III panel: Discussion panel

    3 pm

    Lunch

    place: Auditorium of the Larisch Palace,
    12 Bracka St. / online

    8 pm

    Gala Dinner in Stara Zajezdnia

    place: Stara Zajezdnia, 12 św. Wawrzyńca St.

    Forum Event

    2:30 pm - 6:00 pm

    Conference "Advocacy HERstories. War and armed conflicts"

    place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka of Krakow,
    17 Batorego St., 3rd floor and online

  4. October 22, 2022 (Saturday)

  5. 9 am – 12 pm

    Krakow Sightseeing

    9 am - 4 pm

    Practical workshops with trainers from the Great Britain: The art of legal argumentation by the Hampel method.

    place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
    17 Batorego St., 2nd floor

    Events as part of the Forum

    Off-site Plenary Meeting of Supreme Bar Council in Krakow.

    place: Board room of the Krakow City Council
    Stanislaw Wyspianski meeting hall,
    All Saints square 3-4

    Board Meeting of Federation des Barreaux d'Europe

    place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
    17 Batorego St., 2nd floor

    Conference of Heads of Training of Bar Applicants of Supreme Bar Council

    place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
    17 Batorego St., 2nd floor

    Conference of Chairs of Commissions for Professional Development of Supreme Bar Council

    place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
    17 Batorego St., 2nd floor

Participation in the event for a fee, details below.

Details

OCTOBER 20, 2022
(Thursday)

 6:30 pmGrand opening of the new headquarters of the Advocates'
Club of Krakow

 7 pmGdańsk EveningMusic stopBanquet

Graphics museum
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Graphics conference

OCTOBER 21, 2022
(Friday)

 9 amParticipant registration

 9:30 am - 3 pm International conference

topic: "Independence of the Bar Association as a prerequisite of the rule of law"

The international conference has a training character and counts for 10 credits of the mandatory training for attorneys - NRA Resolution No. 57/2011 of November 19, 2011.

Agenda

 Panel I 9:30 am - 11:15 am"Systemic guarantees of the independence of the Bar Association"

  • Moderator: Aleksander Gut – president of the Krakow Bar Association
  • Bartosz Grohman - secretary of the Supreme Bar Council (NRA), Poland
  • Bas Martens - president of the European Bars Federation (FBE), The Netherlands
  • Dariusz Mazur - judge of the Regional Court of Krakow, press officer of the “Themis” Association of Judges, Poland
  • Sviatlana Babintseva - former Belarusian lawyer, ex- advocate, former representative on legal affairs for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
  • dr Michael Griem - president of the Frankfurt Bar Association, Germany
  • Jacques Taquet – president of the Commission for European and International affairs at the Conseil National des Barreaux (CnB), member of the French Delegation to the CCBE, past president of the Hauts-de-Seine Bar Association, France
  • prof. Yasushi Higashizawa - vice director for Independence of the Profession at IROL UIA, chair of the Human Rights Committee at LawAsia, Japan

 Panel II 11:30 am - 1:15 pm"The Independent Bar Association in the face of war and humanitarian crisis"

  • Moderator: Joanna Wsołek – chair of Ukraine Aid Committee, deputy chair of the International Cooperation Commission at the Krakow Bar Association
  • Pavlo Lutsyuk - past vice-president of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine, past president of the Rivne Bar Association
  • Aleksander Gut – president of the Krakow Bar Association, Poland
  • Maurice Krings - past president of the Brussels Bar Association, Belgium
  • Petro Boyko - president of the Kiev Region Bar Association, Ukraine
  • Barbara J. Gislason - director of the UIA U.S. Effort to Aid Ukraine, the Editor-in-Chief of the Juriste International, member of the UIA Executive Committee, member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, USA
  • Joe Karam - chair of Commission for international relations at Beirut Bar Association, Lebanon
  • prof. Sara Chandler - past president of the European Bars Federation (FBE), past President of Westminster & Holborn Law Society, Honorary King’s Counsel, UK
  • dr Elizabeth M. Zechenter - co-chair, International Law Section, International Human Rights Committee, American Bar Association (ABA), member of the Ukraine Task Force, New York State Bar, New York City Bar, and American Bar Association, USA

 Panel III 1.30 pm – 3:00 pmDiscussion Panel

  • Moderator : prof. Sara Chandler - past president of the European Bars Federation (FBE)
  • prof. Maciej Szpunar – first Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union
  • Andras Szecskay - director for Independence of the Profession IROL-UIA, vice-president of the Hungarian Bar Association and head of the Hungarian Delegation to the CCBE, Hungary
  • Izabela Fountoukidis - judge of the Regional Court of Krakow, Poland
  • Rosa Isabel Peña Sastre - Council member of the Governing Board of the Barcelona Bar Association, deputy Director of the Collective Members’ Committee of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), Spain
  • Mengu Gokce - former head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Ankara Bar, Turkey
  • Lydia Heuveling van Beek - member of the Dutch Judiciary, judge in the Court of the Hague, member of the Judge Organization of the Judiciary, NVvR

Lunch

place: Auditorium of the Larisch Palace, 12 Bracka St. / online

OCTOBER 21, 2022
(Friday)

 7:30 pm - 3 amGala Dinner in Stara Zajezdnia

place: Stara Zajezdnia, 12 św. Wawrzyńca St.

Graphics dinner poster
Grafika przemowa
Grafika widok Wawel

OCTOBER 22, 2022
(Saturday)

 9 am - 4 pmPractical workshops with trainers from the Great Britain

The art of legal argumentation by the Hampel method.

place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
      17 Batory Street, 2nd floor

 9 am – 12 pmKrakow Sightseeing Starting point at 17 Batorego street

Special events as
part of the Forum

OCTOBER 21, 2022
(Friday)

Grafika wydarzenia-specjalne
Grapnics conference room

OCTOBER 22, 2022
(Saturday)

Off-site Plenary Meeting of Supreme Bar Council in Krakow.

place: Board room of the Krakow City Council
      Stanislaw Wyspianski meeting hall,
      All Saints square 3-4

Board Meeting of Federation des Barreaux d'Europe

place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
      17 Batorego St., 2nd floor

Conference of Heads of Training of Bar Applicants of Supreme Bar Council

place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
      17 Batorego St., 2nd floor

Conference of Chairs of Commissions for
Professional Development of Supreme Bar Council

place: Okręgowa Rada Adwokacka in Krakow,
      17 Batorego St., 2nd floor