Today a plenary session of the Presidium of the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held with the participation of members of the Presidium of the Bar Association, heads of law offices, MPs, ambassadors of foreign countries, representatives of local and international organizations, as well as members of mass media. In addition, an inauguration ceremony of the candidates for lawyers and meeting of the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan has taken place during plenary session.
Chairman of the Bar Association Anar Baghirov made opening speech at the event and noted that the role of the legal profession in the legal state is crucial. Work done in the field of improvement and modernization of the judicial system in our country has also been noted. Anar Baghirov briefed the event participants about the current activities of the Bar Association, particularly as it held the qualification examinations and the number of members of the Bar Association has exceeded 1500.
Later, chairman Anar Baghirov emphasized his condemnation on behalf of the Bar Association in connection with the events taken place in Ganja city earlier this month.
Then the chairman of the Committee on Legal Policy and State Building of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ali Huseynli, noted that in recent months there have been significant reforms in the field of legal profession, it was also noted that in this regard there is a special importance of the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan of 22 February 2018. At the same time, it was noted that the Milli Majlis has taken steps to bring the Law on Lawyers and Legal Profession into line with the requirements of our time.
Later, the lawyer of the Law Office No 8, the head of the law department at the National Aviation Academy, Doctor of Law, Professor Ibrahim Guliyev gave a speech on a protection of rights of citizens and providing citizens with high-quality legal aid. He noted the importance of powerful and influential law offices, the support of the government in the development of legal profession and support for improvement and modernization of the judicial system in our country. It was noted that the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 22, 2018 is an obvious example of this support. At the same time, the role of the lawyers in the field of judicial-legal system and state establishment was noted.
At the event, KPMG Director Farid Isayev spoke on "Global trends in the legal field", he informed participants of the artificial intelligence and law-oriented start-ups, growth dynamics of legal disputes, as well as intellectual property and personal information.
In addition, PhD in Law Fardin Khalilov expressed his deep gratitude to the Presidium of the Bar Association on the recommendation of the Bar Association to use his monograph titled "Investigations of lawyers in criminal proceedings" by the Bar Association's membership.
At the event, the employee of the administration of the Presidium of the Bar Association, Sanan Shirinov, presented "lawyer's e-cabinet" which is created on the official website of the Bar Association. In addition, detailed information on its use, advantages and innovations of this system has been explained.