Israel Bar Association

[3] The Association is organized as a corporation, with a Central Committee, a National Assembly and five districts.

The law empowers the Israel bar with mandatory authority to regulate ethical and disciplinary matters, to accredit interns, conduct the bar examination twice a year, and issue licenses.

It is considered a self-regulated "guild", created under the concept that lawyers are better equipped to discipline themselves without government or judicial supervision.

Under the umbrella of the Israel Bar Association, different committees devoted to almost every imaginable aspect of the law convene on a voluntary basis.

Those committees, however, have a very limited role in the daily practice of attorneys and have minimal influence in the process of drafting and passing laws.