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A bar council (Irish: Comhairle an Bharra), in a Commonwealth country and in the Republic of Ireland, is a professional body that regulates the profession of barristers together with the Inns of Court. Solicitors are generally regulated by the Law society.

Where there is no distinction between barristers and solicitors (i.e. where there is a fused profession) the professional body may be called either a Law Society or Bar Council.

Contents 1 Bar Councils around the world 1.1 Bar Councils in Australia 1.2 Bar Councils in Ireland 1.3 Bar Councils in the United Kingdom 1.4 Bar Councils in other common law countries 2 See also

[edit] Bar Councils around the world

For "Bar Councils" in jurisdictions with fused professions, see Law society.

[edit] Bar Councils in Australia

• New South Wales Bar Association
• Victorian Bar Association
• Victoria Bar Association
• Bar Association of Queensland

The bar associations below represent bars which are not fully separate from the solicitors' profession.

• Western Australia Bar Association
• Australian Capital Territory Bar Association

[edit] Bar Councils in Ireland

• Bar Council of Ireland

[edit] Bar Councils in the United Kingdom

• General Council of the Bar
• Faculty of Advocates (Scotland)
• Bar Council of Northern Ireland

[edit] Bar Councils in other common law countries

• Hong Kong Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• Malaysian Bar Council
• Pakistan Bar Council

[edit] See also

• Bar association