Portuguese Bar Association

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The Order of Attorneys of Portugal (Template:Langx), also known as the Portuguese Bar Association, is the public association to which all attorneys-at-law belong in Portugal, founded in 1926. Its early origins are found on a private association founded in 1838 by a group of lawyers from Lisbon.

Graduates in law from university who wish to act on behalf of clients before a court of law must register at the Portuguese Bar Association. Only those who are duly registered can provide legal consultation and appear before the court. Other graduates in law may choose other jobs, which do not demand registration at the bar association.

Being a public association, it is independent from the government, but it has some public powers, which include disciplinary action over its members. Its decisions are subject to judicial impeachment. In Portuguese law, an attorney-at-law is known as advogado. His job equals that of both solicitors and barristers (although Portugal also has a separate profession of solicitor, or solicitador).

The internship for a Portuguese recently graduated Lawyer to become full member of the Bar, includes a complex week-long exam at first, three day long pre-exams on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday, then a usually unpaid, though sometimes paid, internship of eighteen months and finally, a last exam for a whole day. However, after this exam, the intern is also subject to an oral exam which is again, mandatory.[1]

Presidents of the Portuguese Bar Association

# Image Name Term Ref.
1 Vicente Rodrigues Monteiro 1927–1929
2 Fernando Martins de Carvalho 1930–1932
3 File:José Maria Vilhena Barbosa de Magalhães (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png José Maria Barbosa de Magalhães 1933–1935
11 File:Adelino da Palma Carlos - Ilustração Portugueza (09Fev1924).png Adelino da Palma Carlos 1951–1956
20 File:Júlio Castro Caldas, 001010-D-9880W-031.jpg Júlio Castro Caldas 1993–1998
21 António Pires de Lima 1999–2001
22 José Miguel Júdice 2002–2004
23 Rogério Alves 2005–2007
24 File:António Marinho e Pinto (entrevista com Rúben Branco) (cropped).png António Marinho e Pinto 2008–2013
25 Elina Fraga 2014–2016
26 Guilherme Figueiredo 2017–2019
27 Luís Menezes Leitão 2020–2022
28 Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro 2023–2025
29 João Massano 2025–

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