EVENTS
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
3 october 2025 | European parliament
“Digitalisation of justice systems and its implications for the legal profession”
Read the programme of the CCBE-ELF event and rewatch the panel sessions bringing together 15 experts and speakers, over 120 in-person participants from across the EU, and over 450 participants joining virtually.
27 june 2025 | Palais des Nations
"Protecting lawyers to ensure access to justice"
Read the programme of the joint event on “Protecting lawyers to ensure access to justice – The New Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer”, organised by the CCBE and the Council of Europe, the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
4 april 2025 | brussels
“The importance of the legal profession in maintaining the rule of law”
Read more about the joint reception “The importance of the legal profession in maintaining the rule of law”, organised by the Council of Europe, the CCBE, Orde van Vlaamse Balies, AVOCATS.BE, Balie Brussel, and Barreau de Bruxelles.
22 November 2024 | European parliament
"Maintaining justice in a changing Europe"
Read the programme of the CCBE Plenary event and rewatch the panel sessions, bringing together 10 high-level guest speakers from European institutions sharing their valuable insights, over 150 in-person participants from across the EU, and over 650 participants joining virtually.
23 october 2023 | European parliament
“The role of the European institutions in upholding the core values of the legal profession in the administration of justice”
Read the programme of the CCBE event and rewatch the panel sessions bringing together 14 experts and speakers for this Meet the Profession Day 2023.
31 march 2022 | BRUSSELS
AI4Lawyers
The CCBE and the European Lawyers Foundation (ELF) presented their Guide on the use of AI by lawyers and law-firms in Europe: watch the replay of the presentation! The Guide is the final deliverable of the CCBE-ELF project called AI4Lawyers financed with the support of the Justice Programme of the European Union.
27 october 2020 | Brussels
#CCBE60: 60th anniversary of the CCBE
In the framework of the celebration of its 60th anniversary (1960-2020), the CCBE organised on 27 October an online roundtable entitled “Europe’s approach to e-Justice: How can the EU ensure that the digitalisation of justice reinforces, rather than undermines, access to justice?”.
25 october 2021 | BRUSSELS
"An international legal instrument on the legal profession: a necessity for the proper administration of justice and the respect of the Rule of Law"
On the occasion of the European Lawyers’ Day 2021 which theme was “No justice without independent lawyers”, the CCBE organised a Roundtable to discuss the topic of a future Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer.
Read more about the CCBE events and workshops
Find below all the events classified from 2019 to 2005:
27 November 2019
Modernisation of European Company Law
In-person, Brussels, Belgium
CCBE event in collaboration with the French-speaking Bar of Brussels and the Dutch-speaking Bar of Brussels,
25 October 2019
Self-regulation and Quality in the Legal Profession
In-person, Lisbon, Portugal
CCBE event in collaboration with FBE (Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe)
27 June 2019
The Impact of Anti-Money Laundering Legislation and Tax Legislation on Legal Professional Privilege and Professional Secrecy
In-person, Brussels, Belgium
30 November 2018
Intelligence artificielle, justice humaine / Artificial Intelligence, Humane Justice
In-person, Lille, France
24 January 2018
Threatened Lawyers: The End of the Rule of Law in Europe?
In-person, Strasbourg, France
14 December 2017
Training of Lawyers: Challenges and Opportunities
In-person, Brussels, Belgium
10 November 2017
Advocates’ Rights and Obligations in Investigative Proceedings
In-person, Kyiv, Ukraine
30 March 2017
How to improve the protection of threatened lawyers worldwide? Practical tools from the EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism
In-person, Brussels, Belgium
9 March 2017
Current Challenges and Opportunities of the Bars and Law Societies of the Council of Europe Member States
In-person, Yerevan, Armenia
19 October 2016
Les avocats et la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
In-person, Paris, France
17 December 2012
CCBE debate on the proposed Common European Sales Law (CESL) – CESL: lawyers buying into the process
In-person, Brussels, Belgium
11 April 2012
Joint CNF and CCBE Conference on the proposed Common European Sales Law
In-person, Rome, Italy
26 November 2010
Legal Aid: a Fundamental Right for Citizens Effective Access to Justice in the European Union
In-person, Brussels, Belgium
11-12 December 2008
Practising Family Law in Europe
In-person, Brussels, Belgium
25-27 September 2007
Improving Legal Education and Training in a Converging Europe
In-person, Warsaw, Poland
15 December 2005
E-communication and the legal profession in Europe
In-person, Madrid, Spain