#BAR ACCESS DEFINITION PROFESSIONAL#

The office consists of four departments: Communications, Finance and Organization, Policy and Regulations and Supervision. The office carries out policies and prepares proposals which are of importance to the legal profession.

The general council is supported by the office of the NOvA.

The secretary general is in charge of the daily management. The general management is a task of the general council ( algemene raad, AR). The NOvA is headed by a secretary general. The local bar president is responsible for the supervision of all advocates in the judicial district. A local bar president is chosen by the advocates in the judicial district. Each local bar is chaired by a council of the local bar ( raad van de orde) and a local bar president. The advocates in a judicial district form the (local) bar within the judicial district where the advocate holds office. The Netherlands is judicially divided into eleven judicial districts (regions), the jurisdictions of the courts.

#BAR ACCESS DEFINITION PROFESSIONAL#

In the annual report 2021 explains the NOvA how it has carried out its (statutory) duties as a public-law professional organisation. As a result, the NOVA is completely independent of the government. All costs incurred by the NOvA are being paid for by the advocates through an annual financial contribution to the Netherlands Bar. The NOvA is established by law, but does not receive any government funding. All advocates in the Netherlands jointly form the NOvA. The NOvA was established by the Act on Advocates ( Advocatenwet) with effect from 1 October 1952. The Netherlands Bar (Nederlandse orde van advocaten, NOvA) is the professional organisation of the legal profession.

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