Finnish Bar Association

What is the Finnish Bar Association, and what does it do?

The Finnish Bar Association is a public corporation that accepts new attorneys-at-law and supervises their professional activities. Only our members are entitled to use the title of attorney-at-law. Our activities are based on law and we actively influence Finnish legislation and legal policy.

Our staff is at your service

Feel free to contact us in matters involving membership in the Bar Association, the supervision of the profession, or any other issue related to attorneys-at-law and their work. We do not provide legal advice, nor can we recommend any specific attorney-at-law or law office.

Responsibility in the Bar Association’s activities

The Finnish Bar Association's activities are responsible and sustainable. Read more on the realisation of social responsibility in the Finnish Bar Association.

Read about our supervision

Read about our supervision

The professional supervision system for attorneys is based on law, and it is our duty to ensure that Finland has a body of attorneys-at-law with a high standard of professional excellence. In addition to attorneys-at-law, we supervise public legal aid attorneys and licensed legal counsels.

We train attorneys-at-law

We train attorneys-at-law

We organise extensive, high-quality training for our members. The training is provided as contact, remote and hybrid courses by experts at the peak of their profession. We are also continuously developing our training methods to meet today’s stringent requirements and monitor that our attorneys fulfil their training obligation which is 18 hours of continuing education each year.

We act responsibly

We act responsibly

All of our activities are founded on responsibility. The Finnish Bar Association is a public corporation regulated by the Advocates Act, which promotes the availability of independent, professional and ethically impeccable legal services – regardless of income or place of residence.