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International Bar Association

Logo: International Bar Association, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

International organization of lawyers

The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA in 2018 had a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associations and law societies. Its global headquarters are located in London, England, and it has regional offices in Washington, D.C., United States, Seoul, South Korea and São Paulo, Brazil.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 17, 1947Founded1
  • HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom1
  • Websitewww.ibanet.org
  • Legal formnot-for-profit corporation1
  • Slogan“The Global Voice of the Legal Profession”1
  • LEI549300APS6VPRJNHGH773
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O CAPITOL SERVICES, INC., 12205 Albany, United States3
  • Registered withCorporation and Business Entity Database (Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC, Department of State), 35933983

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The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA in 2018 had a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associations and law societies. Its global headquarters are located in London, England, and it has regional offices in Washington, D.C., United States, Seoul, South Korea and São Paulo, Brazil.2

The story

Representatives of 34 national bar associations gathered in New York City, New York on 17 February 1947 to create the IBA. Initial membership for the first two decades was limited to bar associations and law societies, but in 1970, IBA membership was opened to individual lawyers. Members of the legal profession including barristers, advocates, solicitors, members of the judiciary, in-house lawyers, government lawyers, academics and law students comprise the membership of the IBA.

From Wikipedia’s article on International Bar Association, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. Feb 17, 1947Founded Founded1

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