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Governance

The Bar Council,
guardian of the profession

Chaired by the President of the Bar, the Bar Council deals with all matters concerning the practice of law: it admits lawyers, keeps the Roll, upholds professional ethics and sits in disciplinary matters.

15Elected membersBars of more than 100 lawyers

3 yrsTerm of office

⅓Renewed each year

1×Meeting per monthat least

Composition

Members of the Council

Chair of the Council

Me Emile MUTSHEMBE WEMBO

President of the Bar (Bâtonnier)

The President represents the Bar, oversees the discipline of all lawyers, settles disputes and ensures the proper functioning of the Bar Council.

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Members are elected for three years by the General Assembly, by secret ballot, from among lawyers who have been on the Roll for at least five years. The Council allocates duties among its members.

Powers

What the Bar Council does

Admit and enrol

It rules on admission to pupillage and enrolment on the Roll, and keeps the Roll and the pupillage list under the supervision of the National Council.

Uphold ethics

It ensures strict observance of the rules of the profession and upholds the principles of integrity, selflessness, moderation and collegiality.

Rule on discipline

Sitting as a disciplinary board, it sanctions misconduct by lawyers, upon complaint or on its own initiative.

Train pupils

It pays particular attention to the training of pupil lawyers and organises their lectures and obligations.

Open justice to all

It runs a free legal consultation office for people in need and sets the conditions under which it operates.

Run the Bar

It adopts the internal rules, manages the Bar's assets, prepares the budget, sets membership fees and checks lawyers' accounts.

Discipline

The Council as disciplinary board

Any breach of laws and regulations, any infringement of professional rules, any failure of integrity, honour or propriety exposes a lawyer to one of the following sanctions:

Warning
Reprimand
Suspensionfor up to one year
Striking offthe Roll or the pupillage list

Any sanction also bars the lawyer from being elected President or Council member for up to five years.

For the public

Contact the Bar Council

A judge, a lawyer, a pupil or any interested person may file a complaint against a lawyer. Complaints are addressed to the President of the Bar, who refers them to the Council.

✉ barreaukinshasamatete1@yahoo.fr ☎ +243 850 115 310 4th Street, Residential Quarter, Limete — Kinshasa

Organisation

The organs of the Bar

The General Assembly

It brings together all lawyers on the Roll at least once a year, on the second Tuesday of October. It elects the President of the Bar, then the members of the Bar Council.

The President of the Bar

Elected for three years by secret ballot and absolute majority — with a run-off between the top two if needed — from among former Council members who have been on the Roll for more than five years.

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The Bar Council

Fifteen members elected for three years, not immediately re-eligible. It meets at least once a month and decides by majority, with more than half of its members present.

Elections and decisions of the General Assembly or the Bar Council may be referred to the National Council of the Bar within one month.

The composition of the Council is published under the responsibility of the Bar secretariat: barreaukinshasamatete1@yahoo.fr.

The Bar Council,guardian of the profession