All China Lawyers Association

All China Lawyers Association
中华全国律师协会
Formation	7 July 1986
Type	Bar association
Headquarters	Beijing, China
Region served	China
Official language	Chinese
President	Wang Junfeng
Parent organization	Ministry of Justice
Website	www.acla.org.cn

All China Lawyers Association (ACLA) is the official professional association for lawyers (the bar association in American terminology or law society in Commonwealth terminology) of the People's Republic of China. It was founded on 7 July 1986. It carries out professional administration over lawyers in pursuit of law. All lawyers of China are members of the ACLA. Currently, the ACLA has nearly 110,000 individual members. Its current President is Wang Junfeng (王俊峰).^[1]

In August 1998, the American Bar Association offered to assist the All-China Lawyers Association in preparing an independent bar.^[2]

Function

One of its six special committees is the Committee for the Protection of Lawyers' Lawful Rights, the largest committee that plays an increasingly role in protecting lawyers' rights and interests.^[3]

Lawyer Mo Shaoping is a member of the Human Rights and Constitutional Law Committee of the All China Lawyers Association. Specialized in criminal law, he and his cohort are known internationally for many politically sensitive cases, including that of Liu Xiaobo.^[4]

References

^ "Leaders of the All China Lawyers Association" (in Chinese). Official website of All China Lawyers Association. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
^ James M. Zimmerman (19 May 2010). 中国法律手冊. American Bar Association. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-1-61632-789-7. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
^ Jude Howell (2004). Governance in China. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-0-7425-1988-6. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
^ Jean Béja (31 August 2012). Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-988-8139-06-4. Retrieved 14 March 2013.