Founded

The Bahrain Bar Society is a professional organization founded in 1977 that works to develop the legal profession and enhance legal awareness. It provides various services to its members and seeks to ensure the independence of the profession and the freedom of lawyers. The Bar Society organizes seminars and conferences and participates in Arab and international legal organizations. Its affairs are managed by an elected board of directors and its headquarters are in Manama. The Bar Society is committed to achieving its goals and enhancing the role of the legal profession in society.

1977

 

Bahraini Lawyer’s Day

The Board of Directors of the Bahraini Bar Society decided, in its session (2022-2024), to commemorate the consensus of lawyers in the Kingdom of Bahrain to establish a professional body that would bring them together and organize their work. June 15 of each year was chosen as Bahraini Lawyers’ Day. In commemoration of the founding meeting, This anniversary was celebrated for the first time in 2022.

The Bar Society Goals

Contributing to the development of the legal profession and preserving its traditions, enabling it to play its essential role in establishing the rules of justice

Working to develop and enhance legal thought and awareness

Providing material, social and cultural services to members through the assistance and services it provides

Strengthening the bonds of cordiality and friendship among its members and seeking solutions

Holding cultural and legal seminars and conferences

Focus on legal studies, research and seminars

Participation in organizations that include those working in the legal profession and legal work, Arab or international

Coordination with official and unofficial bodies in order to achieve the society goals

General Assembly

It is the supreme authority in formulating the society’s policy and monitoring its implementation, and its decisions apply to all its organs, committees, and members. The General Assembly consists of all working members who have fulfilled the obligations imposed on them in accordance with the society’s statute.

The Ordinary General Assembly is concerned with the following matters:

1- Discussing reports and proposals submitted by the Board of Directors or the committees and voting on them.
2- Discussing the draft budget for the society’s next fiscal year and voting on it.
3- Discussing the final account of the society’s revenues and expenses and voting on it

Founders Of The Bahrain Bar Society

  • Lawyer Hamid Sanqour
  • Lawyer Hassan Radhi
  • Lawyer Ibrahim Al-Khayyat
  • Lawyer Khalil Adeeb
  • Lawyer Khalifa Al-Binali
  • Lawyer Khaled Al-Thawadi
  • Lawyer Abdul Wahab Al Hajri
  • Lawyer Abdullah Al-Zayani
  • Lawyer Abdul Ghani Qarouni
  • Lawyer Ali Al-Ayoobi
  • Lawyer Abdul Redha Alwan
  • Lawyer Abdul Wahab Kikso
  • Lawyer Muhammad Al-Hassan
  • Lawyer Mohsen Marhoon
  • Lawyer Awad Al-Yamani
  • Lawyer Muhammad Salman
  • Lawyer Muhammad Jaafar
  • Lawyer Muhammad Al-Sayed Youssef

Former Presidents Of The Bar Society