About LAWASIA Membership

LAWASIA Members

Individual membership of LAWASIA is predominantly made up of members of the legal profession, including judges, counsel, barristers, attorneys, solicitors, and lawyers in legislatures, in government and in administration from the Asia and the Pacific. Membership is also open to law firms and corporations.

Membership Categories and Benefits of Membership

In a snapshot, membership provides a range of benefits including:

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

membership certificate and membership badge;
regular LAWASIA Update magazine;
access to the online LAWASIA Members’ Directory;
the annual LAWASIA Journal;
other occasional speciality publications;
reduced registration fees for seminars and conferences;
preference as speakers at LAWASIA events and as contributors to LAWASIA publications.

LIFE MEMBERS

In addition to the above, life members receive a 50% discount on all LAWASIA conference registration and invitations to attend special events.

LAW FIRM and CORPORATE MEMBERS

In addition to the above, law firm and corporate members receive:

two half-page advertisements in the LAWASIA Update magazine;
the opportunity to link to the LAWASIA website;
reduced registration fees for seminars and conferences for three members of the firm/corporation;
free section membership.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

membership certificate and membership badge;
regular LAWASIA Update magazine;
reduced registration fees for seminars and conferences;
preference as speakers at LAWASIA events and as contributors to LAWASIA publications; and
a discounted price when purchasing the annual LAWASIA Journal.

Becoming a member of LAWASIA is only a beginning. The real benefits of membership are derived from participation in LAWASIA’s wide ranging activities. Members are encouraged to:

attend section and standing committee workshops, seminars,
conferences and the annual LAWASIA conference;
become active in regional and national committees; and
write articles and provide other input into LAWASIA publications.

Why Join LAWASIA

Membership of LAWASIA offers to individual lawyers and their law firms the opportunity to interact on a regional basis, to build their knowledge and understanding of legal issues and to develop a network of colleagues throughout the world with a common interest in practice of law in this region.

LAWASIA provides its member organisations with the opportunity to advance their interests and to exert their influence as part of a regional grouping of professional legal associations.

Membership Categories

Individual Membership

Members of the legal profession, ie persons versed in the law that include judges, counsel, barristers, attorneys, solicitors, lawyers in legislatures, in government and in administration and teachers of Law within the region shall be eligible for individual membership.

LAWASIA recognises that the differing economic conditions in the countries of our region require consideration when setting membership fees. In order to ensure that its membership is fully representative of the region, LAWASIA offers three categories of membership fees that have been set according to a member's country of residence. View an outline of the Country Categories and Membership Fees.

Young Lawyers Membership

Young Lawyers membership is only available to members admitted to practice less than 5 years.

Associate Individual Membership

If you are not a solicitor but work in the legal profession, or are studying law, retired from practice or are an academic you are eligible for associate membership.

Law Firm Membership

Law Firm membership is for Law Firms, and is divided into 3 different categories as listed below. Each category has a different fee schedule according to size (namely, the number of partners in the firm).

Law Firm: “1-5 partners”
Law Firm: “6-12 partners”
Law Firm: “over 12 partners”

Corporate Membership

Corporate membership is for those who are not law firms. It is for any institution, company or other body that desires to support the objects and work of LAWASIA.

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