All China Lawyers Association (ACLA) is the official professional association for lawyers (the

bar association A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence.

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 (). In August 1998, the

American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary association, voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States; national in scope, it is not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in 1878, the ABA's stated acti ...

offered to assist the All-China Lawyers Association in preparing an independent bar.

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. 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 Liu Xiaobo (; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary criticism, literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Ch ...

References

External links

Official Website of All China Lawyers Association
{{Authority control Legal organizations based in China Organizations established in 1986 Bar associations of Asia 1986 establishments in China Organizations associated with the Chinese Communist Party