The Urgency of Establishing a National Certification Body for the Advocate Profession

The conflicts and disputes that have occurred within professional advocate organizations have yet to be resolved. Each professional advocate organization believes that its organization is the one that is legally established, recognized by the state, and has the right to exercise its authority as a professional advocate organization as stipulated in Law No. 18 of 2003 concerning Advocates (the "Advocate Law").Read More ...

The Advocate Exam is not intended for commercialization.

Bar examinations and courses (training) for advocates, internationally known as bar examinations, are conducted by local bar associations in various ways. However, before the Advocates Law came into effect, the bar examination's administration and curriculum in Indonesia were administered by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia through high courts throughout the country. After the enactment of the Advocates Law, the right to administer it was granted to the Supreme Court.Read More ...