The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), founded in 1960, is an international non-profit association which has been, since its creation, at the forefront of advancing the views of European lawyers and defending the legal principles upon which democracy and the rule of law are based
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) represents the bars and law societies of 46 countries and, through them, more than 1 million European lawyers.