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25th Knesset · outgoing

Israel Bar Association Council Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק מועצת עורכי הדין בישראל

TL;DRA proposal to establish a Bar Council in Israel that will manage licensing, certification, supervision of internships and disciplinary adjudication.

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What does the bill do?

The bill sets up a council for lawyers composed of lawyers, judges, Ministry of Finance representatives and an academic expert. The council will manage the licensing of lawyers, oversee certification and internships, maintain a public registry of lawyers, collect an annual fee and hold disciplinary proceedings. The bill sets conditions for a license (legal education, internship, bar exams), definitions of interns' eligibility, professional ethics obligations including a duty of confidentiality, and rules regarding partnership with non-lawyers.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 5, 2023
Initiated by: coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed50 for · 43 against · 0 abstained · 27 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 25 · Absent 7
ShasFor 8 · Absent 3
United Torah JudaismFor 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismFor 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditFor 5 · Absent 1
NoamFor 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidAgainst 19 · Absent 5
Blue and White – National UnityAgainst 6 · Absent 2
Yisrael BeytenuAgainst 2 · Absent 4
Ra'amAgainst 5
Hadash–Ta'alAgainst 4 · Absent 1
LaborAgainst 4
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 3 · Absent 1

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Other plenum votes on this bill

Procedural votes that are not a reading of the bill (for example, a motion to send it back to committee) - so they are not shown as readings.

  • Transfer of the bill between committees · January 29, 2026For 61 · Against 50 · Passed