Regulating the Legal Profession

Type

Law

Number

8

Date of the text

11/03/1970

Official Gazette

published in 1970

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

118

What it provides

This law regulates the legal profession in Lebanon, setting out the role of the lawyer, the conditions for acquiring the title, registration with the Beirut or Tripoli bar association, and the requirements for practising the profession.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 385/1971 of 13/01/1971, articles 64, 77, 78
• Partly repealed by Law No. 18/1978 of 18/12/1978, articles 6, 11, 27, 67, 73, 76, 79
• Amended by Law No. 18/1978 of 18/12/1978, articles 67
• Amended by Law No. 42/1991 of 19/02/1991
• Partly repealed by Law No. 42/1991 of 19/02/1991
• Repealed by Law No. 42/1991 of 19/02/1991
• Amended by Law No. 95/1991 of 21/09/1991
• Amended by Law No. 21/1983 of 26/08/1983, articles 45

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1970. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.