Lawyers Law (Revised)
律师法（修订版）
ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍ ທະນາຍຄວາມ (ສະບັບປັບປຸງ)
Summary
This Law stipulates the establishment of the legal profession, the conditions for practice, and the code of conduct, and applies to lawyers and related personnel providing legal services within the territory of Laos. The provisions clearly define the term "lawyer" and explain key terminology to ensure the standardization and professionalism of legal services.
Articles
Article 1
Article 1 (Amended) Purpose
This Law prescribes principles, regulations, and measures concerning the organization and activities of lawyer work, making it correct, fair, efficient, and effective, aiming to protect the legitimate rights and interests of clients, while ensuring fairness for litigants, contributing evidence to the resolution of cases, strengthening judicial procedures, creating conditions for access to judicial procedures, building confidence among the people and domestic and foreign investors, enabling integration with the region and the international community, contributing to socio-economic development, and ensuring social stability, order, and justice.
Article 2
Article 2 (Amended) Lawyer
A lawyer is a person who has been granted a license by the Ministry of Justice to practice the legal profession, providing legal services to individuals, legal entities, organizations, and society, in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of clients, while also ensuring fairness for litigants in accordance with the law.
Article 3
Article 3 (Amended) Interpretation of Terms
The terms used in this Law shall have the following meanings:
1. Client (Principal) means an individual, legal person, or organization that has entered into a legal service contract with a lawyer;
2. Litigant means the plaintiff and the defendant;
3. Legal service contract means a written agreement between a client and a lawyer for the provision of legal services;
4. Representing a client in litigation means acting as an agent or providing defense representation, or appearing in court for defense;
5. Lawyer's professional ethics means the code of conduct manifested through actions, speech, and ideology, characterized by fairness, humanity, honor, integrity, honesty, humility, and politeness, and strict adherence to the law in the practice of the legal profession;
6. Law enterprise means an activity conducted by an individual or legal person to provide legal services, primarily a legal consultancy company;
7. Disciplinary Review Committee means a committee that studies and proposes disciplinary measures against lawyers who violate the law, internal regulations of the Bar Association, or lawyer's professional ethics;
8. Lawyer appointed by virtue of office means a lawyer designated by the Bar Association to act as a protector of the legitimate rights and interests of a client.
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