Balgarianovinite.com The 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Bar Council and the beginning of an independent and self-governing Bulgarian legal profession was marked with a formal ceremony in Bulgaria Hall on Monday.
“The 1925 Bar Act laid the foundation for the independence of the Bulgarian bar,” said Supreme Bar Council Chair Ivaylo Dermendzhiev in his opening remarks. The event was attended by Constitutional Court judges, MPs, Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev, representatives of the legislative, executive and judicial branches. Actress Teodora Duhovnikova hosted the ceremony.
Congratulatory addresses were sent by President Rumen Radev, National Assembly Chair Raya Nazaryan, Constitutional Court Chair Pavlina Panova, Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva, acting Supreme Judicial Council Chair Boyan Magdalinchev, Sofia City Court Chair Rusi Aleksiev, and other court presidents across the country.
The Supreme Bar Council noted that the Bar Act adopted in 1925 was a key milestone in the history of the Bulgarian bar, as it introduced for the first time the principles of self-governance and self-regulation of the legal profession.
Before its adoption, the profession was regulated under the 1888 Bar Act, which did not establish a true corporate structure. Admission to the profession was managed by district courts, and disciplinary oversight was exercised by the judiciary. The 1925 Act fundamentally reformed this system and marked the beginning of the modern organisation of the Bulgarian bar.
Dermendzhiev said the 1925 law was introduced at a time when the governing authorities, facing political pressure, sought the support of the legal profession to reinforce societal values. “The lawyer has always been there to help people,” he added. Sofia Marks 100th Anniversary of Supreme Bar Council and Beginning of Independent, Self-Governing Legal Profession 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-24 20:42:28 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
