From September 12-16, 2022, with support from the USAID Rule of Law Program, the New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair, together with Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, conducted a crash course on Legal Ethics for students in Batumi.

The crash course on Legal Ethics helped the students understand the ethical dimension of decision-making in advocacy, enabling them to manage the ethical challenges they will encounter in their legal practice. The course included a series of lectures on legislation regulating legal practice, as well as a comparative analysis of Georgian, U.S. and European regulations on lawyers’ professional responsibilities. An exemption from the legal ethics lectures until the midterm exam can be granted to all students who attended the crash course.

The course was led by Ms. Ana Loria, the New Vision University Legal Ethics co-chair, a member of Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission, and a lawyer. In total, nine students and two law professors attended the crash course.

The New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair has been cooperating with the Batumi State University Faculty of Law and Social Sciences for several years. Within the framework of this cooperation, the New Vision Legal Ethics Chair organized public lectures, roundtables and discussions at Batumi State University.

With support from the USAID Rule of Law Program, the New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair plans to conduct legal ethics crash courses in other regional universities as well.

The New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair is pleased to announce admission opening for students to participate in practical course in legal ethics chair clinic. The course is implemented with the support of United States Agency for International Development(USAID) within the framework of East-West Management Institute’s (EWMI) Rule of Law Program. The fourth year BA students and LLM students are eligible for the admission. The course format will be hybrid and include online and face-to-face sessions.

Practical course in Legal Ethics will be delivered by Ms. Tamar Khubuluri, senior lawyer of the Ethics Commission at the Georgian Bar Association, and Ms. Ana Loria, member of the ethics commission at GBA and legal ethics co-chair at New Vision University.

During the course, the students will learn the main principles and standards of legal ethics; they will become familiar with the practice of GBA EC and the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Students will draft case-briefs of EC decisions/recommendations and decisions of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia, which will be uploaded on the legal ethics chair online platform. The case-briefs will be accessible online for every interested person. While drafting the case-briefs, students will also acquire writing skills. They will be able to draft legal arguments in the judgments/recommendations. Students will be granted certificates upon completing the course in Legal Ethics Clinic.

Interested students should submit an Application Form before June 30, 2022. Hurry, places are limited.

On December 2^nd, 2021 the New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair announced application opening for students to participate in a distance learning three months long practical course in legal ethics chair clinic (January – March, 2022). The third, fourth year BA and LLM students were eligible to join the clinic. In total, 12 students were chosen for the clinic who represent the following universities:

• New Vision University;
• Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University;
• Ilia State University;
• Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University;
• Free University of Tbilisi;
• Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA);
• Georgian National University;
• Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University;
• Caucasus International University.

Practical course will start on January 6^th, 2022 and end on March 31^st, 2022. The praqtical course will be led by Ms. Ana Loria, elected member of the Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission (GBA EC), defense attorney and Legal Ethics Co-Chair.

During the course, the students will learn the main principles and standards of legal ethics; they will become familiar with the practice of GBA EC and the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Students will draft case-briefs of EC decisions/recommendations and decisions of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia, which will be uploaded on the legal ethics chair online platform. The case-briefs will be accessible online for every interested person. While drafting the case-briefs, students will also acquire writing skills. They will be able to draft legal arguments in the judgments/recommendations. Students will be granted certificates upon completing the course in Legal Ethics Clinic.

On December 16, 2021 the New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair organized workshop for the professors who teach legal ethics. The workshop was attended by the professors who lead the Legal Ethics course in the following universities:

• Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University;
• Kutaisi Akaki Tsereteli State University;
• Georgian National University;
• Georgian Institute of Public Affairs;
• New Vision University;
• Black Sea International University;
• Free University of Tbilisi;
• Ilia State University;
• Georgian Technical University;
• University of Georgia;
• Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University;
• European University; and
• Caucasus University.

The structure of the new Legal Ethics textbook, teaching methods and new textbook’s integration to the teaching/learning process of Legal Ethics were discussed during the workshop. Workshop was led by the New Vision University Legal Ethics Co-chair and a member of the Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission – Ms. Ana Loria.

The Legal Ethics textbook was created with support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) within the framework of East-West Management Institute’s (EWMI) project Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia (PROLoG).

The New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair is pleased to announce admission opening for students to participate in a distance learning three months long practical course in legal ethics chair clinic (January – March, 2022). The third, fourth year BA students and LLM students are eligible for the admission. The course format will be remote, that is additional opportunity for the students of regional universities.

Practical course in Legal Ethics will be delivered by Ms. Ana Loria, elected member of Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission (GBA EC), defense attorney and Legal Ethics Co-Chair.

During the course, the students will learn the main principles and standards of legal ethics; they will become familiar with the practice of GBA EC and the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Students will draft case-briefs of EC decisions/recommendations and decisions of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia, which will be uploaded on the legal ethics chair online platform. The case-briefs will be accessible online for every interested person. While drafting the case-briefs, students will also acquire writing skills. They will be able to draft legal arguments in the judgments/recommendations. Students will be granted certificates upon completing the course in Legal Ethics Clinic.

Interested student should submit an application form before December 20, 2021.

On November 27-28, 2021, the New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair organized the fourth Moot Disciplinary Hearings on Legal Ethics. Students from various authorized public and private universities/law schools, participated in the moot hearings. Teams were represented from the following universities: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Free University of Tbilisi, International Black Sea University, St. Andrew the First-Called Georgian University and Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University. Participating teams were assessed by invited expert-judges, including Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission members, ethics commission lawyers and defense lawyers, who have outstanding competence and experience in legal ethics. To guarantee a fair and impartial assessment during the competition, the names of the universities of the participating teams remained unknown to the judges.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure the safety of participants, moot disciplinary hearings were held online.

Teams that failed to advance to the final rounds were awarded with the special nominations and instead of identifying the winner, all four finalist teams were awarded the certificates for success in the finals and prizes – bookstore vouchers. did not identify the winner. All students were granted with the certificates and special awards – bookshop vouchers. All participants of the moot hearings will be presented with the Legal Ethics textbook.

The moot hearings were held with the support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) within the framework of East-West Management Institute’s (EWMI) project Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia (PROLoG).

The New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair calls for applications of student teams for Moot Disciplinary Hearings on Legal Ethics in November 27-28, 2021. Only third- and fourth-year BA law faculty students and LLM students (except member attorneys of the Georgian Bar Association) are eligible to participate in Moot Disciplinary Hearings.

Each team should consist out of three or four students. The priority will be given to the first registered 10 groups from Tbilisi and from the regions.  It is advisable for the team to have a coach.

The selected teams will represent their positions on the moot hearing of the Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission. Moot Disciplinary Hearings will have two phases: After the preliminary rounds held on the first day of the Moot Court, four groups will be chosen for the finals. Special awards and nominations for finalists will be revealed after the finals, during the award ceremony.

Due to Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure the safety of the participants, the Moot Disciplinary Hearings will be held online.

Participating teams should fill the application form and send it to the following email legalethicschair@newvision.ge before November 1^st, 2021.

The rules of the Moot Court can be found here: https://legalethicschair.newvision.ge/themes/lec/assets/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%202021.pdf

On May 13-14, 2021 the New Vision University (NVU) Legal Ethics Chair organized the fourth Annual Conference on Legal Ethics. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Georgia, event was held online.

During the conference, Georgian and foreign speakers/experts discussed the newest challenges in lawyers’ ethics, such as the conflict between anti-money laundering reporting and attorney-client confidentiality; Unified profession; Lawyers’ professional liability Insurance (PLI); The Ethical Obligation to be Technologically Competent; Ethical Obligations Related to the Termination of the Attorney-Client Relationship; Role of the Lawyer and Ethical Obligations in Mediation. Practitioner lawyers (Judges, GBA EC members, attorneys, mediators), professors and students attended the conference.

The conference was organized by NVU Legal Ethics Chair with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) within the framework of East-West Management Institute’s (EWMI) project - Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia (PROLoG).

On April 28 th , 2021 the New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair together with the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University organized a public lecture on „How to Identify and Avoid Conflict of Interest?“.

Ms. Ana Loria, New Vision University Legal Ethics Co-chair and the Member of the Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission lead the lecture. Law Students, legal practitioners and law professors attended the lecture.

The Public Lecture is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) within the framework of East-West Management Institute’s (EWMI) project Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia (PROLoG).

The New Vision University Legal Ethics Chair is pleased to announce admission opening for students to participate in a distance learning course in legal ethics chair clinic (four months practical course). The third, fourth year BA students and LLM students are eligible for the admission. The course format will be remote, that is additional opportunity for the students of regional universities.
Practical course in Legal Ethics will be delivered by Ms. Tamar Khubuluri, Senior Lawyer of the Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission (GBA EC), Legal Ethics Chair Researcher and Ms. Ana Loria, elected member of GBA EC and Legal Ethics Co-Chair.
During the course, the students will learn the main principles and standards of legal ethics; they will become familiar with the practice of GBA EC and the Disciplinary chamber of the Supreme court of Georgia. Students will draft case-briefs of EC decisions/recommendations and decisions of the Disciplinary chamber of the Supreme court of Georgia, which will be uploaded on the legal ethics chair online platform. The case-briefs will be accessible online for every interested person. While drafting the case-briefs, students will also acquire writing skills. They will be able to draft legal arguments in the judgments and participate in the moot court on legal ethics Students will be granted certificates upon completing the course in Legal Ethics Clinic.

Interested student should submit an application before February 24 th , 2021.

The Legal Ethics clinic is supported by the USAID Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia Program, implemented by the East West Management Institute in Georgia.