Per i 150 anni degli ordini forensi. Dialogo tra università e avvocatura su indipendenza della professione e tutela dei diritti

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Raffaella Bianchi Riva (ed)
University of Milan
ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5568-1163
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/milanoup.245
Keywords: History of Legal Profession, Legal Profession, Bar Associations, Italy

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Through a dialogue between the legal profession and academia, the volume marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of bar associations, offering a reflection on the independence of the legal profession, which constitutes the primary safeguard of an effective right of defence and adequate protection of rights, and for which bar associations serve as the principal institutional guarantor. The contributions collected in the volume trace the evolution of bar associations through the various regulatory frameworks from Italian unification to the present, and address several recurring themes in the history of the legal profession, such as gender equality, education and access to the profession, disciplinary authority, and legal ethics, which have a significant impact on the role and functioning of the associations. What emerges is a shared reflection on the role of the legal profession within the legal system and on the challenges it must confront in order to adapt to increasingly complex contexts while preserving its core identity.

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Raffaella Bianchi Riva, University of Milan

is an Associate Professor of Legal History in the Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law at the University of Milan, where she currently teaches courses on the History of Criminal Justice, the History of the Legal Profession, and Contemporary Legal History.

Granted a Law degree with honors in 2003, she received her PhD in the History and Doctrine of Institutions in 2009 from the University of Insubria. In 2007, she obtained her qualification as a lawyer. In 2017, she was a Visiting Scholar Fellow at the Robbins Collection, School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley. Her main research fields are the history of the legal profession and legal ethics, the relationship between law and ethics, the history of criminal justice, and the interaction between law, politics, and society. Her studies cover a time span from the Middle Ages to the contemporary era.

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