Bar Association and Local Bar Associations Pass Resolution to Ban 'Legal Platforms,' Citing Threat to Market Publicness

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Korean Bar Association stated, "We will strictly respond to legal platforms and similar services to protect the public nature of the legal profession and provide high-quality legal services to the public."

On the 30th, the Bar Association, through a resolution issued under the names of Chairman Lee Jong-yeop and the presidents of 14 local bar associations, also urged the government to legislate to prohibit private capital from entering the legal platform market.

The Bar Association said, "Online platform services are indiscriminately infiltrating and shaking the foundation of the public nature of the legal market," adding, "If legal platforms that introduce and mediate cases for profit evade the professional domain, it will lead to the 'capitalization of justice' and threaten the purpose of the judicial system."

The resolution was made during the 'Lawyers' Assembly for the Rule of Law' held online that day, seemingly with recent conflicts with legal service platforms including 'Lotok' in mind.

The Bar Association regulates platform use by revising the 'Regulations on Lawyer Advertising' to prohibit lawyers from requesting advertisements from non-lawyers.

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