Abolition of Final Round Voting System for Bar Association President... Relocation of Headquarters to Seocho-dong Legal Town

by Kim HyeongMin

Published 25 Apr.2022 19:58(KST)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Korean Bar Association has decided to abolish the runoff voting system starting from the next association president election and to relocate its headquarters to the Legal Town in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.

On the 25th, the Bar Association held its regular general meeting at the Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, where the agenda items were passed with the majority of delegates attending the vote.

In the Bar Association president election, if no candidate received at least one-third of the valid votes, a runoff vote was held between the first and second place candidates. However, at this general meeting, 188 out of 334 delegates (56.3%) present voted in favor of abolishing the runoff voting system.

Additionally, the agenda to relocate the Bar Association headquarters, currently leased at Samwon Tower in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, to the Lawyer Education and Culture Center in Seocho-dong this December was also passed with the majority approval of the delegates.