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Membership Questionnaire
Results
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27 February 2015
Q1: Why did you join the UIA?
International Networking
Réseau International
Red internacional
Extremely important
83
63 %
Important
42
32 %
6
5%
Not so important
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Q1: Why did you join the UIA?
Knowledge of international legal practices
Connaissances des pratiques juridiques à l'échelle internationale
Conocimiento de la abogacía a nivel internacional
Extremely important
68
52 %
Important
56
43 %
7
5%
Not so important
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Q1: Why did you join the UIA?
Business Opportunities
Opportunités d'affaires
Oportunidades de negocios
Extremely important
53
40 %
Important
62
47 %
Not so important
16
12 %
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Q1: Why did you join the UIA?
Training
Formation
Formaciones
Extremely important
53
40 %
Important
52
40 %
Not so important
26
20 %
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Q1: Why did you join the UIA?
Protection of Human Rights
Protection des Droits de l'Homme
Protección de derechos humanos
Extremely important
48
37 %
Important
62
47 %
Not so important
21
16 %
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Q1: Why did you join the UIA?
Work of the scientific commissions
Travaux des commissions scientifiques
Trabajos de las comisiones científicas
Extremely important
34
26 %
Important
76
58 %
Not so important
21
16 %
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Q1: Why did you join the UIA?
Combined results for the answer « Extremely important »
International networking
63%
Knowledge of international
legal practices
52%
Business Opportunities
40%
Training
40%
Protection of Human Rights
37%
Work of the Scientific
Commissions
26%
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Q2: What are the main advantages you
find in being a member*?
Networking
Being up-to-date on
international legal practice
Training
Getting business
opportunities
Else (Directory, Member
rates for events, etc.)
No interest in being a
member
Making friends
Travelling
Supporting Human Rights
Initiatives
Total
39 %
23 %
10 %
9%
6%
5%
5%
3%
1%
100 %
*open answers
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Q3: What would you like to see at the UIA that does
not already exist or that could be improved?
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Improve provision of translation (translations wanted in
Portuguese, Arabic, more translations in general, and
better translations in English in particular
%
Involve more young lawyers in the UIA
Nothing to improve, everything is fine
8
8
Provide additional opportunities to meet and exchange
with other members independently of congresses and
seminars
7
Be more involved on issues concerning certain parts of
the world (African & South American Lawyers)
Be more efficent in the Protection of Lawyers issues
Improve Stagiaire Programme
Greater activity by and more activities organised by
Reg. Sec., Nat. Committees, and Nat. Representatives
Work on specific groups (women, other divergent
groups)
9
3
3
3
3
Improve the website
Lower membership fees
Have a mobile app
Increase the number of commissions
Give more information on the UIA to members
Publicize the work done by the scientific commissions
Have a more detailed/efficient directory
Debate on Ethics and professional Practice
Be more open to in-house counsel
Coordinate better with Bar Presidents
Reduce the number of commissions
Modernize UIA's image
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Future thinking – The legal profession in 2025?
1
Meet with judges & governmental officers
Have one's picture on UIA membership card
1
1
2
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Q3: What would you like to see at the UIA that does
not already exist or that could be improved?
EVENTS' CONSIDERATIONS
%
Lower prices of training courses for young lawyers and
developing countries
7
Extend variety of Seminars subjects (Arbitration, IP, etc.)
7
Diversify destinations of UIA events
Organise webinars
3
3
Improve the congress programme/quality of the reports
2
Pay attention to ovelapping sessions at the congress
Better organise sports activities at the congress
Help participants to get their visas
Have more free time during the congress
Obtain CLE credits for USA
Offer free registration for speakers
Propose intervention of non-lawyers at UIA events
Have less sessions at the congress
Loose less time at the beginning of each event
Have more events
Give public access to reports
Reserve access to reports to members only
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Q4: Could you give three words to describe the UIA?
International
Competent
Integrity
Experience
Family-size
Cosmopolitan
Network
Creative
Well-organized
Modern
Professionalism
Slightly old-fashionned
Solidarity
Opportunities
Useful
Diverse
Independent
Male - dominated
Exchange
Open-minded
Travel
French
Opportunity
Legitimate
Efficient
Enjoyable
Authoritarian
Ethics
Necessary
Expensive
Interesting
Respected
Knowledge
French
Good Value for
money
Human Rights
Cooperation
Immense
Fun
Liberty
Near
Friendly
Accessible
Dynamic
Gathering
Lawyers
Excellence
Discover
Comprehensive
Principles
Powerful
Long standing
Congenial
Traditional
Confrontation
Rich people
Provocative
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Q4: In which area of law would you like to receive
UIA training?
Terrorism
Art Law
Health Law
Legal terminology in foreign languages
Sports Law
Immigration Law
Investment
Litigation
Banking Law
Corporate Law
Negociation
Criminal Law
Family Law
Mediation
Commercial Law
Contract Law
Professional Pratice
Data Protection
Human Rights
Intellectual Property
Tax Law
Arbitration
International Business Law
0
2
4
6%
8
10
12
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