General Association of the Bar of Washingtonia

The General Association of the Bar of the Kingdom of Washingtonia (commonly referred to as the Bar) is the legal profession's mandatory association which represents lawyers' interests, enforces legal ethics and regulates legal education as well as admission to the Bar. The Bar was established by the Practice of Law and Related Matters Act of 1916, succeeding the unofficial Washingtonian Lawyers Guild, which itself was established in 1883.

Legal basis
The Practice of Law Act provides the following: