The OECS BAR ASSOCIATION is an organization of legal practitioners and representative Bar Associations all functioning within and under the jurisdiction of the EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT a superior Court of record of the Eastern Caribbean.
The OECS BAR ASSOCIATION comprises the Caribbean islands within the regional geopolitical grouping of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines) together with Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands.
The OECS BAR ASSOCIATION aims to represent, promote and protect the interest of the legal profession within the territories of its members (including the honour and independence of practicing lawyers and the judiciary), to be concerned with questions of human rights and the rule of law, to protect the public's rights of access to the courts and to legal representation, to work for the improvement of the administration of justice and to undertake any action which contributes to the protection and preservation of fundamental conditions for a well ordered society. For more information on the aims, objects and structure of the OECS BAR ASSOCIATION, please see the Rules of the Bar Association of OECS, Virgin Islands and Anguilla.
The OECS BAR ASSOCIATION in furtherance of its aims adopted and published a Code of Ethics which established rules relating to the professional conduct of its members and to encourage good relations and understanding between the Bar and the Public.