Talk:Professional attorneys association

Redirect location[edit]

On 13 November 2009, I edited this article to redirect to Law firm network. Within an hour, User:Colonel Warden changed it to redirect to Bar association instead.

However, these two are not the same thing at all. To quote from Category:Law organizations, a law organization or institution "regulate[s] the practice of law, lawyers, judges, and their effects on the public. The most typical form of law organizations are bar associations and law societies. See also Category:Legal organizations for organizations or institutions of, or related to law."

A professional attorneys association does not regulate the practice of law or lawyers—that is, it's a "legal organization," not a "law organization."

Consequently, I'm reverting this change. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 02:43, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Law firm network is too narrow a topic to be suitable as the target for the redirect. I amended it to Bar association because the pre-redirect article says "Professional Attorneys Associations can be either not-for-profit, such as the typical Bar association". That seems better but still doesn't give the full picture. Let's try a different destination: Lawyer#Professional associations and regulation. This section covers both mandatory and voluntary professional associations so so seems to have the best scope. Colonel Warden (talk) 08:38, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]