(Arabic: المجمع القانوني الليبي)

The Law Society of Libya is an independent, non-governmental legal institution based in Tripoli. It is dedicated to promoting access to justice, strengthening the rule of law, and supporting legal research, education, and civic awareness across Libya.

At the heart of its mission is the creation and maintenance of Libya’s largest and most comprehensive open-access legal database. This includes over 15,000 digitised documents, covering constitutions, laws, judicial rulings, international treaties, official gazettes, and ministerial decisions, from both historical and contemporary legal sources. The Society is also developing a searchable classification system for Supreme Court decisions, aiming to simplify complex legal doctrines and aid students and the broader public.

The Society’s work is grounded in a belief that access to legal information is foundational to legal empowerment and institutional reform. To this end, it collaborates with universities, legal experts, bar associations, and civil society to train young legal professionals and students in digital archiving, legislative research, and the use of modern tools such as AI, OCR, and structured metadata for managing legal content.

In addition to its archival role, the Law Society of Libya plays a growing part in transitional justice and legislative modernization efforts. It publishes legal articles and reports, facilitates public legal education, and partners with governmental and non-governmental institutions to improve legislative transparency and citizen engagement.

As an Institutional Member of the European Law Institute, the Society is committed to contributing Libyan perspectives to international legal discussions. It seeks to engage in comparative legal reform projects, share lessons from Libya’s ongoing legal transformation, and support cross-border dialogue on topics such as access to justice, digitisation, public law reform, and institutional accountability.

The Society views its membership in ELI as an opportunity to connect the Libyan legal ecosystem with European and global networks and to contribute meaningfully to the development of modern legal frameworks that reflect shared principles of justice, inclusion, and the rule of law.

Website: https://lawsociety.ly
Languages: Arabic (primary), English (expanding)
Status: Independent, non-profit