A EUROPEAN INCUBATOR FOR THE CAPITAL OF EUROPE

The European incubator of the Brussels Bar (INCUEBRUX) is an international organization set up by the French-speaking Order of lawyers of the Brussels Bar, in collaboration with the Dutch-speaking Order of lawyers of the Brussels Bar. Together, the two Orders represent over 8,000 lawyers. INCUEBRUX is an international joint committee for innovation and modernisation of the legal profession. It addresses technological challenges faced by legal professionals and how to cope with them while promoting high standards of professional conduct.

Innovation and modernization of the legal profession

EUROPEAN INCUBATOR

Particular features

INCUEBRUX is different from most of the existing initiatives in the Belgian and foreign Bars:

  • It deals with all the questions arising from technological innovation, legaltechs and the reform of the profession;
  • It brings together lawyers, academics and experts from Belgium and abroad in fields as varied as law, economics, management, philosophy or engineering;
  • The initiative is European and international both in terms of membership and in terms of partnerships with other Bar associations.

Mandate

The mandate of the European Incubator of the Brussels Bar is:

  • to guarantee that lawyers are trained and informed about technological developments that concern them;
  • to be a place for European and international exchange and for multidisciplinary and transversal debates about the modernization and the reform of the legal profession and of the judicial systems;
  • to ensure that the bar associations commit themselves to the digital evolutions while respecting their values;
  • to bring together European and international initiatives on technological innovations and their implications for the legal profession and for other professionals in the law sector;
  • to bring together European and international initiatives on technological innovations and their implications for the legal profession and for other professionals in the law sector;
  • to defend the fundamental rights and principles of the rule of law in the context of the digital evolution.