JALP "intends to assume itself as an aggregating pole and active and intransigent voice of the worries and interests of its associates", says the new association in a statement.
Based in Portugal, JALP says it wants to have "a relevant role" in the framework of young lawyers in the Lusophone jurisdictional context and in the linguistic-cultural movement, where it considers that "the new Portuguese language is inserted".
JALP's governing bodies are composed of lawyers registered in several countries that make up the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), including Angola, Brazil, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Macau Special Administrative Region, in addition to Portugal.
The president of the association's board is Francisco Goes Pinheiro, whose vice-presidents are Márcia Martinho da Rosa and José Briosa e Gala. Nayda Silveira d'Almeida is the vowel and Natália Campos Rocha is the secretary general.
The association also states that "any lawyer or trainee lawyer duly registered in the respective professional associations of any CPLP country may join JALP, as long as the definitive registration has not occurred more than twenty years ago".
Also according to the association's note, honorary and collective members may join JALP, being the first lawyers to have achieved notability in the exercise of their profession or in the context of the CPLP, as well as collective members, entities that play a relevant role in the jurisdictions mentioned above or that pursue common interests or similar to those pursued by the association.
Finally, the association aims to "protect the Portuguese language in the context of the legal profession and the future of lawyers and trainee lawyers in the CPLP".
