Membership in the Association is open to all qualified lawyers who are in good standing and who live in, or who are interested in, the Asia-Pacific region.

Annual dues will cover the period of one year starting from January 1 and ending on December 31. Those who join the Association before August 31 will be registered as a member for the current year. Those who join the Association after September 1 will be registered as a member for the rest of the current year and for the following year.

Qualified lawyers who attend the IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference and pay the non-member conference fee will be automatically registered as a member for the then current year ending on December 31.

Membership renewals will be accepted until July 31.

Selection of membership category is entirely up to each individual. If the membership category is not specified in the registration form, standard annual dues will be charged by the Secretariat.

Further, in order to encourage young lawyers to join the IPBA, a Young Lawyers Membership category (age under 30 years old) with special membership dues has been established.

IPBA has established a new 3-Year Term Membership category which will come into effect from the 2001 membership year.

There will be no refund of dues for cancellation of all membership categories during the effective term, nor will other persons be allowed to take over the membership for the remaining period.

Corporate Associate

Any corporation may become a Corporate Associate of the Association by submitting an application form accompanied by payment of the annual subscription of (JPY50,000/US$500) for the then current year.

The name of the Corporate Associate shall be listed in the membership directory.

A Corporate Associate may designate one employee ("Associate Member"), who may take part in any Annual Conference, committee or other programmes with the same rights and privileges as a Member, except that the Associate Member has no voting rights at Annual or Special Meetings, and may not assume the position of Council Member or Chairperson of a Committee.

A Corporate Associate may have any number of its employees attend any activities of the Association at the member rates.

Payment of Dues

Payment of dues can be made either in US dollars or Japanese yen. However, the following restrictions shall apply to payments in each currency. Your cooperation is appreciated in meeting the following conditions.

1. A US dollar check should be payable at a US bank located in the US. US dollar check payable in Japan may be returned to sender depending on charges.
2. A Japanese yen check should be payable at a Japanese bank located in Japan.
3. Japanese yen dues shall apply to all credit card payment. Please note that the amount charged will not be an equivalent amount to the US dollar dues.
4. Please do not instruct your bank to deduct telegraphic transfer handling charges from the amount of dues. Please pay related bank charges in addition to the dues.

Membership Registration Form.
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Applications accompanied by payment should be sent to the IPBA Secretariat at:

Roppongi Hills North Tower 7F
6-2-31 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan
Telephone: 81-3-5786-6796
Facsimile: 81-3-5786-6778
E-Mail: ipba@tga.co.jp