The National Chamber of Advocacy shall have the following responsibilities and execute the following tasks:
a) approves, by joint instruction with Advocacy and the Directorate for Free-of-Charge Legal Aid, the criteria and procedures for the selection of advocates delivering secondary legal aid services;
b) approves, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, the rules on the implementation of the principle of rotation in the appointment of advocates that offer secondary legal aid services in accordance with the provisions of Article 245 of this law and monitors their effectuation from the local chambers of advocacy;
c) within the date of 1 February of every calendar year, the National Chamber of Advocates approves the list of advocates for the delivery of secondary legal aid services, and forwards this list to the Ministry of Justice, the Directorate for Free-of-Charge Legal Aid and the local chambers of advocacy. In the drafting of this list, the National Chamber of Advocates shall take into account, to the extent possible, the inclusion of advocates of all specialties and levels and the respect of equal gender representation;
ç) publishes the list of advocates offering secondary legal aid services on the official website of the National Chamber of Advocacy;
d) prepares and organizes the continuous training programs for advocates who are on the list of advocates for the delivery of secondary legal aid services, in cooperation with the Directorate for Free-of-Charge Legal Aid;
dh) accomplishes all other tasks assigned to it by this law.
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