The Lawyers’ Association changes its name to gender neutral Hs.fi

Lawyer On Monday, he decided to transform his official name into a gender -neutral lawyer.

Attempts have been made to change the name in the past, but earlier, the presentation faced opposition to the union delegation. Last year, a name change proposal fell in the vote with four votes, and in 2022 the new name was caught in one vote.

Now the proposal for a name change was unanimously approved at the delegation meeting.

Practically The name of the Lawyers’ Union has not been on display for a few years.

The trade union has used the gender-neutral name of the law as a brand name in unofficial contexts since 2022. For example, the website of a trade union has already operated under the name of the Law Association. The Law Association is also evident, for example, in employees’ titles and email addresses.

The name of the Lawyers’ Union has only been reflected in the association register, the rules of the union and in the membership payment forms, says the Director of Communication and Influence of the Union Janne Laukkanen.

« The name of our activities and member communications has already been the lawyer and it has been found to work. Now this is harmonized so that the name is also in the register of associations and the rules of the union, » he says.

Last In the CEO of the Lawyers’ Union Jore Tilander told For HSTo make a name change because the lawyer is perceived to be old-fashioned and the word of the word is wanted.

« The word lawyer has become more common anyway, and even the language office no longer considers it to be svetisism (a loan from Sweden). »

At that time, the name change did not yet go through the delegation. What has changed?

« The name of the law is so well established and is accustomed to different contexts, » Laukkanen says.

« Now this did not give us any discussion on our delegation. »

Founded in 1944, the Law Association is an association of lawyers and law students. It has about 16,000 members.