Article 13 of the Saudi Bar Association Statute

This article sets the powers of the board of directors, which has all the powers needed to conduct the Association's affairs and achieve its objectives, except what falls within the general assembly's powers. The most prominent include:

• Proposing: the regulations needed for the Statute and the financial and administrative regulations, membership fees and any financial consideration with the payment mechanism, the policy for investing funds, and the work plan for each financial year.
• Money and reports: preparing the final account and the annual report, accepting gifts, donations, bequests and endowments, disposing of the Association's funds in accordance with the financial regulations, and approving the annual budget (a paragraph added by Council of Ministers Resolution No. (143) dated 18/2/1447 AH).
• Committees and training: forming assisting committees, and taking part in setting and evaluating qualification and training programs.
• Membership: granting honorary membership, deciding applications for affiliate membership, and ending the membership of regular and affiliate members.
• Supporting lawyers: studying their professional requests and considering supporting them with the competent bodies.

Two paragraphs matter to the public directly:

• Paragraph (10): receiving complaints against lawyers concerning professional aspects, and trying to settle them. The board's role here is to receive them and try to settle them, and the article does not mention a disciplinary power.
• Paragraph (11): keeping a periodic list of lawyers who volunteer to provide legal aid, and nominating those it sees fit when requested by the relevant bodies, including investigating authorities and the courts.