New Compliance Era for Advocates Incoming: Mandatory Pro Bono Quotas and Stricter Oversight on Foreign Affiliations Introduced

On 17 July 2026, several Indonesian advocate organizations have prepared and formally submitted a Draft Bill on Advocates and Advocates Organizations (“Draft Bill”) to the Ministry of Law.[1] Although the current version of the Draft Bill has yet to expressly address the repeal or replacement of Law No. 18 of 2003 on Advocates (“Law 18/2003”) upon its future enforcement, the Draft Bill recognizes that Law 18/2003 no longer reflects current legal needs, the changing landscape of the legal profession or Indonesia’s Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi – “MK”) decisions, making its replacement necessary.[2]