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The National Bar Association of Panama (CNAP) is a union entity with key importance within the national community due to its power to investigate ethical misconduct by lawyers, as well as its participation in the nomination of the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice. Since its inception this entity has enjoyed a certain degree of prestige. However, this situation changed in 1994 when the Supreme Court of Justice ruled that the obligation to belong to the CNAP was unconstitutional, which has led to the loss of interest of the country's lawyers in belonging to this union. The current situation of the CNAP is the product of de facto leadership, interest in quantity and not quality, as well as its social disconnection. Consequently, the CNAP must evaluate its approach to society and awaken the interest of all legal professionals to find its true reason for existence.
