The Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (for short, BCMG) is the State Bar Council governing and regulating the practice of law in the States of Maharashtra and Goa, the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu. It is an autonomous body constituted under Advocates Act, 1961. Some of the key functions discharged by the BCMG are as follows: - To admit persons as Advocates on its roll - To prepare and maintain such roll - To entertain and determine cases of misconduct against advocates on its roll - To safeguard the rights, privileges and interests of advocates on its roll - To promote the growth of Bar Associations for the purposes of effective implementation of the welfare schemes. - To support and promote law reforms - To conduct seminars and organize talks on legal topics by eminent Jurists and publish journals and papers of legal interest - To organize legal aid to the poor class of the Society - To promote legal education and to do all other things necessary for discharging such functions - To organized various training programme supporting to judicial system.