Unofficial Bar

{{short description|Lawyers engaged in private practice}}

The unofficial bar in Sri Lankan courts refer to the lawyers engaged in a private legal practice,{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/07/06/new23.html |title=Legal luminaries sworn in as President's Counsel |access-date=2011-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605001301/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/07/06/new23.html |archive-date=2011-06-05 |url-status=dead |df= }} as opposed to the official bar, which is made up of lawyers working for the Attorney-General's Department. The President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka is considered as the de facto leader of the unofficial bar. While the Attorney-General is considered as the leader of the official bar.