The following discussion, based on archival sources and memoirs, describes the activities of Slovenian lawyers in the context of the diplomatic efforts of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Their efforts in Paris as well as in the Ljubljana Commission for the Peace Conference have been evaluated. In this regard, Ivan Žolger, a former Austrian minister and key Slovenian member of the Yugoslav delegation, stands out.