Bar Council of Ukraine looking forward to contact the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Supreme Council of Ukraine on the matter of debt to advocates that provide free legal aid
Bar Council of Ukraine looking forward to contact the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Supreme Council of Ukraine on the matter of debt to advocates that provide free legal aid
Bar Council of Ukraine (BCU) looking forward to contact the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Supreme Council of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada) on the matter of debt to advocates that provide free legal aid (FLA).
BCU will contact the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Verkhovna Rada on the matter of debt, which has been occurred to advocates that provide FLA.
Such decision was taken after a Sergii's Vylkov speech - Head of FLA UNBA Committee. He informed about existence of debts in many regions of Ukraine. This situation is being violation of advocates' rights that provide FLA.
According to estimated calculations, the debt is 100 million UAH.
In the open letter BCU will also apply to law enforcement authorities regarding misuse of budget funds in the FLA system.Popular news
URAU
Access to advocate contacts in URAU has been restored
The Bar Council of Ukraine has opened up public access to data from the Unified Register of Advocates of Ukraine, which was closed at the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. The decision was made at a meeting on December 12–13.
Self-government
BCU has identified 12 areas for implementing the Roadmap for advocacy
During its meeting on December 12, the Bar Council of Ukraine considered the Roadmap on the Rule of Law, approved by Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 475-r dated May 14, 2025. The document provides for the development and adoption of a draft law on improving the legal regulation of advocacy by the fourth quarter of 2026.
Guarantees of the practice of law
The UNBA presented a report on violations of advocates' rights in the TCC
The Committee for the protection of advocate's rights and guarantees of legal practice of the UNBA has prepared a consolidated report on violations of advocate's professional rights and guarantees of legal practice by territorial recruitment and social support centers for the period from 2022 to the first half of 2025.
Self-government
Statement by the UNBA Committee regarding manipulative journalistic material
Statement by the UNBA Committee on information policy and interaction with the media regarding manipulative journalistic material aimed at discrediting the advocacy institution.
Greetings
Congratulations on the anniversary of the establishment of the Ukrainian National Bar Association
November 17 marks the thirteenth anniversary of the establishment of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, a professional self-governing organization that has united advocates from all regions of the country into a single independent institution.
Guarantees of the practice of law
10 changes necessary for the implementation of the Convention on the protection of the profession of advocate
Most of the standards enshrined in the Convention on the protection of the profession of advocate have already been implemented in Ukrainian legislation. At the same time, in order to ensure a higher level of guarantees for the independence of advocacy, certain amendments should be made to the codes and the relevant law.
Guarantees of the practice of law
L. Izovitova: today advocacy maintains its independence and fights for guarantees for the profession
The Ukrainian advocacy remains an independent, constitutionally recognized institution of justice, which, in the conditions of war, has not only retained its subjectivity, but also consistently fights for guarantees to protect the profession.
Access to the profession
For candidates for the advocate: BCU has reminded them of the rules for crediting teaching experience
For the purposes of admission to the qualification exam, a candidate's work in scientific and teaching positions may be counted as experience in the field of law only if the position requires legal education.
Publications
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Ihor Kolesnykov A BRIEF SUMMARY REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE ORDER ON EXTENDED CONFISCATION IN LATVIA REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSETS OF…
Valentyn Gvozdiy WORKING IN A WAR ZONE
Lydia Izovitova Formula of perfection
Sergiy Vylkov Our judicial system is so built that courts do not trust advocates
Iryna Vasylyk Advocacy in the proclamation of Independence of Ukraine
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Vadym Krasnyk The UNBA will work, and all obstacles and restrictions are only temporary inconveniences
