The Bar

Yaroslav Kuzyshyn, Advocacy Manager, DEJURE Foundation Kateryna Shevchuk, Communications Manager, DEJURE Foundation This article was originally published in Ukrainian in Ukrainska Pravda. The Ukrainian Bar is increasingly engulfed in a storm of manipulations and conflicts. Connections with Russia and the traitor Medvedchuk, corruption, monopoly of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA), and impunity of traitor attorneys… Continue reading Elections in the Shadow of War: Who are mobilised attorneys hindering?

This article was originally published in Ukrainian in Mirror of the week. Artem Donets, attorneyIlya Kostin, attorneyMykhailo Zhernakov, Chair of the Board, DEJURE Foundation The Ukrainian Bar has been plagued by problems for years. It is the only side of the justice triangle that has not been reformed since the Revolution of Dignity, and without… Continue reading The fish stinks first from the head: What is wrong with the Ukrainian Bar and how to fix it

On Tuesday, June 4th, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) caught the attorney Oleksiy Nosov offering a $200,000 bribe. According to the investigation, Nosov allegedly offered this amount to transfer his client’s case from NABU to the National Police. The case involves the embezzlement of electricity from “Ukrenergo,” resulting in losses of 716 million… Continue reading A $200,000 bribe as a signal for overhauling the legal profession