The Bar - 29C64

The Bar

The Bar is the only side of the justice triangle that has not yet been reformed, and without it, judicial reform will not be holistic. We are convinced that legislative changes are necessary to address issues of legitimacy, efficiency, and transparency of the Bar self-governing bodies, corruption, particularly in access to the profession and practice of law, double standards in disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, inefficiency of the professional development system, and financial opacity.

We are working on reforming the Bar and advocating for the necessary changes to establish an independent, professional, and high-integrity attorneys’ community.

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Pavlo Vovk may renew his attorney license
Pavlo Vovk may renew his attorney license

A path into the legal profession is opening up for Pavlo Vovk after the Supreme Court refused to reinstate him as a judge. Vovk suspended his right to practice law back in 2007, but he can renew it very quickly. Pavlo Vovk would then join the team of Lidia Izovitova and Andriy Yermak, and together&h...

Attorneys are collecting signatures to unblock the Congress of Attorneys
Attorneys are collecting signatures to unblock the Congress of Attorneys

The Congress of Attorneys of Ukraine may finally be held. At the congress, which was supposed to take place back in 2022, the head of the Bar Council of Ukraine (BCU) and the National Bar Association of Ukraine (NBAU), members of the BCU and other bar governance bodies were to be re-elected. However...

How the Bar Association and the Prosecutor General joined forces to pressure the NACP over the anti-corruption strategy
How the Bar Association and the Prosecutor General joined forces to pressure the NACP over the anti-corruption strategy

The Office of the Prosecutor General has opened an absurd criminal proceeding against officials of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP). They are allegedly accused of abusing power or official position for the purpose of obtaining unlawful benefit (Article 364 of the Criminal Code). I...

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