Lawyers and Law Firms
Law is practiced in Ukraine by jurists (legal consultants), awarded a diploma after graduation from university, and attorneys at law. Law offices are maintained by the Attorneys Associations who register it as a law firm in the Ministry of Justice, and are awarded state certification.
The Constitution of Ukraine defines an attorney's work as "securing the right for protection against accusation and provide legal assistance while considering cases in courts and other state bodies in Ukraine". In this case, the Law “On the Bar” defines the Bar as a voluntary professional public association.
An attorney in Ukraine can be a person who has higher legal education, stated by the diploma of Ukraine, or in line with the international treaties of Ukraine diploma of a foreign country, the work experience in the field of law no less than two years, fluent in the Language of the State, has passed a qualification exam, received a certificate entitling him to practice law, and taken the Ukrainian Oath of the Attorney.
The Law determines that attorneys cannot hold a previous conviction. The Law also stipulates that the attorney cannot work in court, a prosecutor's or state notary's office, bodies of internal affairs, security service, or state administration bodies.
In order to defend a person charged with criminal offense, an attorney must have a certificate entitling him to practice law (issued by Regional Qualification- Disciplinary Bar Commission) or a Power of Attorney letter. There are 25 Regional Qualifications- Disciplinary Bar Commissions in Ukraine: each in every Region (oblast) and one in the City of Kiev and the City of Sevastopol.
A list of Attorneys is kept and published by the Supreme Qualification Bar Commission of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
A list of law firms is kept and published on the official website of Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
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