Prospects for Bringing Parents and Other Close Relatives to Criminal Responsibility for the Abduction of Their Children

Abstract

The paper investigates the process of digitalization of the modern legal profession in Russia in relation to such institute as a lawyer request. Stipulated by the current legislation of the Russian Federation on the Legal Profession, electronification of a lawyer request is considered as part of the process of digitization of the legal profession as a whole within the framework of the Russian government program "Digital Russian economy”. The author lists the currently existing problems hindering the efficient conduct of electronification of a lawyer request, which would help to improve the effectiveness of lawyer's qualified legal assistance to all interested parties, referring to them for such assistance. At the same time, the author identifies the problems associated with both the lawyers themselves and with bodies and organizations that are recipients of lawyer requests and suggests ways to overcome these problems — in pursuance of the constitutional provision providing qualified legal assistance.