The Reform of Advocacy in the Light of the Concept of Market Regulation of the Professional Legal Assistance Developed by the Ministry of Justice of Russia

Abstract

In frames of realization of the State programme "Justice" the Ministry of Justice of Russia has developed the concept of market regulation of professional legal assistance. The concept was supported by the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of Russia. At the same time the paper is actively criticized by the legal community. The Concept has received many negative reviews from stakeholders, resulting in the refusal of the Government to adopt it. The concept involved such ideas as attorney monopoly on legal representation in all types of proceedings, legal monopoly on providing paid legal aid, commercialization of advocacy through the implementation of market mechanisms in the organization of the legal profession.