Membership in the Association
Admission to membership of the association takes place in the following order
- in respect of persons who have the current or suspended status of an advocate in the Russian Federation: by decision of the General Council of the Association on the basis of the examination of the written application and questionnaire of the candidate, as well as the documents submitted by the candidate confirming his/her status of an advocate in the Russian Federation;
- in respect of persons who previously had the status of an advocate in the Russian Federation, which was terminated on the application of the advocate: by decision of the General Council of the Association on the basis of the results of the examination of the documents submitted by the candidate confirming his/her status of an advocate in the Russian Federation and written explanations as to the reasons for the termination of the advocate's status and on the basis of the examination of the candidate's written application and questionnaire.
Membership in the Association
Admission to membership of the association takes place in the following order
in respect of persons who previously had the status of an advocate in the Russian Federation, which was terminated by a decision of the advocates' chambers of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation or the Federal Chamber of Advocates of the Russian Federation for committing a disciplinary offence: by decision of the General Council of the Association on the basis of the results of the procedure of the international expert examination on the issue of arbitrary withdrawal of the advocate's status and on the basis of the examination of the written application and questionnaire of the candidate.
Membership in the Association
Admission to membership of the association takes place in the following order
in respect of persons who have not previously had the status of an advocate in the Russian Federation: by decision of the General Council of the Association on the basis of a written application, the candidate's questionnaire and the conclusion of the Qualification Commission of the Association on the candidate's passing the qualification exam or interview conducted in accordance with the rules established by the Association. Mandatory requirements for a candidate in this case are the availability of higher legal education or an academic degree in a legal speciality, as well as work experience in a legal speciality of at least two years, or completion of an internship in accordance with the procedure established by the Association. If a candidate has more than ten years of documented practical legal experience, he/she shall be admitted to the Association based on the results of the interview without passing the qualification exam.
Every person having the necessary qualifications in law shall be entitled to become a lawyer and to continue in practice without discrimination.
Standards for the Independence of the Legal Profession. Adopted by the IBA on 7 September 1990 in New York.
Advocacy should conduct selection of the members of the corporation. Failure to do so and to ignore the behavioral reactions of members of the professional chain (activity, courage, determination, cowardice, lack of initiative, and the like) may result in the chain being contaminated with individuals with abnormal professional behavioral reactions.
Every member of the corporation must perform any work necessary to ensure the vitality of the corporation. Refusal to perform assigned work indicates a failure to be a member of the corporation and a breach of membership duties. Such refusal may be grounds for expulsion of a person from membership in the corporation.
The activity of the attorney is the principal constitutive force; it is capable of creating new laws and capable of destroying them. And this activity should not be indiscriminate, but guided by the canon of human rights, the rules of the profession. The education of the bearers of such activity is the task of special bodies of the advocates' corporation.
The advocates' corps should be formed exclusively by the advocates themselves. This, in fact, refers to the traditions of the Bar. At the same time, the lawyers' corporation itself excludes from its ranks persons who do not meet the canons of human rights protection and violate them. At the same time, officials seek to deprive a lawyer of his status because of his opposition to false stereotypes of law enforcement.
The Theory of Advocacy : a monograph / A.V. Vorobyov, A.V. Polyakov, Yu. V. Tikhonravov. Moscow : Grant, 2002.
