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ADVOCACY

- Association of persons engaged in advocacy (lawyers).

Lawyer activity is qualified legal assistance provided on a professional basis by persons who have received the status of lawyer, legal entities and individuals in order to protect their rights, freedoms and interests, as well as ensuring access to justice.

Is advocacy legal aid rendered: the employees of the legal services of legal entities, as well as employees of public authorities and local governments; participants and employees of organizations providing legal services, as well as individual entrepreneurs; notaries, patent attorneys, except when as a patent attorney performs a lawyer or other persons, which the law specifically authorized to conduct its

professional activity.

Advocacy is carried out on the basis of agreement between the lawyer and the client.

The lawyer acting as a representative of the principal in the constitutional, civil, administrative proceedings, as a representative or principal defender in criminal proceedings and proceedings in cases of administrative

offenses, as well as representing the interests of the principal in the state power bodies, local self-government in relations with individuals only on the basis of an agency contract.

Other types of legal aid counsel has on the basis of paid services agreement.

The supreme body of lawyer chamber of the subject of the Russian Federation is a collection of lawyers, and if it exceeds the number of 300 people, the supreme body of the Chamber of Attorneys of a conference of lawyers. Meeting (conference) of advocates shall be convened at least once a year.

Meeting (conference) of attorneys considered competent if in its work taking

participation of at least two-thirds of the members of the Chamber of Attorneys (conference delegates). Its competencies include:

1) formation of a council of lawyer chamber of the subject of the Russian Federation and the decision to terminate the powers of board members;

2) approve the procedure for the determination of representation and order of electing delegates to the conference;

3) election of the audit commission and the election of the members of the qualification commission of advocates;

4) election of the delegates to the All-Russian Congress of Advocates;

5) determining the direction of the lawyers to work for legal advice;

6) determine the amount of mandatory contributions to the attorneys general needs of the Chamber of Attorneys;

7) Approval of the cost estimates for the maintenance of the Chamber of Attorneys;

8) approval of the report of the Audit Commission on the results of the audit of financial and economic activities of the Chamber;

9) approval of the Council, including the performance report on the maintenance costs

Council;

10) approval of the Meeting Regulations (conference) of lawyers, board and audit committee;

11) determine the location of the board;

12) approving the staffing unit bodies Chamber of Attorneys;

13) establishing incentives and types of liability of lawyers;

14) making other decisions.

Meeting Solutions (conference) of lawyers adopted by a simple majority vote of the lawyers involved in the meeting (conference delegates).

In addition to legal advice, established law firms, bureaus and offices to serve primarily business areas, which are registered as non-profit organizations and are legal entities.

Labour lawyers paid from the funds that come in the legal advice (company, etc.) from individuals and legal entities for providing them with legal assistance.

A. has no federal governing bodies, higher in relation to the Bureau of each of the Bar. At the same time, protection and representation

professional interests of lawyers established several associations -The Federal Union of Russian Lawyers, Association of Russian Lawyers, International Union (Commonwealth) Lawyers Guild of Russian lawyers.