The Legal Profession in Russia: Organizational Structure and Perspectives on Reform

press release: Ekaterina Khodzhaeva, Researcher, European University at St. Petersburg

The lecture will focus on the structure of the legal profession, the lack of professional filters, and the priority of organizational, but not professional, rules and ethics norms. The problems of a non-organized legal market and the possibility to practice law in Russian courts with neither a professional license nor a formal legal education will be presented together with the current project of legal market reformation launched by the Ministry of Justice.

CREECA's lecture series takes place Thursdays at 4 pm, in Room 206.