Ukrainian Bar Association Information

Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) - all-Ukrainian public organization, founded in 2002 to bring together lawyers for a strong and influential professional community, which would become a powerful voice of the legal profession of our country. Along with the common goal of implementing the Rule of Law, increasing legal awareness and legal culture in society, the Ukrainian Bar Association is committed to the development of the legal profession, improvement of legislation, implementation of ethical standards in provision of legal services, protection of professional rights of the UBA members and human rights in general. From the moment of its foundation the UBA have been constantly expanding its activities, as well as the number of tasks to be performed. With such rapid development the organization remained on the fundamental postulates of its existence: independence, openness, indifference towards politics, democracy, equality of members, etc. The priorities of the Ukrainian Bar Association are as follows: ✅ building effective relationship with government authorities, professional lobbying; ✅ active participation in the legal society and in the new Bar self-government; ✅ participation in the lawmaking process and developing proposals to improve the existing legislation; ✅ promoting the regional development of the UBA and its expansion; ✅ development of international cooperation with world Bar associations and societies, holding joint conferences and meetings; ✅ protection of professional rights of UBA members; ✅ maintaining public control over the activities of public authorities.