4129 applicants showed their willingness to participate in the open competition to fill the vacancies of the heads of about 400 legal aid bureaus

The largest number of applications was received from candidates in Kyiv (310), Lviv (304), Dnipropetrovsk (276), Vinnytsia (259), Odesa (192), Kharkiv (187), Poltava (185), Khmelnytskyi (184), Ivano-Frankivsk 182) regions.

Canadian experts met with lawyers providing FLA in Kyiv

On June 1, within the framework of «The Tomorrow`s  Lawyer»  initiative , experts of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) visited Regional FSLA Center in Kyiv, where they talked with lawyers and, based on the example of the Center’s performance, found out more about their cooperation with centers, cases conducted by lawyers, advanced training program in the LA system.

Role of Legal Aid Bureaus

Legal Aid Bureaus represent an active network intended to facilitate the active distribution of legal information and the provision of access to legal advice at the level of territorial communities and among socially vulnerable community groups. The operation of the Legal Aid Bureaus will focus upon the following objectives: Improving the legal awareness of citizens…