The national legal system is being harmonized with internationaland regional-level legal standards, and this is increasingly pushing Ukraine to take guidance from international and regional (European) legal standards; the latter, in turn, serve as the benchmark and the generally recognized and unified models to follow. Taking a cue from international standards of human rights and their protection is the key to a full-fledged implementation of a range of legal reforms which are underway in Ukraine over the past years, and this is particularly relevant to such an important human rights institution as the bar. Today, Ukraine is on its way to implement a new national legal mentality, an integral part of which being the introduction of international and European standards for the organization and functioning of the bar as a concept of optimal models of its organization and functioning universally recognized by the international legal (the bar’s) community.

The purpose of the article is to explore the role played by international and European standards of the bar in the national legal system and the need for their further implementation on the path of European integration of Ukraine.

It is established that the regulatory framework which enshrines the national standards of the bar is not fully compliant with the legal acts which enshrine the international and regional (European) standards of the bar.

The authors conclude that the national bar needs further improvement of legal regulation taking guidance from the international and regional (European) standards of organization and functioning. The national standards of the bar should be formed with due regard not only for the international and regional (European) standards, but also for the proposals of individual lawyers, as well as professional bar associations and human rights organizations.

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Edited books

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Journal articles

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Dissertations

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Websites

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