Kozakov Oleksandr a lawyer of Aleksey Pukha & Partners took part in the regional meetings with leading law firms and legal unification of the exchange practices to promote a culture «Pro bono» between partners
July 29, 2013 a meeting of representatives of law firms to exchange practices to promote a culture «Pro bono» between the partners. As part of the program, participants listened to a presentation on "Exchange Pro Bono» in Ukraine, as well as the presentation of international experience in the direction of «Pro Bono», the International Forum «Pro Bono», which will be held in October 2013 in Warsaw (Poland).
Company lawyer Oleksandr Kоzakov, who took part in the event, said: "The Ukrainian legal aid fund is working to establish an effective mechanism for free legal assistance to poor people. They agree with the law firms, lawyers, so that they provide such assistance. However, so far it looks only in its original form, and 80% is in the form of "humanitarian aid" - who wants to who has the time. Also discussed the problems of availability of relevant experts, in particular the fact that the majority of firms are engaged in more profitable areas of law, but in areas such as, for example, the pension sector to find a professional spetsialstov difficult. Also, the biggest problem is just a lack of time at lawyers and attorneys to deal with this directly, because apart from assistance through pro bono, and the need to deal with their direct duties. "
Also, participation in the regional meeting was the head of the Moscow office PILnet Dmitry Shabel'nikov and a representative office in Budapest PILnet Tamas Barabas representatives of law firms that engage in the activity Pro Bono, civil society organizations, the International Fund "Renaissance" of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, the Association of Lawyers Ukraine.
Aleksey Pukha & Partners - a team of professional lawyers, accountants, auditors, advisors and representatives who provide legal, accounting and legal services in Kiev, Ukraine and abroad.
Ukrainian legal aid fund - Ukrainian organization whose purpose is to promote access to justice by providing legal assistance and the implementation of high standards of justice in Ukraine.
