The article describes the regulatory framework on which the activities of the bar are based and analyzes the Law of Ukraine "On the Bar and Advocacy". Attention is focused on the basic principles of this Law, the observance and provision of which has a positive effect on the organization and functioning of the bar as a whole, and on the activities of lawyers, in particular.
The issue of the place and role of the bar in the state and society is updated, and the essential characteristic of this human rights institute is highlighted. The structural elements by which the independence of the legal profession are distinguished. The problems of realization of the principle of independence in the process of the lawyer’s performance of his/her professional duties are analyzed.
The article analyzes the concept of “legal assistance”, discussed the philosophical and legal foundation of its existence, the basis of which laid the claim that a person who adheres to the norms of morality in daily life, according to adhere to and the requirements of the law, because it is based on universal values, developed by throughout the existence of human norms, which are the first regulators of social life.