Actual problems of the institute of advocacy in the Russian Federation

The article reveals the main provisions of the legislation on advocacy, identifies current problems in the provision of services by lawyers. The organizational and legal foundations of the activity of the bar in the modern period are touched upon. The scientific article touches upon the problems of rendering services by persons who do not have the status of a lawyer. The attention is focused on the development of directions for improving the legal array, which will allow overcoming existing legal problems at the legislative level, having thought through effective tools for the protection of lawyers and the development of the institute of advocacy as a whole.