«The formers» in advocacy profession

Purpose: Identify and problematize such a phenomenon as «formers» in the Russian legal profession. Methods: The statistical, hermeneutical and comparative legal methods were used. Results: Identified the problem of rejection of the «assimilation» of persons who received the status of advocates after working in government agencies. Novelty/originality/value: Lack of research on the classification of the legal profession based on their past professional experience.