What waits for the Russian legal profession in the future?

Purpose: A research of problems of increase in the status of the Russian legal profession in civil society. Methodology: Formal legal and comparative-legal methods were used. Results: In article observations concerning the status of legal profession in civil society are made. In Russia the basic Law «About Lawyer Activity and Legal Profession in the Russian Federation» adopted on May 31, 2002 which successfully regulates professional activity of legal profession for already 16 years works. In some other countries there is no such law which quite successfully regulates activity of legal profession in the organizational and legal plan in Russia. However in other countries there are legal institutes and mechanisms more advanced in the human rights sphere, than in Russia which the Russian legislators could borrow also for improvement of legal profession. Without positive experience of the international principles of the organization and activity of legal profession, the Russian legal profession won’t be able fully to realize the goals and tasks. The Russian society will celebrate quarter of the century of the Constitution of the Russian Federation soon, however in the Basic law there is no mention of this human rights institute, very important for all society, - about legal profession and this situation needs to be corrected for what to provide article about legal profession in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, where to open the purposes, tasks and the principles of the organization of her activity. Novelty/originality/value: The novelty of article consists that in her the status of legal profession at the present stage is analyzed.