The results of the study of compliance of the websites of advocate's chambers with the legislation of the Russian Federation in 2020

Purpose: The study is devoted to measuring the openness of advocate’s chambers of constituent entities of Russia and the Federal Chamber of Advocates from the point of view of compliance with the requirements of the law on advocacy and the legal profession. Methodology: The main research method is content analysis of sites. To study the websites of advocate’s chambers, the Methodology of auditing information openness of websites of advocate’s chambers of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation was used. It was developed specifically for this audit, taking into account the needs of the Advocacy as an institution of civil society, based on the Methodology for auditing the websites of authorities. Results: On average, sites comply with the requirements of regulatory legal acts by 50%. 46 websites of regional chambers of advocates comply with regulatory requirements for openness below 50 %. Only in 5 regions of the Russian Federation out of 85 advocate’s chambers fully comply with the requirement of the law on the publication of financial statements. Novelty/originality/value: The latest amendments to the law on advocacy and the legal profession establish for the first time the obligation of chambers of lawyers to have their own website and post information specified by law on it. The study is devoted to checking the fulfillment of these requirements.