New avocacy of Ukraine or some thoughts of the power in advocacy profession and the rights of the advocate

Purpose: Research of negative consequences of the reform of the legislation carried out in the Republic of Ukraine about lawyer activity and advocacy profession. Methodology: Historical and legal and formal - legal methods, method of theoretical modeling, comparative and legal method were used. Results: To the main negative consequences of the reform of the legislation carried out in the Republic of Ukraine about lawyer activity and advocacy profession the author carried that the head of legal profession of Ukraine elected the acting government official, in a number of regions bodies of advocacy self-government are created not by a democratic way, function was withdrawn from legal profession on management of free legal aid, the idea contradicting bases of the organization and legal profession activity about creation in advocacy profession department of own safety is stated, the rights of the advocate in criminal trial were essentially reduced. These negative consequences are in details criticized in work. Novelty/originality/value: Article possesses high scientific value and has the practical importance as is one of the first attempts from a position of critical approach to consider the reform of the legislation carried out in Ukraine about lawyer activity and advocacy profession.