Law Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

The article studies the issues of legal status and the role of counsel in criminal proceedings because such a right was expressly provided for in the Constitution of Ukraine, on the example of Ukraine and great Britain showing the main points regarding the structure of the legal profession in these countries, the formation of the bar as a separate institution, the analysis of the differences in the formation of this structure in different countries, the proposed changes concerning the activities of the legal profession in Ukraine, taking into account foreign experience.