247 CONFERENCE PAPER LEGAL REGULATION OF ADVOCATES ETHICS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION By Nikolay Kipnis Author PhD (Law), Kutafi n Moscow State Law University, 1996 Advocate, member of Moscow City Chamber of Advocates Abstract In November 2013 in Kaunas (Lithuania) the International Conference „Theoretical and Practical Issues of Advocates Ethics“ took place. <...> The participants revealed and discussed different dimensions of advocates ethics, including confi dentiality issues, solutions for confl ict situations between the advocates and their clients and so on. <...> The author briefs a history of a legal profession in Russia and specifi es the current legislation situation in this sphere. <...> The document of a great signifi cant in author’s opinion is the Code of Professional Ethics for Advocates. <...> It was the fi rst written ethical code in Russian history. <...> It establishes professional ethical rules of behavior and legal consequences in case of their violation by advocate. <...> The author analyzes regulation and practical application of disciplinary proceedings in Russia on both federal and regional levels. <...> Corporate ethics rules and disciplinary proceedings have a great signifi cance for guaranteeing legality, independence and self-administration for Russian Bar Association and equality for all lawyers. <...> Keywords Advocates ethics, Russian Bar Association, disciplinary proceedings, Code of Professional Ethics for Advocates, Chamber of Advocates of the Russian Federation Volume 1 December 2014 Issue 2 www.kulawr.ru 248 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW The introduction of the institution of lawyers – a necessary component of adversarial proceedings – was one of the main achievements of Legal Reform of 1864. <...> Being a mouthpiece for the interests of all strata of society the ‘lawyer class’ fi xed and guaranteed basic principles. <...> But during all Soviet period regulations governing USSR lawyers preserved the dependence of the legal profession on government authorities and their subordination to state and party bodies. <...> Thus, a formation of an independent corporate body began and lasted until a new law On the Activities of Lawyers and Bar Association in the Russian Federation came into force on July 1, 2002. <...> This law refl ected new trends in the development of the Russian Bar Association. <...> It specifi es the status of the bar as a professional community of lawyers as well as an important institution of civil society, covering the relationships between bar <...>