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Only a lawyer can establish such an office. The co-founders can also include a person without a higher legal education. Although the market for legal services is saturated, with a certain approach, this type of business can be quite profitable.
Types of legal services in St. Petersburg according to the degree of demand: housing cases (family code), hereditary, criminal, real estate transactions.
Lawyers’ fees (on average) in St. Petersburg – 100-150 USD. in hour. Lawyers’ expenses: 13% income, health and social insurance contributions, 12% office space maintenance and rent.
A good lawyer works out monthly contributions to his Chamber in two hours, which range from 6 to 12 thousand rubles a month. A lawyer’s office can earn anywhere from a few thousand to several hundred thousand dollars a month. A good lawyer handles up to ten cases at the same time
There are more than 350 bar associations in St. Petersburg, employing about 4,000 lawyers. 7,000 lawyers work in Moscow. Experts note that although the market for legal services in the Northern capital is saturated, with a certain approach this type of business can be quite profitable.
Only a lawyer can establish such an office. The co-founders of such an office can also include a person without a higher legal education.
In 2002, the Federal Law “On Advocacy and Advocacy” was adopted. And in two years the number of legal entities in the city has increased 10 times. Lawyer formations are considered: a lawyer’s office, a bar association, a law office and a legal consultation office. A citizen who is going to practice advocacy has the right to independently choose the form of advocacy education and the place of his advocacy, but only on the territory of the Russian Federation. Now there are 22 law firms and 337 law offices in St. Petersburg. The Chamber of Lawyers of St. Petersburg ranks second in terms of the number of lawyers in the Russian Federation.
Step 1. Graduate from high school.
67 universities of St. Petersburg train lawyers. In order to open any legal education, a citizen must, first of all, receive a higher legal education. And also have 2 years of work experience (for example, as an assistant to a lawyer). In order for a lawyer to practice advocacy, he must pass a qualifying exam at the St. Petersburg City Bar Association. The same conditions apply to foreign citizens wishing to work in St. Petersburg, which is provided for by the International Chamber of Lawyers. “But in our country this is more of an exception than a rule,” says Artemy Kotelnikov, President of the International Chamber of Advocates.
Step 2. Qualifying Exam
In order to obtain the status of a lawyer (because a lawyer is not a lawyer), and it can be obtained by any person who has a higher legal education obtained at a state-accredited educational institution of higher professional education, or a degree in a legal specialty, you must pass it in the Chamber lawyers qualifying exam. The decision to grant the status of a lawyer is made by the qualification commission under the Chamber of Advocates of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The qualifying examination consists of written answers to questions (testing in legal sciences) and an oral answer. An applicant who has not passed the qualifying exam is allowed to retake it no earlier than one year later. By the way, the status of a lawyer is assigned to the applicant for an indefinite period and is not limited to a certain age of the lawyer. For membership in the Chamber of Lawyers, a lawyer must pay monthly fees. Their size is established by the Charter of the Chamber.
Step 3. Selecting the type of activity
After obtaining the status of a lawyer and taking the oath, information about the lawyer is sent to the regional register and the lawyer receives a certificate. A lawyer can practice in any subject of the Russian Federation, but he has the right to carry out his activities in only one lawyer formation. According to the law of the Russian Federation “On advocacy and advocacy” all legal entities are non-profit organizations: a bar association, a lawyer’s office, a law office, a legal consultation office.
Step 4. Lawyer education.
A newly-minted specialist can create, for example, a lawyer’s office. The lawyer shall send a notification to the Council of the Chamber of Lawyers about its establishment. However, a lawyer’s office is not a legal entity. Agreements for the provision of legal assistance in the lawyer’s office are concluded by the lawyer and the principals are registered in the documentation of the lawyer’s office. This is exactly what applies to the Bar Association and the Law Office, only in these lawyer formations the founders are two or more lawyers. More difficult with legal advice. It is established by the Chamber of Advocates on the proposal of the public authority of the subject of R.F. in the event that in the territory of one judicial region the total number of lawyers in all bar associations located in the territory of this judicial region,
Step 5. Work and clients
Lawyer activity is carried out on the basis of an agreement between the lawyer and the principal. The agreement is a civil law contract, concluded in a simple form between the principal and the lawyer, for the provision of legal assistance to the principal or a person appointed by him. The parties agree on the price independently, by mutual agreement, and there are no limits on the minimum or maximum payment, but in Europe a lawyer receives an average of 250-300 USD. per hour, and in Russia 100-200 c.u. in hour . There is also no limit on the number of cases that one lawyer handles per month, that is, this is not regulated anywhere by law. “The most important thing is that the number of cases does not affect the quality of their conduct. Almost every case requires a court decision, and a lawyer must plan his time in such a way that
In general, according to the legislation of R.F. and according to the federal law “On advocacy and advocacy” a lawyer or a lawyer’s education does not have the right to engage in self-promotion. However, you can often see the placement of modules on the pages of newspapers about a particular law office, but with a reservation on the profile,
for example, a customs law agency. And indeed, many legal educations have their own professional fad. However, the reputation of a lawyer also does its job: even if a lawyer has moved to another legal education, clients who previously used his services will go to him, to a lawyer, and not to the law office in which he worked.
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