Lawyers to hold congress in Yalta (09/08/96)

Lawyers to hold congress in Yalta

by Alex A. Ilchenko

TORONTO - The third World Congress of Ukrainian Lawyers (WCUL) will be held on October 3-7 in Yalta, Ukraine.

The first World Congress of Ukrainian Lawyers was held in Kyiv in October 1992, and the second World Congress of Ukrainian Lawyers was held in Kyiv in October 1994. Over 300 lawyers attended each of these congresses.

The congresses were organized to provide a forum where lawyers and judges of Ukrainian origin throughout the world could meet and exchange ideas and information about law, the development of the legal profession in Ukraine and other topics of interest.

Over 200 delegates from Ukraine, Canada, the U.S., Australia, the United Kingdom, Western and Eastern Europe and South America will be attending the third WCUL. The congress in Yalta will be followed by a ceremony for the opening of the legal year in Kyiv, during the week of October 7.

The current president of WCUL is Volodymyr Stretovych, who is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and its Legal Reform Committee. The immediate past president of WCUL is Serhiy Holovaty, Ukraine's minister of justice.

The program of WCUL has in the past dealt with issues of the development of a self-regulating legal profession in Ukraine, the development of a Ukrainian judiciary independent of state control, constitutional reform in Ukraine and the building of a legal infrastructure for the economic development of Ukraine.

Lawyers, law students and members of the judiciary are encouraged to call the national organizers. Prospective Canadian delegates should contact Alex A. Ilchenko, president of the Association of Ukrainian Canadian Jurist, at (416) 307-4166; fax, 416-365-1789 for more information.

Prospective United States delegates should contact Orest Jejna, president of the Ukrainian American Bar Association, at (602) 254-3872; fax, 602-254-1918, for more information.