Video lecture at Presidential Library to tell about constitutional rights of person to receive qualified legal assistance

On 22 May 2025 at 16:00 Moscow time the Presidential Library will host a lecture on the constitutional right of everyone to receive qualified legal assistance as part of the video lecture "Knowledge of Russia".

Vadim Mamonov, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of State Law of the Pushkin Leningrad State University, will continue the series of lectures related to the Presidential Library's fund "Man, his rights and freedoms - the highest constitutional value".

The lecture will focus on the constitutional foundations and historical stages of formation of the right of everyone to receive qualified legal assistance. As an institution of civil society, the Bar will be considered, and the concepts of "advocacy", "lawyer" and "defence counsel" will be defined. The lecturer will pay attention to the peculiarities of the legal regulation of attorney-client privilege, provision of free legal aid and the legal guarantees of lawyer's independence.

The event will take place at Saint-Petersburg, Senate Square, 3.

Please confirm personal presence by phone (812) 305-16-21 (ext. 262) or email druzhevsky@prlib.ru to Anton Olegovich Druzhevsky by 12:00 on May 20.

The event is available for everyone. The meeting will be broadcasted on the Presidential Library’s portal in Live Broadcasts section, as well as on the Rutube-channel of the Library, on the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 May 21, 2025

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked Media Accreditation at media@prlib.ru, dyatko@prlib.ru Olga Dyatko, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 190; mob. +7 (900) 658-48-32.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2.