"Pro bono" institute as one of the areas of advocate activity (Kyrgyzstan's experience)

Purpose: Clarification of the specifics of the implementation of the idea of providing «Pro Bono» legal assistance in the Kyrgyz Republic in the light of legislative and institutional realities. Methodology: Legalistic and comparative methods were used in the paper. Results : It is established that the system of free legal assistance delivery within the framework of “Pro Bono” is underdeveloped in the Kyrgyzstan. Currently there is no regulatory framework for the regulation of relations within the “Pro Bono” framework, as well as formed civil and professional positions on this issue. That’s why the legal community today face the difficult task of organizing a system of relationships within the “Pro Bono” framework so that representatives of the legal profession can implement the “Pro Bono” cases. In the absence of legislative regulation of “Pro Bono” relations in the Kyrgyz Republic, there are some difficulties in the process of adapting the principles of “Pro Bono” activities to the realities of the legal community. There is no single agreed definition of the term “Pro Bono”, but it is possible to get a general idea of what this concept means, perhaps from the procedural guidelines and regulatory documents that exist in different countries. Novelty/originality/value: The paper has a high scientific value, since it is one of the first attempts to analyze the practice of the implementation of advocate activities in the framework of the Pro Bono system.