Formal Reception to mark the Opening of the Year of Law 2025 and celebrate Lawyer's Day
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The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to a Formal Reception dedicated to the Opening of the Year of Law 2025 and the celebration of Lawyer's Day, a professional holiday for servants of law, justice and fairness.
Date: 8 October 2025 (Wednesday).
Time: 13:00 – 15:30 (registration from 12:30).
Venue: Kyiv (for security reasons, all registered participants will be notified separately).
During the reception, the Ukrainian Bar Association's Honorary Award ‘For Honour and Professional Dignity’ — the Association's highest moral award — will be presented. It is given to those who embody ethical purity, professional integrity and deep dedication to the legal profession. It is awarded only once a year to a person who has truly become an example for generations.
We will also honour young lawyers, winners of the UBA Best Young Lawyer Award — the future of the legal profession, which is already shaping new legal horizons today and actively participates in the development of the rule of law.
AGENDA
12:30 — Registration of participants
13:00 — Opening of the Formal Reception. Welcome speeches. Opening Ceremony of the Year of Law 2025
Mykola Stetsenko, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at AVELLUM
Yana Mudryk, Head of the Student League of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Junior Lawyer at Ario Law Firm
Roman Chumak, Managing Partner at ARES Law Firm
13:30 — Awarding of the Ukrainian Bar Association's Honorary Award ‘For Honour and Professional Dignity’
14:00 — Awarding of young lawyers. Presentation of the UBA Best Young Lawyer Award
14:15 — Open microphone. Speeches and greetings from guests
14:30 — Cocktail Reception
The Formal Reception is a moment of community unity, recognition of achievements and a call to new heights, as well as an opportunity to pay tribute to those who shape the legal culture of Ukraine.
Dress code: business attire.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the partners of the event, whose support made the reception possible:
LAUREATES OF THE UKRAINIAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S DISTINGUISHED AWARD "FOR HONOR AND PROFESSIONAL DIGNITY"
2024 — Serhii Petrovych Golovatyi
2023 — Anton Oleksandrovych Korynevych
2021 — Mykola Borysovych Husak
2019 — Vsevolod Volodymyrovych Rechytskyi
2018 — Yosyp Lvovych Bronz
2017 — Viktor Lavrentiyovych Musiyaka
2016 — Danylo Markovych Kurdelchuk
2015 — Volodymyr Mykolayovych Sushchenko
2014 — Nataliia Semenivna Kuznetsova
2013 — Vasyl Ivanovych Kisil
2012 — Volodymyr Andriyovych Vasylenko
2011 — Mykola Ivanovych Kozyubra
2010 — Tetiana Viktorivna Varfolomeyeva
2009 — Valentyn Karlovych Mamutov
2008 — Petro Fedorovych Martynenko
2007 — Volodymyr Hryhorovych Butkevych
2006 — Klara Hryhorivna Margulian
2005 — Vitalii Fedorovych Boyko
Registration is required to participate in the event.
A 10% corporate discount is available for registrations of three or more participants from the same company. To take advantage of this offer, please contact our coordinator.
Dear UBA members, in order to apply the price determined for members of the Association, we ask you to log in to the website before registering for the event.
Participation is considered confirmed after payment of the registration fee.
The organizers reserve the right to close registration when the maximum number of participants is reached.
For additional information about the event, participation as a speaker, and partnership opportunities, contact the event coordinator at tel.: +38 (044) 492-88-48, +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or email: tosaulenko@uba.ua. Contact person — Tetiana Osaulenko.
For media accreditation, please e-mail: pr@uba.ua. Contact person — Daria Sydorchuk.
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