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 – 15:00 (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 begins. Welcome Reception

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

13:45 — Awarding of the Ukrainian Bar Association's Honorary Award ‘For Honour and Professional Dignity’

14:15 — Awarding of young lawyers. Presentation of the UBA Best Young Lawyer Award

14:45 — Open microphone. Speeches and greetings from guests 

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.

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

For additional information about the event, please contact us at: +38 (044) 492-88-48, +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber), or email: tosaulenko@uba.ua. Contact person: Tetiana Osaulenko.