Honoured Lawyer of Russia

Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation
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Awarded by Russian Federation Russian Federation
Type	State Decoration
Eligibility	Citizens of the Russian Federation
Awarded for	professional achievements
Status	Active
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Established	December 30, 1995
First awarded	1996

Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation (Russian: Заслуженный юрист Российской Федерации) is a Honorary title in Russia which assigned to highly skilled lawyers for personal services:

• in the formation of constitutional state and improving the national Russian laws in order to create equal legal conditions for the comprehensive development of individuals and organizations;
• to protect the rights, freedoms and lawful interests of Russian citizens and foreign nationals in the territory of the Russian Federation;
• to strengthen the rule of law and constitutional order of the Russian Federation;
• in the development of jurisprudence on the basis of national law schools, aimed at achieving general social progress;
• to improve the legal culture in society and in combating the effects of legal nihilism, expressed in ignorance, neglect or deliberate denial of the laws and regulations governing all aspects of life of citizens;
• in the training of qualified legal personnel.

Criteria

The honorary title "Merited Lawyer of the Russian Federation" is assigned, as a rule, not less than 20 years since the beginning of legal practice and legal science classes in Russian organizations, and in the presence of a reward to the person represented by rewards (incentives) of the federal bodies of state authorities or public authorities of the Russian Federation.

See also

• Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation

Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia
Honorary titles	Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation Honoured Military Navigator of the Russian Federation Honored Cultural Worker of the RSFSR
Orders	Order of St. Andrew Order of St. George Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order of St. Catherine Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of Suvorov Order of Ushakov Order of Zhukov Order of Kutuzov Order of Nakhimov Order of Courage Order "For Military Merit" Order "For Naval Merit" Order of Honour Order of Friendship Order of Parental Glory
Decorations	Cross of St. George Decoration "For Beneficence" Decoration For Impeccable Service
Medals	Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Medal "For Courage" Medal of Suvorov Medal of Ushakov Medal of Zhukov Medal of Nesterov Medal of Pushkin Medal Defender of a Free Russia Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order" Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders" Medal "For Life Saving" Medal "For Work in Agriculture" Medal "For the Development of Railways" Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" Medal of the Order of Parental Glory
Jubilee medals	Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
Presidential certificates	Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
Defunct dynastic orders	Order of Saint Catherine Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Order of the White Eagle Order of Saint Vladimir Order of Saint Anna Order of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Order of Saint Anastasia Order of Saint Stanislaus Order of Saint Michael the Archangel (Insignia of Saint Olga)
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