Please note! The forum will be held over two days: November 27 and 28.

This page is for registration for participation in the first day of the 14 th Judicial Forum only.

If you would like to participate in the second day of the forum — on 28 November, please register via this link.

The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to the 14th Judicial Forum, a leading annual platform for discussing strategic challenges and the future of justice.

Over two days, judges, lawyers, representatives of judicial administration bodies, legislators, and international experts will discuss the digital transformation of the judicial system, reform of the legal profession, ensuring the unity of judicial practice.

The Forum is a space for professional dialogue, where decisions are made, experiences are shared, and guidelines for the development of justice in Ukraine are determined.

Date of the first Forum's day: November 27, 2025

Venue: For security reasons, the venue of the Forum will be communicated separately to all confirmed participants.

November 27, 2025

PROGRAM

10:30-11:00 Registration of participants. Welcome coffee

11:00-11:15 Opening of the event. Welcome remarks

Mykola Stetsenko, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at AVELLUM

Stanislav Kravchenko, Chairman of the Supreme Court

Oksana Tsymbrivska, Team Leader of the EU Project “Pravo-Justice”

11:15-13:15 Session 1. Digitization of the justice sector

11:15-12:15 Panel 1. Digitization of the judicial system: an interagency approach

Focus areas:

• Assessment of current achievements and challenges in the digitization of the judicial system
• Plans and priorities for further digitization, particularly in the activities of the High Council of Justice
• Reform of judicial statistics — updating approaches, standardizing data, transparency
• The use of artificial intelligence in court administration
• Interaction between judicial administration bodies in the implementation of technological solutions

Experts:

Leonid Sapelnikov, Deputy Head of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization

Roman Sabodash, member of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine

Oksana Litvinova, Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Representative of the High Council of Justice

12:15-13:15 Panel 2. Digital services and artificial intelligence in justice

Experts and topics:

TBD

• Integration of digital services into the judicial system: current status, challenges, and prospects

Yan Bernaziuk, Judge of the Administrative Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court (invited)

• Use of artificial intelligence in the activities of the Supreme Court 

Roman Babii, Member of Parliament of Ukraine 

• Legislative support for the digitalization of justice 

Rasim Babanly, First Deputy Head of the Supreme Court Administration

• Development of the Supreme Court's legal position database and other digital tools for law enforcement

Svitlana Maistruk, Key Expert on Court Modernization, Judicial Reform Component of the EU Project “Pravo-Justice” 

• International partners' view of the digital transformation of the judicial system: support, standards, expectations 

TBD

• Professional community assessment of the effectiveness of digital solutions and their impact on the quality of justice

13:15-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Session 2. Reform of the legal profession

Focus areas:

• Presentation of the “shadow report” on the state of the legal profession: challenges, risks, systemic problems
• Assessment of the state of professional self-government
• Proposals for reforming the institutional model of the legal profession
• Practicing lawyers' views on the changes that the profession really needs

Experts:

Daryna Pysarenko, Director of the Tomorrow’s Lawyer Program 

15:30-16:00 Coffee break 

16:00-17:30 Session 3. Ensuring the unity of judicial practice by the Supreme Court: controversial aspects and points of tension

Moderator:

Iryna Kobets, Partner at LCF Law Group, Head of litigation practice

Focus areas:

• Cassation filters: is it time to review them?
• Exclusive legal issue: how to determine the criteria?
• Different approaches to legal issues: how to avoid constant referral of cases to chambers and the Grand Chamber?

Experts:

Representative of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court

Representative of the Commercial Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court

17:30-17:55 Presentation of the documentary film “In Your Name: Justice in Wartime” 

We are grateful for the support in organizing the event:

EU Project Pravo-Justice

Expertise France

General Partner:

LCF Law Group

Partner:

AVER LEX

Session Partner:

INTEGRITES

Like-minded Partner:

AMBASSADORS

Participation in the first day of the forum is free of charge.

After registration, each participant whose participation is confirmed will receive official confirmation of participation from the coordinator.

The organizers reserve the right to close registration once the maximum number of participants has been reached.

For more information about the event, participation as a speaker, and partnership opportunities, please contact the organizers by phone: +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or e-mail: tosaulenko@uba.ua. Contact person — Tetiana Osauhlenko.

For media accreditation, please write to pr@uba.ua. Contact person — Daria Sydorchuk.