The lawyer as the applicant in the constitutional proceedings (based on the practice of the Constitutional Court)

The author set the task of studying the status of a lawyer not as a representative in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, which is usually analyzed in the articles on the role of a lawyer in the constitutional court, but as an applicant to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. In this perspective, the status of the lawyer has not been previously analyzed. Based on the study of lawyers 'complaints and decisions on these complaints of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the author classified these complaints and came to the conclusion that, firstly, in some cases, the Constitutional Court considers lawyers' complaints in defense of the rights of others; secondly, while defending their professional rights in the Constitutional Court, lawyers protect the constitutional rights of their clients. This article is of scientific importance for the study of the status of a lawyer, and the practical use of lawyers in order to improve their professional knowledge and skills

адвокат, конституционная жалоба, заявитель, доверитель, конституционные права адвоката