The professional holiday of lawyers has been celebrated in Ukraine since 1997. It was established by the relevant presidential decree "On the Day of Lawyer". It is believed that it was on October 8, 1016, that Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv issued the first code of laws "Rus' Truth", which covered all the most important issues of legal relations and is considered a valuable legal document of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. https://univd.edu.ua/uk/news/17328