Higher School of Advocacy of UNBA

What Higher School of Advocacy of UNBA does

Higher School of Advocacy of UNBA (Вища школа адвокатури Національної Асоціації Адвокатів України) is a non-profit professional education institution founded in 2015 and headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine, operating as the designated continuing professional development (CPD) operator for Ukrainian advocates under Order No. 90 of the Bar Council of Ukraine (December 13, 2024). It is structurally embedded within the National Association of Advocates of Ukraine (NAAU/UNBA), the national self-governing body of the Ukrainian advocate community, and serves the entire licensed advocate population plus attorney interns and assistant advocates across all 25 regional bar councils.

The institution runs a portfolio of four core educational formats — live webinars (199–549 UAH per session), self-paced online courses (1,199–2,999 UAH), mandatory adaptation courses for interns and reinstatements (1,999 UAH), and online testing — delivered through three web platforms: the main site (hsa.org.ua), the online learning platform (op.hsa.org.ua), and the accreditation center (cpd.hsa.org.ua), which issues QR-code-verified CPD certificates recorded in a national registry. Dedicated course verticals include IT Business Law, Contract Law (English-language), Constitutional Complaint 2.0, and a Council of Europe HELP programme course on biomedicine.

Commercially, HSA generates revenue from per-course registration fees paid by individual advocates, legal entities, and non-lawyers (with tiered pricing), using direct online self-service via its own websites with payments processed through LIQPAY and iPAY. Distribution operates exclusively within Ukraine via direct registration and integration with the 25 regional bar councils. Single webinars have attracted more than 1,400 advocates, and the institution has 24 employees. Strategic content partners include the Council of Europe, the NAAC Committee on Intellectual Property, the European Young Bar Association, and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.

Name

Higher School of Advocacy of UNBA

Legal name

Вища школа адвокатури Національної Асоціації Адвокатів України

Website

https://hsa.org.ua

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Higher School of Advocacy of UNBA is a Kyiv-based non-profit that delivers mandatory and elective continuing professional development courses, webinars, and online training for Ukrainian advocates across all 25 regional bar councils, operating as the official CPD operator under Bar Council Order No. 90 (December 13, 2024).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Professional Education

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAALAB

Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

SECONDARYEDADACAF

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

Keywords

• Legal professional education
• Advocate training programs
• Continuing legal education
• Professional certification courses
• Online legal training

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyiv

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Course Registration Fees: Advocates and assistant advocates pay registration contributions (внесок за організацію процесу підвищення професійного рівня) for each CPD course, webinar, seminar, or testing event. Fees range from 199 UAH (webinars) to 2,999 UAH (comprehensive online courses). Some courses offer different pricing for advocates vs. non-advocates. Payment is made 100% upfront at registration via bank transfer or online payment systems (LIQPAY, iPAY).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Higher School of Advocacy of UNBA is the officially designated Continuing Professional Development (CPD) operator for Ukrainian advocates, providing accredited continuing education, webinars, online courses, and certification programs for individual advocates, assistant advocates, and attorney interns across Ukraine.

Product overview

The Higher School of Advocacy of the National Association of Advocates of Ukraine (ВША НААУ) is an educational operator for professional development of Ukrainian lawyers. Its product portfolio consists of four core online educational formats — Вебінари (live webinars), Онлайн курси (self-paced online courses), Обов'язкові курси (mandatory qualification courses), and Тестування (automated testing) — supplemented by two administrative sub-platforms (the Центр акредитації at cpd.hsa.org.ua for accreditation records and QR-code identity verification, and the Онлайн платформа at op.hsa.org.ua for content delivery) plus a Новини/Публікації section for legal publications. Named online courses include «Адвокат ІТ-бізнесу» (7 modules, 12 hours), «Contract Law» (10 lessons, 10 hours), «Підготовка та подання конституційної скарги 2.0» (4 modules, 5 hours), and the Council of Europe HELP programme on biomedicine (16 hours). The school also offers a 7-module mandatory adaptation course for lawyer interns (13 lecturers) and specialized webinars on topics such as OSINT, procedural guarantees, and labor disputes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Центр акредитації: Accreditation Center for continuing professional development of advocates
• Онлайн платформа HSA

Products and services

• Webinars Live and recorded webinar sessions delivered to advocates and legal professionals covering updates in Ukrainian law, advocate practice, and professional development topics.
• Online Courses Self-paced online training courses for advocates, assistant advocates, and attorney interns seeking accredited CPD hours under Bar Council of Ukraine requirements.
• Mandatory CPD Courses Required training modules mandated by the Bar Council of Ukraine that practicing advocates must complete annually to maintain their advocate status.
• Testing and Assessment Services Knowledge testing and assessment services to validate advocates' completion of CPD requirements, with results used for certification.
• Accreditation Center Certification and accreditation services issuing verifiable credentials to advocates upon successful completion of approved training programs.
• Online Learning Platform Web-based learning management system hosting courses, webinars, and assessment tools accessible to registered advocates across Ukraine.

Quantifiable outcome

• Advocates receive CPD credit certificates (залікові години) recorded in the national registry upon completing courses with QR-code verified attendance
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered primary, minor and core.

• National Association of Advocates of Ukraine (НААУ)primaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024HSA is the operating arm and official CPD operator of НААУ for all advocates in Ukraine. НААУ's Bar Council issued Order No. 90 (December 13, 2024) designating HSA as the sole operator of the advocate CPD system. HSA implements the CPD mandate on behalf of НААУ, which is the national self-governing body of the Ukrainian advocate community.
• European Young Bar Association (EYBA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021HSA lecturer and NAAC Youth Committee Chair Serhiy Barbashyn served as Vice President of EYBA and organized joint events including the 'Intellectual Property Litigation in the USA' workshop. EYBA collaboration enables international knowledge exchange for Ukrainian advocates on topics such as IP litigation, business relocation, and cross-border legal practice.
• Council of EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Council of Europe co-developed the HELP programme course 'Fundamental Principles of Human Rights Protection in Biomedicine' with HSA and the NAAC Committee on Medical and Pharmaceutical Law and Bioethics. The course is offered free of charge to Ukrainian advocates, with 30 advocates selected per cohort for a 4-month programme. HSA is a key delivery partner for Council of Europe legal education initiatives in Ukraine.
• Committee on Intellectual Property of НААУcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Committee on Intellectual Property of НААУ jointly organizes CPD webinars and events with HSA. In 2022, the Committee co-organized 7 webinars with HSA for advocate professional development, covering topics such as AI regulation, IT business legal support, IP rights, trade marks, patents, and copyright.
• All 25 Regional Bar Councils of UkrainecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAll 25 regional bar councils of Ukraine (regional radi advokativ) are integrated into HSA's course registration system. Advocates register through their respective regional council, enabling nationwide reach and ensuring mandatory CPD compliance across all Ukrainian oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
• Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized the offline course on domestic violence with the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, specifically through its educational coordinator Olha Semeniuk. The course covered representation strategies for victims and perpetrators, and the role of judges in domestic violence cases.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Broad incumbents

• Thomson Reuters Legal Education / West LegalEdcenter: Thomson Reuters operates a large legal information and CLE platform (West LegalEdcenter) serving US attorneys as part of its broader legal information portfolio — comparable to HSA as a CLE provider, but embedded within a much larger content and data business.
• LexisNexis Legal Education: LexisNexis (RELX) offers CLE programs alongside its legal research databases, serving attorneys across multiple jurisdictions. It overlaps with HSA in providing accredited legal continuing education but operates as part of a much larger legal information and analytics platform.

Regional players

• National School of Judges of Ukraine: The National School of Judges of Ukraine is the official state institution providing initial training and continuing education for Ukrainian judges — a regional peer operating within the same Ukrainian legal professional education ecosystem and offering comparable digital CPD delivery.
• Law Society of England & Wales (CPD programmes): The Law Society runs CPD-related accreditation, training, and member education for solicitors in England & Wales — analogous to HSA as a bar-association-affiliated CPD operator, but serving a different geography (UK) and profession segment.

Direct peers

• Practising Law Institute (PLI): PLI is a nonprofit CLE provider serving US attorneys and other legal professionals with live programs, on-demand courses, and published treatises across specialised practice areas — a strong functional analogue to HSA's webinar/online/mandatory course portfolio for advocates.
• BARBRI: BARBRI is one of the largest dedicated continuing legal education (CLE) providers in the United States, offering bar exam preparation and ongoing CLE courses to licensed attorneys — directly analogous to HSA's role delivering mandatory and elective CPD to licensed advocates in Ukraine.
• The Knowledge Group: The Knowledge Group is a CLE provider specialising in live webcasts and on-demand programs for US attorneys across practice areas such as IP, technology, and corporate law — closely comparable to HSA's specialisation in IT law, IP, and constitutional practice niches.

Others

• International Bar Association (IBA): The IBA is a global membership body for lawyers that runs conferences, training, and CPD-style programmes internationally. It is adjacent to HSA as a global provider of legal professional development, rather than a direct competitor.
• Council of Europe HELP Programme: The Council of Europe HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) programme co-develops human rights CPD content delivered via national bar partners like HSA. It is a content/strategic partner and partial adjacent provider of legal CPD in Council of Europe member states.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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