Karakhanyan, S.G. Legal knowledge within the system of professional knowledge of an advocate.

Abstract: The competency of an advocate includes not only knowledge of norms of law, but rather an ability to find needed norms and to operate them, to apply them to specific cases. One of the necessary features of an advocate is his critical mind, which allows him to find violations and mistakes in application of law. This article includes a number of examples of advocates’ mistakes, as well as evaluation of advocates’ legal knowledge.