The Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia is a non-profit organization, that has a fund status. The Founder of the Academy is the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia represented by the Board of the Chamber of Advocates.

The Academy of Advocates:

1. Organizes and conducts professional teaching of the attendees of the Academy,

2. Organizes the graduation exams for the attendees of the Academy,

3. Organizes and conducts advocates' professional training,

4. Implements other activities stipulated by the Charter of the Academy of Advocates.

An attendee of the Academy of Advocates can be any capable physical person, who has a higher legal education, except for the cases when s/he was convicted for intentionally committed crime and his/her criminal record has not been expired or removed.

A special applicant (attendee) of the Academy of Advocates can be any capable physical person, who has higher legal education and either 5 years' professional work experience of an advocate, a prosecutor, an investigator, a judge or 5 years professional work experience of a lawyer and PhD or Doctorate degree in law, except for the cases when s/he was convicted for intentionally committed crime and his/her criminal record has not been expired or removed.

The entrance exam includes 2 phases: a test (in the written form) and an interview (orally) but for the cases with special applicants, whose entrance exam is undertaken only according to the results based on the interview.

The teaching at the Academy of Advocates is being conducted within the time frame and in accordance with the terms prescribed by the Charter of the Academy of Advocates.

The teaching is conducted with 2 phases: theory and practice.

The teaching is conducted by full time learning and distant (online) learning.

The teaching of the attendee, who has at least 3 years' professional work experience as a lawyer is being implemented by simplified procedure as prescribed in the Charter of the Academy of Advocates.

The attendees who completed their studies at the Academy are given certificates by the Rector of the Academy of Advocates within 10 days' period, which allows attendees to participate in the graduation exams.

The Academy of Advocates is managed by the Management Board of the Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia and by the Rector of the Academy of Advocates.

Members of the Management Board of the Academy of Advocates are:

1. Simon Babayan (PhD in law, advocate, Management Board Chairman),

2. Grigor Minasyan (representative of the Ministry of Justice of RA),

3. Lyudvik Davtyan (PhD in law, advocate),

4. Tigran Khurshudyan (advocate),

5. Lernik Hovhannisyan (advocate),

6. Nikolay Hakobyan (advocate).