Abstract
The discussion on "The Defense Counsel: Rights and Problems" has produced serious interest in the legal community. Today a prominent jurist, Mikhail Petrovich Maliarov, State Legal Counselor 1st Class, participates in the "LG Discussion Club." Maliarov is the author of many articles and the coauthor and editor of a number of law textbooks. He presently holds a responsible post in the USSR Procuracy.