_{On 25, February , 2016 the delegation of US Department of State including    the responsible person of Armenian and Georgian program  “The struggle against narcotics  and the cooperation with law enforcement agencies ” Mrs.Jenel Kurodan, adviser of the justice sector of the same  program Mrs. Rushani Mansur and the director of Armenian program “The struggle against narcotics  and the cooperation with law enforcement agencies”  MR. Jack Anderson was hosted  in the Chamber of Advocates of RA.}

The_{visit of the delegation  was done within the frameworks of the project rule of law  and  was aimed  to be introduced   about the activity of the Chamber of Advocates  of RA, The office of Public Defender  of RA and the Schhol of Advocates of RA, to conduct a needs assessment in order to improve the program as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of  the cooperation with the Armenian representation  of ABA.}

    _{The delegation was welcomed by the Chairman of the Chamber Ara Zohrabyan, the head of the Office of Public defender  Melanyan Arsutamyan and the Director of the School of Advocates of RA Simon Babayan.}

_{Ara Zohrabyan introduced the guests with the structure of the Chamber,  the main functions of each body, also the competition order of the entrance of public defender.}

_{Simon Babayan introduced  the functions of entrance of the School of Advocates of RA.}

_{The members of the delegation asked many questions about the trainings of the advocates as well as about  the relations between  investigators and  prosecutors .They also met  with the advocates  with criminal Specialization.}