From August 13, 2016 until September 3, 2016, the Managing Partner of the VIRTUS LEO law firm, lawyer Alisher K. Zaynutdinov with other lawyers of Uzbekistan participated in a program of international visitors "Legal education and Strengthening the role of defense attorneys" at the invitation of the Bureau of Educational and cultural Affairs of the US State Department. The program was carried out a trip to the city of Washington, DC, Boston, Denver, and New York, where in the course of a meeting with a professional US community (judges, lawyers and prosecutors, including professors and teachers of US schools) was held to exchange experience in the field of law practice.