knowledgeable, qualified professional who can understand the problem and convince
in the correct, legal and fair resolution of the legal problem in all stages of legal
assistance is the very goal that should be predetermined by the corresponding
fundamental education of the applicant for a high title of lawyer.
CONCLUSION
According to the results of the study, the main areas for improving the legal
education in Ukraine, in particular lawyers, can be identified as follows:
1. The current understanding of the legal profession, in particular the lawyer, is
due to historical factors, namely the Soviet justice system, in which the criminal
component was dominant. But with the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine in
1996, as well as the accession to the Statute of the Council of Europe and the
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the
improvement of national legislation and bringing it in line with European standards,
one must understand the relevance of legal education to the realities of time.
2. The specificity of legal science and education is that the legal life develops
quite dynamically, thanks to laws and regulations that change each other quite quickly.
At the present time, one can get a situation when a student is studying one legislative
base in a higher educational institution and, having obtained a diploma, he encounters
other legal material. Therefore, it is worthwhile to focus on the fundamental study of
the theoretical foundations of each discipline, the laws and the basis for the formation
of legislation, clearly delineating the theoretical and logical differences of one branch
of law from another. This will help students skillfully use the learned fundamentals of
legal theory, imposing on them the practices that they face in their professional lives.
3. More attention should be given to the formation of practical skills for students.
Unfortunately, to date, the practice of law students does not cover the whole variety of
specific legal activities that a graduate can face after graduating from a higher
educational institution. Therefore, the current legal education looks more nominal.
Proceeding from this it is considered expedient to charge a certain practical
qualification, such as the hospital practical internships, the placentas of cadets of
marine universities and seamen, etc. This will stimulate students not only to engage in
theory, but also to study deeper their future professional duties. Moreover, practical
part of professional practical internship should be accepted and credited to the teaching
staff of the higher educational institution, but to practicing lawyers who have proved
their professional competence and have experience in pedagogical work. Also, teachers
of legal disciplines should have not only fundamental theoretical knowledge in the field
of discipline, which they teach, but also have practical experience in the field.
4. Legal education should pursue three or four basic components that the future
Master of Law should master. This high-quality study of the theoretical foundations of
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