Original research article
Studia Iuridica

Problems of Legal Education Reform in Ukraine

2019, 82, No. 1

Maria Bilak

OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.9611

Publication date

02.03.2020

Publishing model

open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Social sciences, Humanities

Discipline

law, culture and religion studies, educational sciences

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

The paper attempts to study the current situation of legal education reform in Ukraine. The main ideas of the new model of legal education in Ukraine were analyzed. The author made a comparison of Ukrainian legal education system with legal educations practices in United States, Poland and Germany. The main problems negatively influencing the quality of legal education such as corruption, disproportionally high number of law schools and outdated approaches to teaching were described.

Keywords:

legal education,Ukraine,teaching approaches,corruption in education,legal education model,Independent External Evaluation,legal profession,edukacja prawnicza,Ukraina,podejścia do nauczania,korupcja w edukacji,model edukacji prawniczej,Niezależna Zewnętrzna Ewaluacja,zawód prawniczy

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