CURRENT STATUS AND TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER LEGAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE

Abstract

Introduction. The reform of higher legal education in Ukraine is an important direction of state policy, which requires the need to harmonize national educational standards with European requirements and ensure the training of highly qualified lawyers.

Summary of the main research results. The article focuses on some of the most pressing problems and prospects for the modernization of higher legal education in Ukraine. The opinion about the need to update the national system of higher legal education in connection with the integration of Ukraine into the European educational space is well-founded. It is noted that the success of the reform of legal education in Ukraine should be assessed through the prism of challenges and development trends, which will allow building a sustainable mechanism for the stable development of national legal education that meets modern standards of state policy. It is proven that the reform of legal education is an integral element of the general legal reform, which aims to increase the level of professional training of lawyers in accordance with the requirements of modern society and international educational standards. It was determined that the future development of legal education in Ukraine should be based on the principles of academic integrity, harmonization with international standards and integration of a practice-oriented approach into the educational process.

Conclusions: The transformation of legal education is a complex and long-term process that requires coordinated actions by government agencies, the scientific community, and professional associations to achieve qualitative changes in the training of lawyers.