Actual areas of improvement of regulatory and organizational support for the training of specialists with higher legal education at institutions of higher education of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Abstract

The regulatory and organizational principles of reforming legal education at the current stage of the state’s development have been studied. The final content of the Concept of the Development of Legal Education, approved by the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Education, Science and Innovation, and the new editions of the standards of higher education in specialty 081 “Law” have been analyzed. Conceptual directions for the development of higher legal education have been formulated, taking into account the interests of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and arguments have been also given regarding the preservation of relevant specialists training at higher education institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
 It was emphasized that the Concept of reforming higher education, which was approved on April 14, 2021, requires further improvement and, accordingly, a new edition, because it contradicts the provisions of the legislation on higher education and does not take into account the interests of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
 The Concept of the Development of Legal Education should provide for the obligation of state bodies to make a target order for the training of lawyers at civil higher education institutions, to monitor the quality of training and then mandatory provide them with the first workplace with the conclusion of a contract regarding the need to work in state bodies for at least three years after graduating from an educational institution. Otherwise, the funds of the state order will be spent in vain.
 The existing model of the Unified State Qualification Examination does not take into account the specifics of studying, specialization of training and interests of the customer (employer) in training specialists in specific specialties and professions, especially the sphere of activity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The standards of higher education approved on July 20, 2022 in the specialty 081 “Law” at the first (bachelor’s) and second (master’s) levels require a new edition, because, firstly, they are discriminatory, and secondly, they were adopted with violation of legislation and procedural requirements.