PROBLEMS OF REFORMING HIGHER LEGAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article analyzes the current state of higher legal education in Ukraine, substantiates the necessity of its improvement, reveals and studies the problems of its reformation in modern conditions. The authors analyze the main provisions of normative legal acts regulating social relations in the field of higher legal education, reveal their specific deficiencies, and also determine the list of issues not regulated or insufficiently regulated by law. On the basis of statistical studies, the insufficient theoretical level of lawyers' training, their professional suitability for practical activity concerning the protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens, and the legal support of the activities of legal entities are stated. The necessity of the systemic reform of higher legal education in accordance with the provisions of the Bologna Convention is substantiated. The authors came to the conclusion that the whole mechanism of higher legal education should be reformed. According to the results of the study, the authors propose grounded measures for the implementation of the reform of higher legal education.