The Quality of Legal Education in Russia: The Stereotypes and the Real Problems

The Quality of Legal Education in Russia: The Stereotypes and the Real Problems

The paper explores the three key issues that are often put forward as the main problems contributing to reportedly insufficient quality of legal education in Russia: superfluous number of law schools, lack of practical preparation of students, and lack of teaching of professional ethics. It is based...

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Main Authors: Olga Shepeleva, Asmik Novikova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LLC V.Em Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Russian Law Journal
Subjects:
legal education
legal profession
law school
Online Access:http://www.russianlawjournal.org/jour/article/view/49
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spelling doaj-5dcfc708e9674c2eaaa02a9b663605cb2020-11-24T21:00:00ZengLLC V.Em Publishing Russian Law Journal2309-86782312-36052014-01-012110612010.17589/2309-8678-2014-2-1-106-12043The Quality of Legal Education in Russia: The Stereotypes and the Real ProblemsOlga Shepeleva0Asmik Novikova1Senior Legal Officer at PILnetSenior Project Researcher at PILnetThe paper explores the three key issues that are often put forward as the main problems contributing to reportedly insufficient quality of legal education in Russia: superfluous number of law schools, lack of practical preparation of students, and lack of teaching of professional ethics. It is based on a research project that the Moscow office of PILnet conducted in 2010–2012, having interviewed over 130 legal professionals in four Russian cities – commercial and non-profit lawyers, government lawyers, law professors, law school administrators and students – to analyze their views and attitudes as to what defined the modern Russian lawyer and how the legal education system responded to the needs of the profession and the society.http://www.russianlawjournal.org/jour/article/view/49legal educationlegal professionlaw school
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description The paper explores the three key issues that are often put forward as the main problems contributing to reportedly insufficient quality of legal education in Russia: superfluous number of law schools, lack of practical preparation of students, and lack of teaching of professional ethics. It is based on a research project that the Moscow office of PILnet conducted in 2010–2012, having interviewed over 130 legal professionals in four Russian cities – commercial and non-profit lawyers, government lawyers, law professors, law school administrators and students – to analyze their views and attitudes as to what defined the modern Russian lawyer and how the legal education system responded to the needs of the profession and the society.
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legal profession
law school
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