Future of Legal Education and the Legal Profession
September 24, 2026
Kharkiv / online
10:00 – 16:00 (EEST)
Session Schedule
September 24 • 10:00 – 13:00
Kharkiv / online
The Criminal Law Component in the Education of Future Lawyers
This panel is dedicated to approaches and methods for improving the educational process for future lawyers.
The purpose of the discussion is to develop recommendations for improving and revising the curricula for criminal law courses, taking into account existing scientific and pedagogical experience, the views of legal practitioners, and Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
Ruslan Orlovsky
Panel Moderator
Doctor of Law, Professor
September 24 • 13:00 – 16:00
Kharkiv / hybrid
Legal clinical education: 30 years of institutionalization through real practice and and self-improvement
The panel will provide a comprehensive analysis of the development of the legal clinical movement, from its origins to its current stage of development. The panel will present the experience of foreign partners in the development of clinical legal education, as well as the perspectives of key stakeholders and their vision for the future development of the legal clinical movement within practice-oriented legal education.
Participants will discuss the current challenges and prospects for the development of legal clinics and identify potential directions for their further institutional development. Particular attention will be given to the role of the graduate student, including how this role is perceived by stakeholders and prospective employers.
Victor Yanyshen
Panel Moderator
Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Director of the University's Legal Clinic