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

Shepeleva, Olga; Novikova, Asmik

doi:10.17589/2309-8678-2014-2-1-106-120

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“…Consequently, my respondents are rather young (see Table ). However, they are relatively savvy about their career options thanks to the long‐standing requirement of practical experience as part of their formal education (Hazard ; Shepeleva and Novikova ). A majority also worked while students.…”

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Nature versus Nurture: A Comparison of Russian Law Graduates Destined for State Service and for Private Practice

Hendley¹

2019

Law & Policy

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This article explores the mind‐set of Russian law students on the cusp of graduation. Drawing on a 2016 survey, the analysis finds that, despite having taken different paths to their degrees, the respondents share a confidence in the Russian courts that distinguishes them from Russians without legal education. Within the sample, a natural division is evident between those who plan to go into state service and those who plan to go into private practice. Aspiring state lawyers are more likely to support the policies of the Putin regime, even when they preference politics over the letter of the law. This strongly suggests that the tendency of judges and state lawyers within the criminal justice system to work as a team to ensure convictions is not solely the result of workplace incentives, as had previously been assumed, but is an element of a worldview that these lawyers share that predates their legal education. Aspiring private lawyers, by contrast, are consistently more skeptical of the state. To the extent that they are later coopted by the state, as studies of criminal defense lawyers suggest, such behavior would likely be the result of a desire to endear themselves to investigators and prosecutors in order to ensure further appointments to represent indigent clients.

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Nature versus Nurture: A Comparison of Russian Law Graduates Destined for State Service and for Private Practice

Hendley¹

2019

Law & Policy

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“…Фарои, В.А. Телегиной, О. Шепелевой и А. Новиковой (Faroi, 2019;Telegina, 2020;Shepeleva & Novikova, 2013).…”

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Formation of modern regional judiciary in Russia: a case study of courts of general jurisdiction of Novosibirsk Oblast

Salamatova

2023

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Ûrid. nauki

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This study outlines results of the study on regional judiciary conducted in the Novosibirsk Oblast and summarizes analysis on its socio-demographic and professional composition and sources of formation. The study is interdisciplinary in nature; sociological (questionnaires and in-depth interviews) and legal research methods (historical and legal, formal legal, comparative legal) have been applied, 192 judges of courts of general jurisdiction of the Novosibirsk Oblast have been interviewed during the research. The analysis of the outcome of the study shows that a modern regional judge is a young woman who received a full-time legal education at a classical university and has a predominant professional experience in court. The study acknowledges further rejuvenation and feminization of the regional judiciary, due to specifics of personnel policy. The dominant source of replenishment of the regional corps of judges is the court apparatus; this method is most significant for the formation of justices of the peace (JPs) and judges of district courts. The main reasons for the predominance of representatives from the court apparatus in the judiciary corps are the scope of work and requirements for the professional qualities of a judge, among which adaptability to high workloads, significant amount of paperwork, control over procedural deadlines, and effective compliance with the key indicators of the judge’s work form the core. We believe that the trend to form the judiciary mainly through internal sources may negatively affect the authority and status of the judicial profession.

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“…При организации практико-ориентированных мероприятий для студентов следует учитывать и требования работодателей, большинство из которых готовы принимать на юридические должности специалистов, способных сразу, без адаптационного периода, выполнять определенные функции [4]. Поэтому после окончания высшего учебного заведения большинство выпускников сталкиваются с проблемой трудоустройства, так как работодатели отдают предпочтение сотрудникам с опытом работы.…”

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The Role of Legal Clinics Training Future Lawyers

Семёнова

2020

Bulletin of the Institute of Law of the Bashkir State Universit

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Юридические клиники в современной России существуют уже более двадцати лет, и с каждым годом их количество увеличивается. На основе анализа функций, выполняемых юридическими клиниками, автор раскрывает их роль в подготовке будущих юристов. Рассматриваются современные технологии, которые применяются в юридических клиниках, анализируются профессиональные навыки, получаемые в юридической клинике обучающимися.Ключевые слова и фразы: юридическое образование, юридическая клиника, функции юридических клиник, студенты-юристы, обучение.

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

Abstract: 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

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Nature versus Nurture: A Comparison of Russian Law Graduates Destined for State Service and for Private Practice

Nature versus Nurture: A Comparison of Russian Law Graduates Destined for State Service and for Private Practice

Formation of modern regional judiciary in Russia: a case study of courts of general jurisdiction of Novosibirsk Oblast

The Role of Legal Clinics Training Future Lawyers

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