External quality assurance system of higher legal education in Ukraine

Iryna Annienkova; Natalia Kostova; Nelia Kuznietsova; Anastasiia Bokshorn

doi:10.34069/AI/2022.51.03.3

Iryna Annienkova Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0325-7955
Natalia Kostova Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-4812
Nelia Kuznietsova Odessa Regional Council, Odessa, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5530-5544
Anastasiia Bokshorn Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0787-1717

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.51.03.3

Keywords: accreditation, higher legal education, assurance of the quality of education, independent external assessment, rating.

Abstract

The relevance of the topic is due to a significant increase in the importance of law as a social controller of public life. The basis for the development of the legal system in Ukraine is the quality of higher legal education. The aim of the study is to analyze the current state of the external quality system of higher legal education in Ukraine. The following methods of scientific knowledge were used in the article: analysis of legislative and regulatory documents in the field of education, analysis of statistical data, interpretative and analytical method, comparison of different views on the problem under study, induction, deduction, systematization. The dynamic of changes in the results of such procedures of external quality assurance of higher legal education as licensing, accreditation of educational programs, independent external assessment is analyzed. The analysis confirms the persistence of negative trends in the development of the system of higher legal education which results, in particular, in a decrease in the quality of legal training, which was stipulated by a decrease in the volume of lawyers' training on the one hand, and, on the other hand, of an unreasonably large number of the universities that train lawyers, which leads to reducing the requirements for applicants, and, consequently, the quality of legal education. Comparison of the results of these external assessment procedures allows us to state that the highest quality training of lawyers is carried out by the leading state classical universities and higher legal educational institutions. The impact of external quality assurance procedures in higher legal education should be supported by the development of an internal quality assurance system at the universities.

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Author Biographies

Iryna Annienkova, Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine.

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Full Professor, Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Education Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine.

Natalia Kostova, Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Department of Constitutional and International Law Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine.

Nelia Kuznietsova, Odessa Regional Council, Odessa, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Pedagogy and Educational Management Odessa Academy of Continuing Education of the Odessa Regional Council, Odessa, Ukraine.

Anastasiia Bokshorn, Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Acting Associate Professor, Department of Language Training, Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine.

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