Opening of the educational and scientific laboratory of advocacy on the basis of the Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic

On October 7, on the occasion of Lawyer’s Day, an educational and scientific laboratory of advocacy was opened at the Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University.

The creation of the laboratory was initiated by the dean of the Faculty of Law, Yuriy Filey, and his teachers with the information support of the Center for Research on Advocacy and Law of the National Association of Bar Associations, the Council of Advocates, and the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Zaporizhia Region.

The opening ceremony was opened by the rector of the Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University, Viktor Greshta. Maksym Semenov is a lawyer, acting Chairman of the Council of Advocates of Zaporizhzhia Region, congratulated educators and students of the Faculty of Law on the upcoming holiday and emphasized that he would take an active part in the development of the laboratory. Students and teachers of the Humanitarian College of the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University also joined the opening.

The immediate head of the laboratory was appointed lawyer, one of the partners of the law firm “Maistro & Bezhenar” Dmytro Maistr, and his deputy – lawyer in the Czech Republic Vadim Lavrivsky.

The creation of a laboratory of advocacy is a noticeable and important step in the development of practical legal education in Zaporizhzhia. Thanks to the creation of the laboratory, our students will be able to gain academic knowledge and immediately learn about the realities of their implementation in the practical work of lawyers and advocates today.

Practical classes, lectures, meetings with practicing lawyers and representatives of legal institutions – all this is already on the laboratory’s schedule. Students will now have even more opportunities: improving their knowledge of preparing procedural documents, practicing public speaking under the guidance of current lawyers, conducting negotiations and legal analysis of cases.

The work in the laboratory will be joined by both university teachers: Professor Maksym Leonenko, associate professors Liliya Baeva, Pavlo Nazarenko and Maksym Deev, and practicing lawyers: Iryna Vasylyk – lawyer, candidate of historical sciences, vice-rector of the University of Law of the National Academy of Law of the United States of America; Olga Dmitrieva – lawyer, president of the Ukrainian Bar Association, managing partner of Dmitrieva and Partners JSC; Vadym Kravtsov – lawyer, head of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Zaporizhzhia Region Bar Association; Ihor Shmarin – lawyer, assistant to the head of the Zaporizhzhia District Administrative Court, head of the Legal Clinic of the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University, candidate of legal sciences.

A team of professional, experienced lawyers and scientists will be a powerful support for students in mastering their chosen profession. Such cooperation will contribute to the formation of a new generation of lawyers – competent, active and socially responsible.

The opening of the laboratory became a symbol of the law faculty’s movement towards innovative education, which trains not just specialists, but future leaders of the legal community of Ukraine!