UKRAINE’S LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE ABSENCE OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

There are many deficiencies in legal education in Ukraine. 300 different bodies award law degrees, and although a very few offer a high standard of legal education, in some places a law degree can be obtained by the payment of a sum of money. There is very little emphasis on the importance of creative thinking in legal education: a culture of questioning has not been developed in most law schools. There are of course opportunities for some students to go abroad, and most of the talented Ukrainian lawyers have had access to Western education, usually in US law schools.