Introduction. The solution of the formation and development problem of legal-communicative competence within the framework of higher education is one of the most urgent issues of legal education modernization, as the mastery of such competence is considered a component of professional suitability and is a special competitive advantage in the legal profession.
The aim of the article is to analyse theoretical and practical aspects of the formation and development of legal-communicative competence in accordance with its structural elements within the framework of higher legal education.
Materials and methods. The complex content of the elements of legal-communicative competence determined the use of an interdisciplinary approach to its research and the application of legal, pedagogical, philological and psychological scientific methodologies. The materials of the research were scientific works devoted to the problems of communicative competence, various aspects of the formation and development of communicative competence in legal education, materials of scientific periodicals, dissertations, works of the world’s leading scientists in the field of communicative competence, materials and reports of UNESCO in the field of education, which are publicly available on the Internet and in official reports.
Results. The formation and development of legal-communicative competence can be considered through the prism of its structural elements formation. Pedagogical conditions for the formation and development of individual elements of legal-communicative competence include acquiring the skills of communicative competence in the study of various disciplines throughout the period of study (integration of theoretical and practical training, increased attention to legal practice, involvement of practicing lawyers in the educational process), as well as the acquisition of communicative skills in the framework of certain special disciplines (such as «Speech Culture and Business Communication», «Legal Conflictology», «Legal Argumentation», etc.).
Conclusion. The practical significance of the results is determined by the development of recommendations for the formation of legal-communicative competence. The educational process should take into account the pedagogical conditions of the formation of communicative competence of future lawyers, which will ensure their readiness to interact in the professional sphere and to cooperate.
Keywords: legal-communicative competence, communicative skills, students, lawyers, legal education
For Reference: Usmanova, E. F., Khudoykina, T. V., & Adaeva, O. V. (2023). Formation and development of legal-communicative competence in the framework of higher legal education. Perspektivy nauki i obrazovania – Perspectives of Science and Education, 65 (5), 245-258. doi: 10.32744/pse.2023.5.15
Information about the authors:
Elena F. Usmanova (Russian Federation, Saransk) - Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of State and Administrative Law. National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University. E-mail: usmanowa_ef@rambler.ru. ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3723-3804 Tatiana V. Khudoykina (Russian Federation, Saransk) - Dr. Sci. (Law), Professor, Head of the Department of Legal Technologies and Jurisprudence. National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University. E-mail: thudoykina@mail.ru. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9876-1438 Olga V. Adaeva (Russian Federation, Saransk) - Senior Lecturer, Department of Legal Technologies and Legal Studies. National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University. E-mail: adaeva.m@mail.ru
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