On September 5, 2017, with the assistance of the Educational and Scientific Law Institute, the National Aviation University was attended by representatives of the Lewitt Institute of International Development (USA), consisting of: Loren Grierson (president), Svyatoslav Tkachuk (Director of the Levitte Program of the Institute of International Development in Ukraine), Kseniya Tkachuk (Deputy Director).
During the meeting, the scientific institutions signed a memorandum of understanding and agreed on mutually beneficial relations, in which cooperation will contribute to the realization of their common goals: support and development of the international component of higher education, leadership and cultural capacities of students and scientific and pedagogical staff of ESLI. Priority measures identified during the meeting are the organization of the course "Critical Thinking and Advocacy as a Foundation for a Free Society" for English-speaking students of ESLI, which will give them the opportunity to apply for regional and international competitions and, after completing the course, to receive a certificate. Best students will be encouraged by internships in the United States or Canada. After meeting with the leadership of the National Aviation University, representatives of the Lewitt Institute of International Development met with the students and scientific and pedagogical staff of the ESLI, told them about their work on providing legal reform and educational programs around the world, outlined the main directions of further cooperation with ESLI, which would facilitate training of the specialists of the highest qualification, able to work effectively under conditions of a multinational global environment. To sum up, the director of the Institute, Irina Sopilko, noted that the experience that students can gain by taking part in the master classes of lecturers of Levitte Institute of International Development and during internships is invaluable. "I hope that we will cooperate, we will help young specialists to get on their feet and provide our state with highly skilled educators," she said.