On February 23, 2018, the VІІІ International scientific and practical conference "Modern university law education and science" was held traditionally with the participation of leading domestic and foreign experts in the field of law - scholars, representatives of diplomatic structures, heads and specialists of legal institutions, judges at the Law and Training Institute. ", Is timed to the 85th anniversary of NAU.
At the opening of the scientific event, the director of the Institute Iryna Sopilko emphasized the importance of actualization of the issues of modernization of legal education and identification of the main contemporary trends in the development of world scientific and educational space. "The proposals and recommendations made during the conference will help everyone successfully overcome the problems associated with the difficult period of reformation and create all the necessary conditions for the graduate of the university to be ready to enter the globalized world of high competencies and intense competition," said Iryna Sopilko . Vice-Rector for Scientific Work of the NAU Volodymyr Kharchenko wished the conference participants an effective discussion and introduction of new promising scientific researches. "This International Conference is evidence of close cooperation with the embassies, consulates, authorities, local governments, academic institutions, educational institutions, and the public, and marks the start of the VIII World Conference “Aviation in the 21st Century”," Safety in Aviation and Space Technology, "- said the vice-rector. The conference was attended by: Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Ukraine - Ionet Jan Tazel, Attaché on Defense of the US Embassy in Ukraine - Queen Woofford, Attaché on Defense of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Ukraine - Bekmuratov Sabot, Attaché of the Bulgarian Embassy in Ukraine - Lubomir Rodopski . In their speeches, the diplomats emphasized that cooperation with the embassies will continue to facilitate the establishment of educational and scientific links between the university and higher educational institutions of foreign countries. In his speech Yuriy Zavalyevsky, the first deputy director of the Institute for the Modernization of the Content of Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, professor, spoke on improving the quality of legal education, which depends not only on higher education institutions but also on schooling for future students. The director of the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine Oleksandr Kopylenko noted that the formation of a single European research and education space envisages the convergence of national educational programs, their alignment with European values and legislation, the requirements of the European labor market. Galina Suslova, Head of the Institute of ICAO, ICAO National Aviation University Implementation Coordinator, Professor, spoke on the proper training of specialists in the field of air and space law, which is carried out including through cooperation with the ICAO Institute. The first discussion platform of the conference provided for discussion of trends in the development of world scientific and educational space. In this format, Olivier Vedrin was a professor, President of the European Union Continental Club in Kyiv (France), who analyzed the impact of globalization on educational processes. Grierson Lauren, President and Program Director of the Lewitt Institute for International Development in Ukraine (USA), focused on problems related to the practical training of lawyers. Tadeusz Popskowski, head of the training programs at the International University of Logistics and Transport in Wrocław, shared with the experience of the Polish universities on the training of competitive specialists for the modern labor market. Nurul Ashikin Shamsury - program director of the Juvita Foundation (JUWITA), Master of International Business Law, spoke extensively about the contribution of the Malaysian higher education system to the implementation of the Transformasi Nasional 2050 State Program (TN50). Josef Zyatko, President of the European Institute for Continuing Education, Vice Rector for International Relations of the High School of Management and Communication, familiarized the participants with the peculiarities of organizing scientific events in Slovakia. Representative of the General Director of Gunsel Group (Turkey), shared the experience of attracting the best specialists for business organization in Ukraine. The second discussion platform provided for discussion of the problems of university law science and practice in the context of European integration. In this format, the profound reports of Mikhail Shumil - Doctor of Law Science, Senior Researcher of the Department of Problems of Civil, Labor and Enterprise Law of the Institute of State and Law of them. V. Koretsky of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, who spoke about obstacles to the path of pension reform in Ukraine, Volodymyr Udovychenko, a deputy of the Kyiv Regional Council, head of the Kyiv Region Region Reform Office (expert on decentralization reform), a representative of Ukraine at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, Doctor of Economics, professor who persuaded the conference participants in the benefits of decentralization and shared his own "recipe" on how to become a mayor. The third discussion platform provided for an exchange of views on the modernization of legal education. In this format, Anton Monaenko - Director of the Center for Eastern European Law of the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Oksana Muzika-Stefanchuk - Doctor of Law, Professor, Leading Research Fellow of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The participants of the discussion were leading Ukrainian scientists in the field of jurisprudence, in particular, Anatoliy Kolodiy - Director of the Educational and Scientific Law Institute of the Kyiv National Economic University named after. Vadim Hetman, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, Mikhail Loshitsky - Rector of the National Academy of Public Prosecutor of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Dmytro Zhuravlev - Deputy Director of the Institute of Law and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine , Doctor of Law, Professor, Yuri Voloshin - Head of the Department of International Law, Institute of International Studies, National Aviation University, Doctor of Law Professor, Andriy Novitskiy - Doctor of Law, Professor at the University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Natalia Novitska - Doctor of Law, Senior Researcher at the University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Victoria Vovk - Doctor of Law, Professor of the Chair of Theory and History of State and Law of Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law, Natalia Yarmish - Doctor of Law, Professor of the National Academy of Public Prosecutor of Ukraine and representatives of state structures: Alexander Korol - Head of the Co Loban district in the city of Kyiv state administration; Olga Osinskaya and Marina Yakubovich - State experts of the human rights expert group of the Directorate for Human Rights, access to justice and legal awareness of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. In total, 350 scientists, representatives of diplomatic structures and practicing lawyers from 30 countries of the world, 21st region of Ukraine took part in the International conference. Due to the work of the conference, a constructive dialogue and an exchange of achievements took place, which is an important step towards overcoming crisis phenomena during a difficult period of reforming all spheres of public life that promotes the development of an open and democratic society.