On April 11, 2023, an online meeting of 3rd year higher education students of the Law Faculty of specialty 262 "Law Enforcement" with a practicing lawyer of the Law Bureau "Actum" Olena Khomenko took place.
As part of the study of the methodology for investigating crimes (academic discipline "Criminalistics"), future law enforcement officers got acquainted with the practical aspects of the methodology for investigating criminal offenses against the established order of military service (military criminal offenses), the role of lawyers in these cases.
Olena Khomenko shared with students the experience of her practical activities, in particular, spoke about the organization of interaction within criminal proceedings with specialized military institutions - the military law enforcement service, the command of the medical forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, etc. The lecturer noted that under martial law, advocacy has become dangerous in many territories of Ukraine, there are difficulties in organizing investigative investigative actions and the participation of a defense lawyer in them, especially within the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Summing up the meeting, Lilia Grekova, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, invited the lawyer to participate in the scientific events of the department and faculty, because the exchange of experience will help applicants for higher legal education to comprehend the peculiarities of the professional activity of a lawyer, to understand the key requirements and criteria that a lawyer must meet in his daily practice in order to be in demand and successful.