On the 28th of November in 2013 the senior teacher of the Department of theory and history of state and law of the Law institute Olena Makeyeva took part in the fifth International scientific and practical conference "Modern problems of the legal system of Ukraine" that was in Kyiv university of law of the National academy of siences of Ukraine, and her report was recognized as one of the best among the participants.
The scholars, the graduate students and the students of higher educational institutions of Ukraine and foreign countries, including representatives from the Penselvanya university (USA), the Institute of state and law named after V. Koretsky NAS of Ukraine, the Kyiv national university named after Taras Shevchenko and other educational institutions were the participants of the conference. During the plenary session of the conference, where topical questions about problems and functioning of the legal system were discussed, Olena Makeyeva made the presentation on the theme "Legal culture as the ideological component of the legal system", which originated the interesting discussion with the audience. At least the conference organizing committee has identified the best scientific presentations of the participants who were awarded with diplomas for the scientifically grounded investigation of the modern problems of the national legal system of Ukraine. Olena Makeeva was among the winners, who received the diploma and the precious gift in the form of the five-volume legal encyclopedia.