Formation of Adequate Legal Culture Among Graduates of Russian Universities in the Framework of the Modern Model of Free Education
The paper deals with actual problem of improving the quality of training lawyers in the context of globalization and competitive educational environment. The subject of research is the process of transformation of the Russian education system. The aim of the work is to analyze educational models of foreign universities in relation to their use in the formation of adequate legal culture of specialists. The authors use integrative model of professional competence (studies F. Delamare le Deist, J. Winterton, D. Macleland) and the project “Model 2030: Model of OEEC core competencies” are as methodological base of the research. The importance of changing the approaches to general education humanities, the priority of their role in the formation of the model of the graduate is emphasized. The authors claim that formation of adequate legal culture among graduates of Russian universities is possible only in case of creation of a “universal” that is able to mind and analyze culturological aspect. The authors conclude that foreign experience of building educational problems is based mostly on such pedagogical aims as technical formation of critical thinking and functional literacy rather than on subjective borrowings. The novelty of the research is determined by a comparative analysis of core programs of leading American universities in relation with legal education. The results can be used in the development of educational programs in the framework of the formation of common cultural competencies.