Russia (bbabo.net), - Chairman of the Russian Bar Association Sergey Stepashin stated that the number of graduates of law schools and faculties in Russia now exceeds the needs of the market. According to him, up to 300,000 certified lawyers graduate from universities every year. Moreover, the quality of education can radically differ from university. In other words, there is a difference between a diploma and a diploma, although formally any holder of a diploma will be considered a lawyer.
According to TASS, the statement was made at the forum "Scientific Certification: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" at the Russian Academy of Education. “Three hundred thousand lawyers graduating a year are not needed by anyone,” Sergey Stepashin emphasized. candidly."
He said that for 13 years he has been leading the direction related to the certification of law schools and programs. “I’ll give the figures specifically in legal education: in there were 55 law schools and faculties for 285 million citizens, when we started this work at the suggestion of Russian President Vladimir Putin, we had more than a thousand universities and faculties. up to 350", - TASS quotes Sergei Stepashin. The agency recalls that he is also the president of the Association of Universities "Assistance to domestic professors."
Experts point out that many graduates of law schools really cannot find a job. But the problem is not only that because of information technology, jobs are being cut. The fact is that at one time legal education became fashionable, and although the fashion came a long time ago, it still does not go away. This in itself is not so bad. But as a result, many of yesterday's schoolchildren do not enter yurvuz because they are sincerely interested in jurisprudence. It's just that someone convinced them (or they themselves fantasized) that a law degree automatically brings high positions and big money. No: success is brought by knowledge and love for your work. Since many students do not become infected with love for the profession, they do not represent any professional value even after graduating from the university.
Previously, such young professionals could get into the legal departments of large companies to perform routine work. For example, in a bank, entire detachments of clerks-lawyers drew up statements of claim. You don’t need any special skills for this, just enter the necessary details into the document template. But today, artificial intelligence copes with this, and middle-class graduates have lost the opportunity to get even such a boring and low-paid job. The market is in demand for those who are well versed in law, able to apply the rules to specific life situations and find flexible solutions. In general: professionals who do not work according to patterns.
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