Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region held a meeting with the heads of university legal clinics to summarize the results of work for the first nine months of 2025 and formulate plans for 2026.
Representatives of leading legal clinics from St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region participated in the meeting. The Polytechnic University was represented by Dmitry Mokhorov, Director of the Higher School of Law and Forensic Expertise, and Yana Chernozemova, Legal Advisor of the Legal Clinic of the Higher School of Law and Forensic Expertise at SPbPU.
The Polytechnic University is one of the universities participating in the non-governmental system of free legal aid. The Higher School of Law and Forensic Expertise operates a Legal Clinic, which provides legal education and legal assistance to the public, as well as helps develop these skills in students.
Yana Chernozemova presented a report at the meeting on the modern system of practice-oriented education and the provision of legal advisory assistance by senior law students (under the guidance of faculty and practicing lawyers) to citizens in accordance with the Federal Law "On Free Legal Aid in the Russian Federation."
The Higher School of Law and the Leningrad Region's Legal Clinic collaborates with legal associations and municipalities in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, operating both offline and online.
The meeting resulted in an agreement on further cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the Higher School of Law and Technical Education in the area of career guidance and practice-oriented training.
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