About

The International Private Law, Justice and Legal Practice Department is a structural unit of the Faculty of European Law and Legal Science of the State Higher Educational Establishment “Uzhhorod National University”.

The department establishment is determined by the necessity of formation and training of qualified specialists in the sphere of civil, criminal, commercial and administrative law proceedings, notary practice, legal practice who would be able to use the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge in further professional activity.

The principal mission of the department is to direct the efforts of the teaching staff f to the achievement of high-level theoretical knowledge and practical skills of students. To this end, the intensified practical direction of educational plans has been elaborated, the number of hours devoted to students’ production and prediploma probations has been increased, the opportunity of interactive study and delivering lectures using multimedia equipment has been secured, students’ participation in law clinics as well as visiting trials for the acquirement of practical skills have been provided.

Studying in both a common law direction as well as a specialized direction in the sphere of European Law and International Law is fully secured, which consequently broadens the range of opportunities for the choice of future profession and career development.

The department has high staff potential, which secures the appropriate level of educational, methodical and scientific work. The teaching staff includes 1 Doctor of Laws, 14 Philosophy Doctors, 6 lecturers, and 1 assistant.

The important feature of the educational process provided by the department is that students are surrounded by practicing lawyers and judges during whole period of study. In particular, the educational process at the department is provided by: V.D. Andriytso , Head of the Transcarpathian County Administrative Court (Judiciary in Ukraine: improvement problems), O.F. Remertski, judge of the Commercial Court of the Transcarpathian Region (Commercial Process), L.I. Pryhara, judge of the Commercial Court of the Transcarpathian Region (Civil Law of Ukraine), O.P. Marchuk, judge of the Judicial Chamber on criminal cases and cases on administrative infringements of the Court of Appeal of the Transcarpathian Region (Criminal Process of Ukraine), D.V. Ivanchulynets, judge of the Transcarpathian County Administrative Court (Administrative Law Proceedings in Ukraine), V.O. Chepurnov, judge of the Perechyn District Court and the lecturer of the National School of judges of Ukraine (Pecularities of Hearing of Separate Categories of Civil Cases, Current Problems of Civil Law and Civil Law Proceedings of Ukraine and the EU, Actual Problems of Civil Law Proceedings), P.F. Nemesh , the Head of QDCLP of the Transcarpathian Region (Organization of Legal Assistance in Ukraine: Legal Practice, Notary Practice, Patent Attorneys, State Registers, Legal Practice in Ukraine and in Legal Systems of Other Countries).

The department fulfills professional training of the students of the European Law and Legal Science Faculty and provides teaching of commonly obligatory courses at other faculties of the university.

By virtue of the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine #7903 dated 3 July 2014 in UzhNU at the Department of International Private Law, Justice and Legal Practice postgraduate studies have been introduced with speciality 12.00.03 “Civil Law and Civil Law Proceedings; Family Law; International Private Law”.