Department of Legal Linguistics
Educational programmes
Teachers
- Doctor in Law Science, Docent, Head of the Department Mykolaiets Viktoriia
- Doctor in Law Science, Associate Professor Bodunova Olesia
- Candidate in Pedagogical Science, Associate Professor Khmyzova Olha
- Candidate in Pedagogical Science, Associate Professor Tamara Piliuhina
General information
The Department of Legal Linguistics was established within the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law of the State Tax University on December 1, 2021.
The department is headed by Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor Viktoriia Anatoliivna Mykolaiets.
The purpose of the department’s activities is to ensure linguistic, communicative, and professionally oriented training of highly qualified lawyers pursuing education at three educational and qualification levels — Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) — in the field of knowledge “D Business, Administration and Law”, in the specialties D8 Law and D9 International Law.
At present, the department offers the following academic disciplines:
- Business English
- Second Foreign Language
- Foreign Language (English)
- Foreign Language for Specific Purposes
- Academic Foreign Language
- Professional Foreign Language (English)
- Theory and Practice of Translation (English)
- Practice of Scientific and Business Communication in a Foreign Language, and others.
At the same time, the curricula of mandatory and elective language courses for law students provide for in-depth study of foreign languages and are aimed at developing professional theoretical knowledge and practical skills, including written and oral translation of legal texts, spoken and written communication, and summarizing relevant materials.
The academic and teaching staff of the Department of Legal Linguistics are actively engaged in research activities.
Faculty members regularly participate in international and national scientific conferences, round tables, and other academic communication events, and publish the results of their research in leading scholarly journals.
They also continuously improve their professional qualifications and undergo internships at universities and research institutions abroad.
