Project work of the legal clinic as part of the Service-Learning Program
https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.3.176-186
Abstract
This study is motivated by the current requirements to incorporate a practice-oriented approach into the Service-Learning Program of higher educational institutions. The social and educational missions of legal clinics based on key service-learning principles were explored. The role of project work in service-learning was analyzed. The social projects carried out by the legal clinic at the Law Institute of South Ural State University (National Research University) in accordance with the training/specialty areas of students and for solving certain social problems were described. The innovative project “Free Legal Aid to Students” offers free online legal counseling to students of all levels and forms of education. Another initiative, the project “Law for You – You for the Law” (legal education of schoolchildren) is aimed at fostering legal literacy among students of general education institutions. The strengths and limitations of embedding legal clinics in the Service-Learning Program were outlined. Recommendations for overcoming existing organizational challenges were provided.
About the Author
Z. R. Tanaeva
South Ural State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Zamfira R. Tanaeva, Dr. Sci. (Pedagogy), Professor, Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Head of Legal Clinic
Chelyabinsk
References
1. Nikol’skii V.S. Service-learning in Russia: The establishment of a disciplinary field. Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii, 2023, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 9–28. https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2023-32-12-9-28. (In Russian)
2. Gorbul’ Yu.A., Yur’eva L.A. “Service-learning” as a type of professional legal training of students in university-based legal clinics. Pedagogika. Voprosy Teorii i Praktiki, 2019, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 145–151. https://doi.org/10.30853/pedagogy.2019.4.26. (In Russian)
3. Gorlova N.I., Starovoitova L.I. “Learning through service (action)” as an effective method for organizing the educational process through socially useful activity in modern educational institutions. TsITISE, 2023, no. 2 (36), pp. 226–235. http://doi.org/10.15350/2409-7616.2023.2.19. (In Russian)
4. Batalygina Yu.A. Social project as a factor shaping public morality. Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Philosophy) Diss. St. Petersburg, 2017. 27 p. (In Russian)
5. Bocharov O.E. Supporting youth initiatives as a factor of civic identity formation in students. Yaroslavskii Pedagogicheskii Vestnik. Seriya “Gumanitarnye Nauki” (Teoriya i Metodika Obucheniya, Pedagogika, Psikhologiya, Kul’turologiya, Filologiya, Ekonomika, Istoriya), 2009, no. 1 (58), pp. 80–86. (In Russian)
6. Buyakova K.I., Malkova I.Yu. Volunteering as a form of organizing educational activities under the Third Mission of universities. Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii, 2021, vol. 30, nos. 8–9, pp. 69–79. (In Russian)
7. Ibragimov Yu.M. The potentials of social project activities for instilling pedagogical culture in future bachelors of social work. Sovremennoe Pedagogicheskoe Obrazovanie, 2021, no. 9, pp. 53–58. (In Russian)
8. Plokhova I.A. Social project work: A spiritual and moral aspect. Kazanskii Pedagogicheskii Zhurnal, 2014, no. 5 (106), pp. 178–183. (In Russian)
9. Voronina E.V., Muzychenko O.V. Social project work as a tool for professional self-identification. Molodoi Uchenyi, 2016, no. 6-2 (110-2), pp. 30–32. (In Russian)
10. Krivonosova O.Yu. The constitutional right to free legal aid in the Russian Federation. Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Law) Diss. Moscow, 2007. 27 p. (In Russian)
11. Vasil’ev A.A. The constitutional right to free legal aid as a way to ensure real equality. Vestnik PAGS, 2012, no. 1 (30), pp. 103–108. (In Russian)
12. Sabirova L.L. Legal counseling for students in the system of higher education. Vestnik MarGU, 2020, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 58–63. https://doi.org/10.30914/2072-6783-2020-14-1-58-63. (In Russian)
Review
For citations:
Tanaeva Z.R. Project work of the legal clinic as part of the Service-Learning Program. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki. 2025;167(3):176-186. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.3.176-186
Views:
9
Email this article 