JOB TRAINING AS A FACTOR OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE BUILDING OF PROSPECTIVE LAWYERS

Abstract

The paper declares that modern higher professional education is aimed at building the vast professional expertise of graduates. That is why higher institutions are interested in training competitive specialists for the modern labor market. The article reveals the fact that graduates are to develop the new professional skills while being trained; job training is one of the most prominent components in training students in higher institutions. Job training provides combination of theoretical training and its practical applying. It allows students gaining professional knowledge and skills as well as the experience of applied training. Job training is aimed at upgrading students’ training taking into account the employers’ recommendations. The employers determine the peculiarities of students’ training in frames of job training and real industry. Nowadays, there is a serious gap between theoretical training of young lawyers and employers' requirements to the level of their readiness to solve the real professional problems. Therefore, higher education should be targeted at interaction with prospective employers for efficient implementation of students’ job training in order to build the professional competence of prospective lawyers. The main goal of job training is to apply the knowledge gained when studying theoretical subjects. The tasks and goals mentioned above are achieved by means of training in the regular courts and the Court of Arbitration in Novosibirsk region. As a result of practical training, students acquire practical skills, abilities and professional competence.