The jubilee issue of the journal  «Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine»  has been released 

The jubilee issue of the professional nationwide scientific-practical and scientific-methodical legal journal  «Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine» № 1 (50) 2025 has been published.

The jubilee issue opens with a welcome speech to the readership by Mykola ONISHCHUK, the editor- in-chief of the journal, rector of the National School of Judges of Ukraine, doctor of legal sciences, honored lawyer of Ukraine. He emphasized that since its inception, the journal «Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine» «has been a powerful means: to promote the authority of the judiciary, to affirm its independence, to inform the public about current legislative changes and the practice of their implementation and to summarize best examples of judicial experience. It is precisely due to its genuine commitment to these principles that the journal has become a reliable information guide for judicial and legal reform, an important scientific and communication platform for professional discussion of ideas and practices. During its existence, the journal has twice confirmed its status as a scientific professional publication. »

The editorial team is congratulated by distinguished authors: Mikhailo SMOKOVYCH, Chairman of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine; Yan BERNAZYUK, Judge of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court, Doctor of  Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine; Viktor HORODOVENKO, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; Mykhailo SAVCHYN, Director of the Research Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law of Uzhhorod National University, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor; Kateryna KATERYNCHUK, Professor at the Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Public Administration and National Security of Polissia National University, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor; Andriy HACHKEVYCH, Associate Professor at the Department of International and Criminal Law at the National University «Lviv Polytechnic», PhD in Law, Associate Professor and others.

The leading article of the issue is authored by Mykhailo SAVCHYN «Institutional guarantees of judicial independence and integrity». In this article the author emphasizes that the judiciary possesses internal resources to ensure its own independence, playing a leading role in upholding the separation of powers and protecting human rights. The article explores the institutional guarantees of judicial independence and integrity of judges, the role of courts in ensuring the foundations of a constitutional state, in particular under martial law and the prospects for the development of the institution of military justice. The main aspects of the institutional capacity of the judiciary are identified through an analysis of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and potential threats to the effectiveness of justice (SWOT analysis).

The issue contains scientific articles under the following headings: «Organization of the judiciary» - Vitaliy MAKHINCHUK «Integrity as a new factor in evaluating candidates for the position of judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine», Andriy HACHKEVYCH «Establishing a framework for the use of artificial intelligence in the judiciary: Foreign Experience for Ukraine»; «Judicial Education» - Tetiana FULEY, Oleksandr KRAVCHUK «Evaluation of the training needs of judges: best practices», Olesya VASHCHUK «Integration of forensic knowledge into the process of improving the qualification of judges: proposals, prospects and problems», Serhiy HLUBOCHENKO «Directions for implementing the constructivist educational paradigm in the training of judges: methodological aspects»; «Theory of state and law» - Ivan KOTYUK «Nation-building: controversial aspects of theory and instructive consequences of practice»; «International humanitarian law» – Viktor TREPAK «Exchange of prisoners during armed conflicts in Israel: experience for Ukraine»; Military Law – Kateryna KATERYNCHUK «Legal aspects of solving problematic issues of protecting the rights of close relatives and family members of persons missing in special circumstances»; Oleksandr BABARYTSKI, Serhiy IVASHCHENKO «Legal regulation of martial law and state of  emergency in Ukraine»; «Civil Law» – Viktoria SOKOLOVA, Alla DIDUK «On the problem of legal regulation of objects created with the use of artificial intelligence: can they be considered as objects of copyright»; «Family Law» – Inna PYVOVAR «Problems of sham marriage in Ukraine»; «Criminal procedural law» - Serhiy KRUSHYNSKY «Problems of determining the jurisdiction of criminal proceedings during judicial control over pre-trial investigation», Nadiya DROZDOVYCH «Analogy of law as a way to ensure the unity of judicial practice in criminal proceedings», Inna NIKYFOROVA «Ensuring the safety of participants in the criminal process» and a new selection of current events of the National School of Judges of Ukraine.

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We invite the authors to publish their own scientific article in our professional journal. Publication of articles is free of charge.

The requirements for scientific articles can be found here.

We invite you to publish a scientific article in the professional magazine "Slovo  of NSJU"

The National School of Judges of Ukraine invites you to publish an article in the professional national professional scientific and practical legal magazine “Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine” (according to the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine № 1081 dated September 29, 2014, the journal is included in the List of scientific professional editions of Ukraine, in which the results of the dissertation works for obtaining the scientific degrees of doctor and candidate of sciences can be published).

The publication of the articles is free of charge. Also free of charge the authorial copy of edition is sent to an author.

The target audience of magazine are candidates on justiceship, judge, workers of organs of the system of justice, office of public prosecutor, advocacies, practicing lawyers, teachers and students of faculties of law of higher educational establishments and others like that.

The articles on an actual theme, containing the results of  deep scientific research of modern problems of development of legal science, legislation and practice are accepted by the Editorial Board and considered for review before publication in magazine.

The article is checked by the editorial board of the publication for the author's compliance with the formal requirements for the design of the scientific article, and then submitted to the Editorial Board of the journal for consideration of its publication.

The requirements for scientific articles can be found here.

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Magazine "The Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine"
confirmed its  professionalism and received category "B"
Dear colleagues and authors!

We are glad to inform you that another evidence of compliance of the professional scientific and practical legal magazine "The Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine" with high professional requirements was that it was successfully re-registered and in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine from 14.05.2020 № 627 included in the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine (category “B”).

We truly thank  for the members of the editorial board of the magazine "The Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine", as well as for our authors! 

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The magazine "The Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine" became a professional in 2014. Thus, by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated September 29, 2014 № 1081 professional scientific and practical legal magazine "The Slovo of the National School of Judges of Ukraine" is included in the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine, which can publish dissertations degrees of doctor and candidate of sciences.