This article illustrates the regional experience of using modern educational technologies in the Far East branch of the Russian State University of Justice. Presented is the practice of using real-life practical situations within case-methods included in the educational process and aimed at the formation of students’ practical skills by means of achieving personal success. This article considers the role and influence of the business games method on the formation of personal and professional competence in students applying for Legal Studies and studying History of State and Law and Foreign Language courses. Designing a modern lecture in accordance with Kolb’s Learning Cycle is presented in terms of increasing its efficiency means shifting the emphasis in the lecture material structuring and transitioning to a new format from memorization to acquiring lecture material.