Training of academic lawyers for implementation of high-tech research projects (“Digital Law”, “Megascience” and “Lex genetica” projects case study)

Abstract

The legal profession has both conservative and innovative features. On the one hand, present-day lawyers are the heirs of the centuries-old tradition of global jurisprudence. On the other hand, the technological challenges of the external environment inevitably transform not only the legal map of the world, but also the peculiarities of training for modern legal professionals. The article deals with the main transformational paradigms of legal professionals training, using the example of three high-tech spheres of public life – genetics, digital economy and mega-science installations development. Academic lawyers (legal scholars) are in many ways at the forefront of the present-day jurisprudence, defining both the present and the future of the global legal space. Their training takes longer than the standard education course for lawyers. The data of the Russian legal system and the legal systems of other countries, as well as international legal practice, served as the empirical basis for the research.