Professional guidance workshops for students of the Faculty of Law of the State University of Moldova

In April 2023, students of the Faculty of Law of the State University of Moldova benefited from six professional orientation workshops within the Project “Enhance transparency, accountability of and access to the judiciary system project”, implemented by the Central Agency for Project Management in Lithuania and Expertise France, funded by the European Union and in collaboration with the State University of Moldova. The workshops aimed to create and maintain a platform for professional guidance and information exchange for future and young lawyers. 

The workshops with the generic “Looking for a lawyer” took place in the period of 10-27 April, 2023 and included introductory visits, documentation and debates at 5 institutions in the field of the justice system in the Republic of Moldova, namely: the General Police Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova, the National Council for Legal Assistance Guaranteed by the State, the Ministry of Justice, the Chișinău Court, the Mediation Council and the Agency for Court Administration of Moldova. Before selecting the institutions, the Project team assessed the level of attractiveness of these institutions for young lawyers, potential future employees. 42 students of the Faculty of Law of the State University of Moldova participated in the workshops.

During these workshops, students and master’s students of the Faculty of Law had the opportunity to get to know better the institutions of the justice system, to determine the degree of attractiveness of these professions and the opportunities for the development of their future professional career. The open discussions with the employees of the justice system, the approach to the challenges as well as the opportunities in the exercise of the professions were highly appreciated by the students of the Faculty of Law, but also by the employees of the institutions who benefited from the opportunity to present, in an informal and friendly format, the advantages offered by the institutions.

The participants in the workshops – both students and employees of the institutions – noted the need to develop and expand activities of this kind. The workshops facilitated the understanding of law students from all academic institutions of the essence of justice sector professions and career opportunities. Public institutions, in turn, will have the opportunity to meet and recruit young professionals for the justice sector.