The Law School traditionally hosts the XVII Regional Tournament of Young Lawyers

On February 20, the Department of Education and Science of the Volyn Regional State Administration and the Volyn Regional Minor Academy of Sciences held the XVII Regional Tournament of Young Lawyers at the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University.

The tournament movement brought together 13 teams from the Volyn region from Horokhiv, Zabrodiv, Lokachi, Lutsk, Liuboml, Novovolyn, Ratniv, Torchyn communities and the Volyn Scientific Lyceum of the Volyn Regional Council. The participants of the tournament were greeted by Vadym Mulyar, Vice-Rector of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Yana Lenger, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Law Faculty of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, and Tetiana Mykhaliuk, Director of the Volyn Junior Academy of Sciences.

The students also had a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the Forensic Laboratory of the Law Faculty of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, which was presented by Hryhorii Bendovskyi and Andrii Husak.

During the tournament competition, young lawyers discussed legal topics relevant to today's world: the legal status of war veterans, information security in Ukraine, legalization of trophy (found) firearms in times of war, international and national legal regulation of children's participation in armed conflicts, and problems of transitional justice.

As a result of the tournament battles, the team from Kovel won the first place!

Second place went to:

- the team of Lutsk lyceums No.9, No.18, No.21, No.26

- team of Lutsk lyceum No.27;

- the team of the Lokachi community;

- the team of Lutsk lyceums No. 11 and No. 28.

The third place went to:

- team of Zabrodiv village council;

- the team of the Volyn Scientific Lyceum;

- the team of Lutsk lyceums No. 1, No. 4, No. 25, No. 32

- team of Ratniv community.

Kateryna Vaskovets, a student of Olena Pchilka Lyceum in Kovel, and Alisa Bila, a student of Lutsk Lyceum No.27 of Lutsk City Council, won the individual rating!

Congratulations to the winners!

And on April 28, Volyn will host the All-Ukrainian Tournament of Young Lawyers for the second time, where Volyn teams will be able to compete for the title of the best young lawyers in Ukraine!