LEGAL SERVICE CENTER AS AN IMPORTANT FORM OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AT A UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article reveals various forms of educational activities of a legal service center, operating on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Bratsk State University”. The scientific activity of the university’s legal service center, the provision of free legal aid, and the need to improve legal and financial literacy among young people are analyzed. The author states that many young citizens do not have the necessary legal and financial knowledge. The activities of legal clinics are poorly understood and require further research. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that the author suggests using new forms of work with young people and the population on the issue of obtaining financial and legal knowledge, and also identifies and justifies such important functions of the legal service center as educational, social, communicative, research, educational, motivational, applied, which can be applied in the modern educational environment. The analysis of the presented material leads the author to the following conclusion that the activities of the university’s legal service center contribute to improving the educational level of young people.